Robert Bogucki - Extreme Cyclist
Submitted: Monday, Sep 01, 2008 at 21:58
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equinox
Hi all,
Reading about our
young spainard cycling friend brings back memories of another cyclist - Robert Bogucki. Setting off into
the desert on his bike from near Sandfire Roadhouse he made international headlines almost a decade ago. I still remember the breaking story - Mans bike found abandoned near edge of desert.
I remember being absolutely glued to the TV screen and the papers at the time. I still have a poster of him somewhere.
Remember the cigar smoking American rescuer - Garrison St Claire and his team of dogs. Some people even knitted shoes for the dogs so they didn't get sore paws walking on the spinifex.
Bogucki lasted 40 days and 40 nights, almost biblical really, before being rescued. It was the media who found him in the end. It was the best Outback Adventure story of my life and has yet to be bettered.
Cheers
Alan
Reply By: Member - extfilm (NSW) - Monday, Sep 01, 2008 at 22:14
Monday, Sep 01, 2008 at 22:14
I do remember.... as soon as I read the media found him
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Reply By: Member - AJB (VIC) - Monday, Sep 01, 2008 at 22:47
Monday, Sep 01, 2008 at 22:47
Hoax
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Follow Up By: equinox - Monday, Sep 01, 2008 at 23:09
Monday, Sep 01, 2008 at 23:09
Surely not.
Our police were looking for him for about 12 days. They wouldn't like a hoax.
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Reply By: Member - Footloose - Tuesday, Sep 02, 2008 at 09:24
Tuesday, Sep 02, 2008 at 09:24
Sandfire ? Then that would have been the start of the Kidson. I remember that story, more like a circus from memory.
No wonder the bike was thrown away. Some bulldust sections on that end were pretty heavy going a couple of years ago.
I can't imagine trying to get across there on a bike, you'd have to carry it a lot of the way.
That's definitely camel country, not push bike country. Certainly not in October without any support.
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Reply By: Member - Davoe (Yalgoo) - Tuesday, Sep 02, 2008 at 09:47
Tuesday, Sep 02, 2008 at 09:47
I know australians like to say their media found him...........
But they wouldnt have even been there if it wasnt for the personally funded search team by his dad
- Hoax ... maybe but all out back shenanigans hold a stigma
- Lindy chamberlain
- Joanne lees to name a few
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Reply By: Axel [ the real one ] - Tuesday, Sep 02, 2008 at 10:38
Tuesday, Sep 02, 2008 at 10:38
You want extreme pushbike riders / rides ? google the name Heinze Stucke and be amazed , met him on the Tanami in may this yr.
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