Adventures of a lifetime on a mountain bike - 25 years of discovery around the world

HANDS REY

Hans Rey was born in Germany in 1966. He now has Swiss and American nationality, he lives in Laguna Beach, California with his wife Carmen. Hans is a former world champion, he was inducted into the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame. He is widely regarded as a pioneer in the trial and freeride movement. As a professional rider and ambassador for mountain biking, he continues to travel the world and has already visited seventy different countries. In the mid-90s, Hans created the "Hans Rey Adventure Team" to discover the most remote places on the planet and ride where no one had yet set their wheels. He is always on the lookout for mysterious places steeped in history, capturing his exploits for the media.

UNPRECEDENTED

A chapter devoted to the Ubaye valley, which does not appear in the English version, where Cédric Tassan had the great honor of following Hans and Dan Atherton to two beautiful peaks in the Alpes de Haute Provence.

WHEELS 4 LIFE

WITH THE PURCHASE OF THIS BOOK, YOU FINANCIALLY SUPPORT WHEELS 4 LIFE

Created in 2005 by Hans Rey, Wheels 4 Life is a non-profit charitable organization which distributes bicycles in developing countries. Hans and his team carefully select the people who will benefit from this assistance. This donation is crucial because it represents a mobility that can work miracles: helping a doctor to provide more care, allowing a child to go to school, transporting crops, water, food more easily. All donations are handled with the utmost care. With minimum operating costs, the money collected is used almost entirely for the management of the bikes. In 8 years, Wheels 4 Life has distributed more than 5300.

• Format pratique 18 x 25 cm et léger 700 g
• 192 pages en couleur
• Photos
• Langue(s) : French
• Auteur(s) : Hans Rey
• ISBN : 9782916972503
• Date de parution : October 15, 2013