I want to ride from Lagos to Israel with the aim of reaching Everest.' Kunle Adeyanju, a Nigerian biker
'Kunle Adeyanju, a Nigerian adventurer and London-to-Lagos biker, has stated that his next adventure will be to ride from Lagos to Israel and then from Israel to Tibet.
Adeyanju revealed this in an exclusive interview with Arise TV on Tuesday last week.
He took the world by surprise by spending 41 days to ride on a bike he named “Eagle” from London in April 19 and arrived in Lagos on May 29. In his exploration, he covered about 13,000 km across through 11 countries.
Sharing his experience, the biker said he was moved after his close friend died of polio and dedicated the journey to him to campaign against the disease that took his friend’s life two years ago. He also said that he would auction his Eagle bike which he wished could be in a museum for people to see in years to come.
“You know during the course of the trip, the bike became my friend, my closest companion. I spoke to him and discovered that machines also have soul. We may think they are just metals but they have soul because I spoke to Eagle a lot on the trip and the bike did respond back to me. We communicated.
“It’s going to be disrespectful for me to ride Eagle just as a street bike because he’s done that very big and great thing. It was a team work between me and Eagle. So, I’m going to be auctioning Eagle and I hope whoever ends up buying Eagle is going to put it in a museum where people can see. The generation cannot only hear the story but let them see.”
He related an emotional incident in which he spoke to Eagle during a challenging part of the adventure, and it responded to him.
