Big Loop Ride @Australia

Mission: to highlight the forgotten value of silence, in own company, as some people can no longer enjoy self, away from the rabble of the crowd and the screen.

Plan: To ride a motorcycle, solo, right-around the Continent, including Alice Springs and Uluru.

Scope: 50 days, 20000kms, tent-camping, no support-crew.

Purpose: To face the vastness/openness/loneliness - with self.

Target: Modern Society' adults and adolescents, with their relentless need of "busy" company of others and the dislike of own-self in the silence of nature's space.

The Story: Realising similar rides have been done, many times before (I've read the blogs, books, watched the videos, know people who have done it, etc), as an experienced, long-distance and commuter motorcyclist, I am putting a new spin on it, by contemplating the human nature in the setting described above...

This ride has been in the planning for six years, following several ridden up, down and across both islands of New Zealand that I have done, mainly in groups, over the last decade.

I was inspired by a friend, Mike Hyde, who described his own experiences in three "Twisting Throttle" books, after he rode around New Zealand, Australia and America. I have ridden with Mike on his "shorter" rides, "Twisting Throttle 2000" kms/48 hours, crossing from the East to the West coasts and back, in the deep south of New Zealand. Sadly, Mike passed away, peacefully, in August '2015, following a short illness...

As we are constantly surrounded by the noise of the crowd and the screen of our devices, many can not handle a moment alone, in silence... That awkward minute with a stranger in the elevator, or a pause in a conversation with a newly met acquaintance. If we don't like ourselves, how can we be a "good company" to others..?

Seeking sponsorship for this undertaking, now.

Budget: $10000 (Details available on request).

Not looking free-handouts, but proposing to deliver value, by the way of blogging/writing, photography, filming, advertising, etc., in return.

As a Project initiator here, I am using this platform to moderate it, hoping to find ideas and financial support. Perhaps a single Organisation or a Philanthropist would be more suited in this instance, rather than crowdfunding...(?)

 As for the relevance...the sky (the Internet) are the "limit", since I am addressing issues affecting today's Society, globally. My potential sponsor will have a great (-er) following than me and benefit from my experiment and reporting, with the value it will deliver to their stakeholders.

Ready now and looking forward to hearing back.

Cheers!

www.tomzed.com.au