Eric Wickre’s Hoka Hey Motorcycle Challenge
Meet Eric Wickre (the original, Alaskan Viking Cowboy), treated at our center December 2008 for Stage IA osteomyelitis of his left tibia, a con-sequence of an open fracture suffered in 1981. His (and others’) entire medical case portfolio will be posted at http://www.osteomyelitis.com/html/news.html#featured-case . After successful treatment at our treatment center in San Diego, Eric is now back to his rough-and-ready cowboy ways, having just been selected to be one of 1000 motorcyclists from around the globe to compete in The Hoka Hey Motorcycle Challenge —– also known as the “Iditarod of Harley Davidson, 2010”.
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The Challenge is a grueling, 7,000 mile race from Key West, FL to the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska where “winner takes all” …one half million dollarsin Alaskan gold! It starts June 20th and ends in Homer, AK on July 4th. The secret route will initially head 1,000 miles into Mississippi. There, riders will get a map for the next leg of the ride: traveling the back roads, highways and byways; enduring hail storms, heat waves and scorpions; sleeping along side their bikes every night for the entire journey.
Join us as we follow Eric’s epic journey through the Americas on OSTEOMYELITIS BLOG. Good luck, Eric!!
[...] folks, it’s about a month to the start of the Hoka Hey challenge and our main man, Eric, is now back in Anchorage after spending last week driving the 1000 miles downrange from the finish [...]
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