Charley Boorman has completed an epic ten-week adventure, criss-crossing the United States of America on a BMW R 1200 GS adventure-sports motorcycle while filming his exciting new series Extreme Frontiers: USA.
Along the way, Charley’s adventures included braving the frozen Alaskan wilderness for hostile environment training with the US Army, diving in Pearl Harbour to see the wrecks and flying a replica of the Wright Brothers’ fabric and string glider at Kitty Hawk.
Extreme Frontiers: USA, the third in Boorman’s new series, saw the BMW-riding adventurer and travel-writer make his way from Hawaii to Alaska, via New York, Utah, Montana and California – and many more states and cities across the length and breadth of America.
Charley and his producer/fellow adventurer Russ Malkin rode over 5000 miles on tarmac, desert, gravel and dirt through some of the most spectacular locations in North America.
Charley’s knowledge and skills earned from over a decade of motorcycle adventures, including the Long Way Round and his Dakar race experiences, proved to be invaluable as he battled through swamps, rivers and sand dunes.
?Towards the end of the epic journey, the pair were joined by a huge convoy of over 100 motorcycles and riders for the final stretch. Friendly local bikers escorted Charley and Russ on the last few miles to the famous Venice Beach, wrapping up an amazing ten-week adventure.
Charley Boorman said: “Extreme Frontiers: USA was an amazing trip and I had the most incredible adventures along the way. I can’t wait for everyone to be able to see the new Extreme Frontiers series on TV – I hope they have as much fun watching it as Russ and I had filming!”
The Extreme Frontiers: USA programme will be broadcast on Channel Five later this year.
To see photos, videos and read the daily blog updates from the trip, visit www.bigearth.com/extremefrontiers/usa/ . Images courtesy of Leopold Hughes.
Boorman's epic USA trip
