REGINA (CP) —
Vigrass, a third-rear
University of Saskatchewan
ngineering student, had
intended to spend a few
months in Europe. He wound
up spending 15 months
cycling from Rome te

nd.

Rick's plans changed when’
be met Charlie Meyer in
France. Meyer, a. 92-year-old

-gtockbroker and weekend
cyclist from Cleveland, Ohio,
had set out te cycle around
the world after an early 1977
meeting with Bill Markwart.

At the time Markwart, 60,
was following the route Tom
Stevens, the first arourd-
theworld cyclist, took in 1884,
Markwart was finally in-
jured in a New York traffic

aceldent a week after his
meeting with Meyer, who
then decided to complete
Markwart’s journey.

Meyer asked Vigrass to
join him. So he sold his
airplane ticket home to
Meyer's sister Joyce, who
had decided she wasn’t up to
the world tour and was going
back to the United States.

Vigrasa and Meyer cycled
from Rome to Frankfurt,
through Austria, Hungary,

PAGE 10, THE HERALD Wednesday, June 14, 1978

From Rometo Thailand on 2 wheels

Yugoslavia, Greece, Turkey,
Tran, Afghanistan, Pakistan,
India and Burma to

‘Thailand.

TRAVELLED LIGHT

The trip cost Vigrass
$5,000, including the cost of
the bicycle and two
cameras—his first was
stolen.

The two carried only the
barest essentials. Anything
that wasn’t used dally was
sent home or discarded.
They had no cmange of
clothes and washed their
attire every night, often
finding it still damp the next
m

orning.

Vigrass even cut off half
the handle of his toothbrush
to reduce weight.

The pair encountered few
problems—the biggest on the
Czechoslovakian-Austrian
border.

They were following 2
small réad, shown on their

jogging
Czechoslovakia, If border
officials didn't let them
cross, they planned to pedal
back into Austria.

The road died out as they
approached the border and
they walked through a
cluster of trees into a flat

valley, where they ercesed
stream in search of a road.
ARRESTED BY CZECHS
They saw power lines atop
the valley and thought there
would be a road there. Then
they spotted a checkpoint
ttwer above three walls, two
of barbed wire. Border of-
ficials stopped them nearby.

Three policemen with ma-’ offs

chine-guns drove up in a
jeep, handcuffed the
travellers and took their
passports and bicycles. They
were taken to separate
rooms in a police station
about 20 miles from the
border and interrogated. 0

“They wanted to know
what we did; why we were
there; how we got there;
what our fathers did; what
religion we were; whether
we knew anyone in
Czechoslovakia; whether we
knew any Czechoslovakiana
‘in North America. Once they
were satisfied, we were fined
about $30 each for entering
the country with no visa and
turned over to the Austrian
officials."

Vigrass said Austrian
officials then wanted to know
how many dogs the Czechs
had; if Vigrass or Meyer

were blindfolded or hurt;
how far it was to the police
station and If any shots were
fired: The Austrians fined

them another $5 for crossing ©

the border without.a visa.
STONED BY CHILDREN
In Moalem countries the

pair had to wear long pants |

and shirts rather than cut-
“The little kids kepl
stones at our legs.

Their custom is that fleah
must be covered. Even the

old men in the villages would *

point to our legs and shake
their fingera at us.” -

They spent 50 days in
Turkey, where many people
took them into their homes.
One man insisted they sleep
in his bed while he. slept
outside.

The same hospitality wag
shown them in Pakistan.

“The Islamic religion has
as one of its principles that
hospitality must be given to
travellers. They are sup-
posed to make at least one
pilgrimage to Mecca in their
lifetime and, as a result, they
look after other travellers,”

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