The 25,000 Mile Love Story: The Epic Story of the Couple Who Sacrificed Everything to Run the World

by Serge Roetheli

Overview

The 25,000 Mile Love Story is a love story-but not a love story in the traditional sense. It is not just about a man and woman; nor is it just about a husband and wife. There are many people who can write that story. Instead, this is a love story that has lasted a lifetime-a love for the world's roads and all the people who inhabit them. You will follow Serge Roetheli through his childhood as an adventurer, through his teen years as a boxer, and through his adult life as a runner and mountain guide. As he writes in this intriguing memoir, You will sit by my side as I fell in love-not once, not twice, but three times. And you will run the road with me on The American Challenge and The World Tour. Then, you will return with me to where I belong, and I pray that you will take away some life lessons and the truth I have come to know so well. His life lessons are simple: It doesn't matter where you come from or what you start with. Possessing more or less doesn't ensure happiness or even victory. You cannot win the race overnight; you win it by persistence-by daily devotion. And you win it by doing the little things well. 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780985135980
Publisher:	Dunham Books
Publication date:	12/18/2012
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	7.40(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Serge Roetheli has lived a life many have dreamed of and few will ever accomplish. He is a former Olympic boxer and Swiss mountain guide who enjoys long-distance running. His feats include running the Grand Canyon in a single day, traversing all 12 passes of the Swiss Alps, running the Pan American Highway, and running around the world. Serge is also the co-author of Keep on Running and is a sought-after public speaker. He currently works works as a mountain guide in the Alps.

Table of Contents

Map of the World Tour 8

Map of the American Challenge 9

Preface Bertrand Piccard 11

Introduction 13

Part 1 The Roots 21

Chapter 1 He Will Live or He Will Die 23

Chapter 2 Inheritance 26

Chapter 3 Teach Me to be a Winner 32

Chapter 4 The Mountain Love 38

Photographs from the Early Years 49

Chapter 5 Nicole Number Two 65

Chapter 6 You Tell Yourself Forever 72

Chapter 7 Adventuring 75

Part 2 The Road 77

Chapter 8 The Magic Line 86

Chapter 9 Small World 89

Chapter 10 The Last Great Adventure 89

Chapter 11 The Darien Gap 93

Chapter 12 The Necessities 101

Chapter 13 A New Vision 104

Chapter 14 The Circumference of the World 110

Chapter 15 Human Warmth 113

Chapter 16 Camels and Big Beauty 116

Chapter 17 Alms 120

Chapter 18 Susceptible to the Unknown 122

Chapter 19 The Seizures 133

Chapter 20 The Boa 139

Chapter 21 Holy Land 141

Photographs from the Later Years 145

Chapter 22 Caged Bird 161

Chapter 23 India 164

Chapter 24 The Only Decent Man in the Land 171

Chapter 25 Running Through Hurricanes 176

Chapter 26 Losing Nora 179

Chapter 27 The Swiss Forest Gump 183

Chapter 28 Catch Your Stride 188

Epilogue 193

Afterword 196

The World Tour By the Numbers 202