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@carado1984

Жыл бұрын

Not falling for that trick. Screw subscriptions services.

@sodapopjenkins

Жыл бұрын

yellow titles ? only bad part

@Edgar_r_rodriguez_

Жыл бұрын

@RevZilla Sabias que Ushuaia no es el fin del mundo?, La ciudad más austral del mundo es puerto Willians, cruzando al lado chileno, y el verdadero fin del mundo es puerto todo, esa es la última ciudad del continente americano!, Ushuaia es solo una ciudad turistica!

@savage22bolt32

Жыл бұрын

My dad & I made imaginary plans to do this in the mid 60's. Back then the Gap was known for unfriendly natives. Now 60 years later, I hear you might cross paths with drug cartel people. I guess I'll cross it off my bucket list.

@andrewwilliams9887

Жыл бұрын

What kind of bikes did you use?

That moment at 17:00 with two men giving each other permission to feel and express emotion is everything I didn't know I needed

@grantwinkelbauer1120

9 ай бұрын

Those were not tears of pain but tears of disappointment. I've been there. Fear of being left behind sucks

I'm surprised they knew to do all this prep for the gap and knew how bad it'd be, but didn't bring extra clutch plates for every bike.

@octopusenvy

Жыл бұрын

Yeah agree. These guys had more money than sense. Sooo many people have cursed the KLR on this trip south. I did Canada to Argentina on a G650x at 160kg with my luggage, and saw plenty of KLRs struggling along the way. Good adventure, but 10k to cross the gap and basically have porters doing all the work...yeah nah. Oh, and also mostly tarmac the entire way! I'm glad it was only 1hr long tbh, as I prefer offroad adventures and people who actually struggle and make connections with the local people rather than just pay them to do a job.

@aka_pierre

Жыл бұрын

@@octopusenvy Also clear that they felt the same way as they were struggling through the Darien gap.

@alexmanne

Жыл бұрын

@@octopusenvy We spent a few days in the Panama side Kuna village before we went into the jungle. They warmly welcomed us, they invited us into their homes to eat (which we compensated them for) and we interacted with all the kids since they were the most curious about us. We never dismissed them or blew them off. When it rained, we let some of the helpers that were there under our shelters. Many were able to go home at the end of the day. We even fed them to the point we ran out of our own food. They were well compensated and we greatly appreciated their hard work. We worked just as hard to help them to push the bikes through. We didn't ask or expect them to do anything that we wouldn't do ourselves. Obviously, we couldn't have done this without them and we acknowledge them in the move and in the credits. There's a lot you didn't see. Maybe one day there will be a longer cut.

@MaramuresDualSport

Жыл бұрын

@@octopusenvy Man...even if i highly appreciate their adventure and i have huge respect for them, the trip they've taken deserved a different approach. It begun very promising, but then, with that Darian Gap crossing...it took a nosedive for me (sorry to say). It was just...i don't know...i was asking myself why are they so shocked about the fact that the clutch burned out? I mean, they had a mechanic in the team, isn't this and obvious problem bound to happen in those condition? It was literally obvious it could not be avoided. And Rich the poor guy who had the misfortune to be the first that got the clutch problem, had to be dropped out and the rest that had the same problem but later, got to continue the trip...not fair for Rich! I don't know...maybe it was meant for former military employees, but except for the fact that they had a plan and were determined to complete it, not much else got to me through the screen.

@octopusenvy

Жыл бұрын

@@MaramuresDualSport yeah same thinking. how would you decide to NOT tow one bike, but then tow THREE!? Good on them, but I'm not even a mechanic and I brought spare clutch plates on my Canada-Argentina trip (didn't need them lol, g650x was solid and LIGHT!)

A Park Ranger, a Doctor, a Mechanic and a Geophysicist walk into a bar..... In all seriousness amazing video with some amazing men, doing something crazy.

@SergeyPRKL

Жыл бұрын

In a town called TURBO.

"No one trip is going to be like 'now yes my life is complete,' you gotta find that enjoyment in everything you do, right where you're at." That is such an important revelation for some, and reminder for others. Honestly was having kind of a rough day and that helped a lot. What an incredible journey! Kudos for never giving up.

I watched this whole video and came away with more compassion for the veteran feeling of not belonging and what PTSD and loss of mission purpose does to lives. I also saw 4 good guys pay $10,000 to drag broken motorcycles 100 miles up and down hills in a muddy Jungle, losing one of them. And I heard them say to themselves that this mission will not matter to anyone, maybe not even themselves, when it is done. The message for me in this is that sometimes the hardest mission is adaptation to doing other missions (like charity, community development, security, etc) which are constructive and have expend human capital to have valuable outcomes.

@barristophilliesiii5863

Жыл бұрын

Jesus. Wasn't expecting to find this kind of insight scrolling through the comments. Awesome summary! It's definitely an incredible video.

@kathywilkinson2767

Жыл бұрын

I saw that with my own father when he returned from Vietnam and then retired after 20 years in the Navy. I love the spirit of this story. It's also noted that two of the guys live in Alaska and two in Colorado--low impact societies.

@daftnord4957

Жыл бұрын

Tell that to all the rich guys who are never satisfied with all the supercars and yachts they have. They'll be more satisfied by giving their money away

@davidsteinhour5562

Жыл бұрын

I have a dear friend who sails around the world by herself... out of a similar compulsion to these guys I guess. She tries to raise awareness about recycling and ocean cleanup through her voyages, but deep down she's just running from the world because she doesn't know how to fit into it. Does an Alaska to Argentina ride or a solo Atlantic crossing make a change in anyone else's life, or in yours? I don't mean to disparage either of those actions... I'm just wondering if the romanticizing of such crusades is actually harmful, or if it's inspiring enough for the onlooker to pursue their own dreams?

@ngoddess9684

Жыл бұрын

Lining the pockets of the gl0balists under false pretenses. War. It's not worth it to send our loved ones to make the rich richer. Once you look into all the pr0xy wars the US has started, you will be disgusted the further down the rabb1t h0le you go. Such as when I found out about Bacha Bazi boys in Afghanistan and how some US soliders reported the Afghan soldiers they were fighting next to and for, only to be told by their own commander to turn a blind eye to it.

First, my hat is off to all of you guys who served our country. Second, I’m as a 68 year old former dual sport rider, who have inspired me to start riding again. An last of all, to the negative Nancy’s who are posting negative comments, KMA…you do thru the Darien if you have balls.

"You got to find that enjoyment in everything you do, right there, where you're at". Important words and very true.

Awesome, thanks for sharing!

As someone from south america making serious plans to visit patagonia on two wheels I can safely say this has made my plans even more serious.

@ChristopherT_

Жыл бұрын

Good luck. I hope you can make your dreams a reality! Stay safe!

@Josh-ew1le

Жыл бұрын

Plan to skip the Darien Gap. . .

@absoluteqw

Жыл бұрын

I will go, but I want to ferry around the gap.

@jonasbaine3538

10 ай бұрын

Did you go?

@user-nv7qn7xm3d

Ай бұрын

bring extra clutch plates

High production values, hell of a journey and people you get invested in. RevZilla has peaked and outdone themselves.

@thatonechick9885

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, one of the guys in video is my teachers brother, so we got to qatch this in class today!

@hammer1212

Жыл бұрын

@@thatonechick9885 Tell Rob Howdy!

@nick4506

Жыл бұрын

revzilla lisenced it after it was finished to upload it. but its nice isn't it.

@MeerkatADV

Жыл бұрын

Revzilla wasn't involved except the distribution.

I wish this video had more views. Definitely worth it

This is not marketing filler content, this is a really compelling story and fascinating view of some very interesting lives, setting some unique goals, and we get to spend a very worthwhile hour of our time with them.

A great film with a precautionary tale of why you shouldn't contemplate crossing the Darién Gap on fat KLRs or probably any other motorcycle. The rest of the film was wonderful and truly an adventure of a lifetime. The Darién Gap, on the other hand, was an extreme example of embracing the suck. There was a time in my life where I would really look forward to that, but not now.

@johnnygeorgopoulos4072

6 ай бұрын

Indeed, should've definitely taken an XR650L or R with some knobs through the entire trip, would've been slightly less pleasant in the asphalt, but miles better everywhere else.....or maybe a CT125 😅 still commend those vets for doing it

This could of been easily a whole series. One of the best moto documenters I've seen, so well done. would love to see more about this journey.

Stories alone are only memories but a couple of guys can conquer the world!

interesting to see rich beeing so cool about it. they were basically blaming him to kill his clutch, although they were killing their own ones just as fast (one day longer). send him back. but the other ones are allowed to pull them through. now he has no bike but had to bring clutches to everyone.... that all feels like a dick move

@karthik.g63

Жыл бұрын

ikr Why didn't they just buy a cheap bike in Chile? Cause clearly money wasn't much of a constraint.

@nl_kripp

Жыл бұрын

Hard to tell if he was cool, they cherry picked just small % of what was happening for the video. But maybe he was just relieved to go back (honestly I would be, it looked like hell - they weren't also talking about it that much, but this place really is dangerous AF).

@dimml0r

Жыл бұрын

@@nl_kripp yeah thats true. hard to tell if you were not there yourself ... and one hell of a place to be

@Allanlbrr

Жыл бұрын

Yep, the cool move would have been to pick rich bike ( it was just 1 day away, not a big deal ) hauling another bike out of the jungle probably would have delayed then just two or three days more, I feel bad for Rich, the accident 12 something days in the trip could have crushed all his hopes, felt like he got the short end of the stick, just because his bike broke a day earlier.

@thatoneguy6725

Жыл бұрын

He should have just bought a cheap bike in Columbia and kept cruising

Hats of for this gentlemens from Czech Republic

Not leaving motorcycle trash in the jungle should have been a rule. Bringing vital parts like extra clutches should have been part of basic preparation. Choosing light bikes would have made a lot of sense. But I guess paying people to carry your heavy stuff can also be an adventure. I have no doubt this was extremely hard for these guys, so their adventure was cool for them of course. Respect to the Kunas! Our adventures are somebody else's everyday.

@GarryDeWitt

Жыл бұрын

I was hoping for something more c90 adventures style. But this was still a good video. Hope they get better as time goes on!

@andylove1923

Жыл бұрын

yeah really weird to insist on doing the gap at great expense, not prepare for it, then not really do it anyway!

@Alex-bj9lf

Жыл бұрын

I was a bit stumped by the fact that they didn't want to be slowed down by a bike without a clutch but when their own bikes broke down the spirit changed to "let's push through together"

@ForTheLoveOfWheels

Жыл бұрын

@@Alex-bj9lf I kind of thought, they would take the bike apart and carry it out in pieces

@LewdDarling

Жыл бұрын

The problem is you need something heavy/steady to go through icy alaska, they would have needed to switch halfway through

Life lesson . They summed it up at the end.

Thank you, in Sweden and have been waiting a while for this to come out without a subscribtion. Excellent!

As someone who is planning to do the pan America highway on my bike (besides the gap lol) this was great.. I definitely hope you guys do a follow up video and talk more about the trip. also big thank you for your service.

I'm 62 never served. I been riding motorcycle since I was 10. I stumbled on this video and was moved in how dedicated you guys are toward each other and continuing to trying to move on. So inspiring. You men are in my prayers. Bless you and your families. May you find peace.

Should have made a 6 parter out of this, so much cool stuff we didn't get to see. I'm happy to see it finally published though, turned out great

Thank you all for completing this Mission. I'm a 64-year-old veteran with 32-years of service--three wars with many deployments. I miss it too. Excellent brothers!!

This is a serendipity. Yesterday night I watched an old documentary of the Darien pass

That was pretty awesome, makes me regret selling my KLR. They really are great bikes. I can certainly understand wanting to try it the hard way, but in my opinion skipping the Darien Gap wouldn’t have diminished the trip at all.

Thank you for this. I have been out since my last deployment, OIF 2003. I am a ER Nurse and live in Suburbia, but like you all I my have ETS’ed, but I never left Iraq. I have spent the last almost 20 years working trying to find the camaraderie that exists when I was in the Army. I currently work Part-Time as a Paramedic for AMR, Part-Time as a Paramedic/Firefighter for Scott Fire and EMS, and I am a Reserve Police Officer, as well as a Medical Officer on another volunteer Fire Department. On top of own a new jeep that I wheel the hell out of, and a couple of Ninja 400’s that me and my son get to ride together on. Still can’t find it, still can’t get the adrenaline rush that I used to get when it was go time, and we were strapping on out “battle-rattle” and goin in to get work done. But I know in the various jobs I have been blessed to have now, I know I am amble to make a difference, though small, I know I am able to influence a life. I feel I have a great life, and I have a lot of friends some here, and some I meet up again with in Fiddler Green, to thank for the awesome life, wife, and children I have. Love you guys, keep the rubber side down, and extra clutch plates in your rucks!

Guys together be like- it's all for the LOLs. Love this story, thanks for sharing.

"I just don't quit things anyway" I love it

@evenstevenmotodrone735

Жыл бұрын

This is my second time I see it... Just to read comments... And when I reach yours... Simon was saying what you wrote! Incredible

Man, I chose the wrong time of day to watch this: on my iPad pro at night in bed trying to wind my day down. I couldn’t fall asleep for at least a couple of hours afterwards. My bad. Congrats to the production team on creating this superlative work and sharing it with the world! Riveting visuals combined with an incredibly compelling human story. I’m going to rewatch this on the biggest screen and resolution I have access to. And continue trying to live a life motivated less by fear and more by dreams. Peace and stoke.

Greetings from oregon brothers i just found this vid im 69 and ride bmw gs travel all over love thanks for you taking us along God bless

48:07 You really wonder how the rest of the world perceives what you´re doing out there? I can tell you, man ... all of us adore you for your incredible will and perseverance and we are sure, at least now, every US-Guy is greatful for what you all did for your country back in the days! Great team!!! Best regards from Germany.

I rode my 2007 Suzuki DR 650 from Deadhorse to Anchorage in late September one year (2014), clear roads, if you can call that muddy stretch at the end of the Dalton Highway (going back, anyway-outside of Fairbanks) but it was very cold and I was hailed on twice. Did the whole ride in about 16 hours. It was exhausting, one of the hardest endurance trials I’ve ever endured. Would have loved to do a ride like this, but I’m still active duty and it will have to wait a few more years! Good on these guys, what an experience.

@tarjas

Жыл бұрын

Great bike and an awesome challenge.

Mate, I can't tell you how good this film was. Some real real poignant messages come across in this. One of the guys says something about the people watching not caring and maybe even he himself won't care by the end of it, but he carries on nonetheless. I've often found through really challenging myself, no matter how seemingly impossible or hard the task is. That feeling, the clarity of overcoming it becomes just one of the greatest feelings in the world. And you never forget how hard it was, because it makes other hard tasks become easier. 10/10

What a fantastic work of journalism.

The best motorcycle journey, period.

I so enjoyed watching that although I found myself thinking throughout most of it why they didn't choose lighter bikes. Also I think they should have foreseen the clutch burnout problem in the jungle. In any event, it was awesome. As a USMC Vietnam vet the military part of it really resonated. Semper Fi brothers.

@Silver_o

Жыл бұрын

You'd think so, but things in hindsight always seems to be clearer.

@Silver_o

Жыл бұрын

Also if I was the leader of the group, after making the decision to haul the bikes across the jungle, I'd have the engines out of the frame to break down the weight and make it easier to haul each part seperately with some makeshift cart to help.

@ra.v.l4038

Жыл бұрын

I haven't ridden off road for 40+ years back then we strove to find the lightest bike possible, going big seemed counter intuitive to me. KZreadr "Itchy Boots" has taken the opposite approach on her solo off road adventures, smaller is better in her opinion. 300-450cc small but still big enough for road travel.

@dustsmoke

Жыл бұрын

@@ra.v.l4038 It depends whats important. You only need 300-450cc if spending lots of time on freeways is important to you. As light as possible if something like that jungle is on your radar or really *anything* that is truly through the trees and fully off-road.

@ra.v.l4038

Жыл бұрын

@@dustsmoke I recall watching "Long way up" and "Long way around" the physical exhaustion of the riders wrestling their bikes out of sand and mud seemed so unnecessary. In off road riding days my smaller 250cc would've handled those situations better and much less fatiguing when it would go down. I had no problem keeping up to highway speed either. A 250 maybe too small for an extended continental journey but a 350 is more than capable, I had a friend in the 80'swho successfully rode from Canada to Suriname on a decrepit 1970s 350 CL twin. He loaded up on a freighter to Columbia when he reached the Darien Gap. I haven't ridden a dual purpose in decades so maybe I don't know what I'm talking about. Bigger just doesn't seem logical to me.

From a Brit.🇬🇧 vet and biker, gentlemen, I salute you. Outstanding.🏍️👍🍻

Life is a gift! People are going through unimaginable things so appreciate every small things!

Soy colombiano y soy propietario de una klr 650, me siento muy orgulloso de mi moto

More of these please. Riding is so much more than the gear.

Great video brothers. I'm a cold war Air Force veteran with 10 years active duty and another 5 years of reserves repairing everything from BUFFS to C-5s. I was in the reserves during the first Gulf War but spent the rest of my service facing the Soviet Union from the other side. You put those KLRs -and your bodies- through hell in the GAP not something I will ever want to do, but damn I sure admire what your tenacity going through there head down and just do it. Alaska reminded me of Grand Forks when I worked on the flight line. What's the next adventure? Look forward to seeing it!

This is one of the most daring motorcycling documentaries I've ever seen.

I'm a 58 year old VET. Who rides a KLR and I loved this video. God bless you all

More of this please big fan from Ireland .

I am halfway of this journey and here I am crying 💕.

I am a motorcycle traveler from Argentina, and I thank you from the bottom of my heart for sharing this incredible film, good roads to all!

Loved our military members!! What a cool video!

Loved it ! I was honored to meet the guys in Northern California and to be a tiny part of this film. Ride On !

26:54, 31:00... for fun, solely and wholely. rest in paradise to Wayne's late father, all downed riders, servicemen and women, the 2-wheeled heavy machines left behind... everyone gone from us still running new and old circles round here

The best adventure on a motorcycle I've seen! Epic!

Disregard people complaining about your choices. This was one hell of an adventure and a lot to be proud of.

Mike Eastham is the brother of my teacher, so we got to watch this in class, it's pretty awesome! I think big trips like this are so cool, and I'd love to go on one one day.

@hammer1212

Жыл бұрын

Tell Rob I said hello 👋

Thank you for sharing this amazing adventure. As a former Army Tanker and a long time motorcycle rider, I can completely relate to these guys. The fortitude these men demonstrated along the way is a amazing. Great job men and thank you for sharing.

@draneym2003

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, but the refugees forced to travel through this shit because of your actions in the military? Worthless scum, right? You veterans make me sick.

Them boys have a lot to be proud of. Cheers to ALL there crew!

To all the military personnel past present and future, Thank You! But in my opinion that just never seemed like much to say for them or their families and everyone left behind. So until I can figure out something better to say,THANK YOU!!!

One of the most underrated channels on KZread. Content like this is incredible and the effort that went into making this must have been monumental. A huge thank you for creating this awesomeness!!!!

@joaosoares3719

Жыл бұрын

How is a motorcycle-related channel with 1.18 million subscribers underrated?

Right now I'm planning on doing all south america with my KLR 650. Watching this, at this moment, has been for me extremely inspiring

a hell of a trip that u got there the inside the mind of all those veterans was my favourite part

I had a ‘92 KLR and every so often Guys would tell me “you can go around the world on that thing!” Rad to see guys do it

Thank you for publishing this

I'm retired Air Force and looking forward to a little trip from California to Alaska LOL.

Thank you so much for sharing this adventure. I watched it with my family and it a great time.

Amazing video. So glad you put it here on KZread.

What a grand adventure. Ups. Downs. In-betweens. Encapsulates the ADV riding experience 100% while providing valuable insight and relevance to these Veterans lives. Thank you REVZILLA for making this available.

What a treat! I’ve been looking forward to seeing this since hearing Wayne’s interview on Adventure Rider Radio. Kudos to Jake Hamby for the great documentary and to Common Tread for publishing it.

Best I've seen. I want to see vets on bikes. More please!

G’day great video guys I could feel the cold from here

Amazing watch. I'm sure that was incredibly hard to accomplish. Just all that preparation but not packing clutches for each bike... had me scratching my head.

Omg. Been wanting to watch this. Thank you for uploading :D

This was a journey i was glad to come on with you guys. Thanks

my goodness!!! what a journey!!!

Love the choice of KLRs for this.

On top of everything these guys have accomplished, the one thing I envy most is to have a few special buddies you know you can count on to do this kind of things with.

Christ, this should be a docu series on like public TV or some Channel, great video, great story, loved every minute!

Thanks for letting me ride along. A lot of respect for you guys.

They picked the right bikes. I'd much rather make that trip (even without the Gap) on KLRs than on BMWs like those other guys (I'm not even gonna start on LiveWires)

Awesome! I remember talking with the team at Overland Expo 2017 just prior to making the film.

what a beautiful documentary.. stunning visual and good story.. than you to everyone that put this all together!

You guys are something special, thanks for your service 🇺🇸

Just like this trip, we plan life in an unbroken line from where we are to where we want to be. And just like this trip, that line gets interrupted, changed, bent, and broken. The way I saw it, these men laid that line on a map to ask life a question. This film shows the answer life provided. It was not what the wanted nor what the expected, but they listened to the answer, and responded to it's call. To be stopped dead in our tracks, accept help, and continue forging ahead is not failure. It is a graceful response to the immovable and crushing momentum of that which is not in our control. To miss THAT, to be so focused on what we wanted instead of what we are given, is the only true failure. The ride was impressive, but the perspectives were inspiring.

good stuff, really enjoyed it!

Loved this. Fantastic production!

This is an amazing video, shows the stamina, grit and determination not to quit. I enjoyed seeing the world through the eyes of retired American Service Men. Well done and thank you for your service from northern Canada.

We are ex military, trained and tough. And we take Darien Gap...with guide and locals who help us through.

@TheRamsberg

Жыл бұрын

It felt super awkward, reminded me of the Brits a century ago doing similar things all over the place.

@86thirdgen71

Жыл бұрын

I'm quite confident if anybody attempted that without paying a guide and locals. (Paying for crossing) They would be dead.

Woa baby, as a fellow veteran and motorcycle rider, this video hit me square in the heart. Thanks.

I would be a liar, if a did nor shed a tear. The best, congrats guys ! all of the team. Mission accomplished!

From a Marine Corps Vet, I really enjoyed this.

Epic journey. Wow.

Great bunch of guys and a great video. Thank You!

Wow. I am in awe. Good on all of you. Bravo.

For what it's worth, I think that this was a damned impressive achievement. And, thank you for your service gentlemen....

Simply amazing!

Thank you for sharing this, a great story.

Gentlemen, thank you for posting this. I really enjoyed it.

This deserves so much more attention.

Great watch guys. I enjoyed that.

Unbelievable!! Amazing! So inspirational..Thank you for service boys!!

great ending shot! Great film.