An acquaintance of mine remarked that he sold his bicycle in Seattle a few months ago to some guy who explained, "I'm going to ride it to South America."
"Okay," my acquaintance said, probably with some degree of skepticism.
But it's a real project, and they head out soon!
Ride to Rio: Four riders who "share a thirst for being stupid and finding adventure" bicycling through twelve countries and finishing in Rio with very sore butts.