VOLUME ISSUE OCTOBER , P127
• Truly awe-inspiring professional
photography that makes you want to
get out there and explore it yourself
• Lots of current ADV machines from
almost every brand are featured • Exact
location of each photo is described
Truly awe-inspiring professional
• Exact location of each photo is
described
(There's much debate in the
Overland and ADV communities about
sharing remote locations. I believe that
part of the experience should be map-
ping, navigating, and discovering these
beautiful destinations on your own. If
anyone can Google the locations and
go directly there just to get "likes,"
we risk spoiling these unspoiled trea-
sures for future generations)
STANDOUT FEATURE
Beautiful high-resolution photos and
breathtaking scenery
READER ANALYSIS
My first "ADV" machine was a used
KLR250, simply because that's all I
could afford as a kid working in a mo-
torcycle dealership. But that dealership
also sold BMW GSs, and I'm dating
myself here; in those days, it was the
R80 GS, the OG of ADV machines. That
era also saw the dawn of an event
called the Paris-Dakar Rally, which was
featured in the pages of this maga-
zine. Those pictures of that bike from
that race inspired my lifelong passion
for adventure motorcycles.
They say a picture is worth a
thousand words, but a picture can
also spark enthusiasm and aspiration
for something or someplace, or, in this
case, both—a type of motorcycle and a
place where you want to ride it. In his
book Adventure Riding in the American
West, Olivier De Vaulx captures what
has always been the aspirational
dream of virtually every ADV rider—rid-
ing a great motorcycle in a wild and
beautiful environment. Beautiful pretty
much sums up De Vaulx's masterfully
organized collection of photos taken
over a 10-year period wherein he
covered thousands of miles in some
of the most inhospitable environ-
ments on earth. His photos capture
the beauty of these locations, and
in some, like the photo in the Sand
Dunes chapter on page 31, you can
see the suffering conditions he must
have endured to bring them to life. But
IN THE AMERICAN WEST
something that I can personally attest
to is that pain and suffering in cold,
hot, or windy conditions often lead
you to some of the most memorable
and beautiful experiences life has to
offer. If you've been riding for more
than a day, chances are that you've
been wet, you've been cold, and you've
certainly been hot, but if you're still
riding, then you were likely rewarded
with memories that are simply price-
less, and you can't wait to feel those
emotions again. And that's what true
adventure motorcycling is all about.
But as time goes by, life gets in the
way, and the memories fade—until you
pick up a book like this, and they all
come flooding back. I spent a lot of
time in some places where De Vaulx
shot these magnificent photos, and af-
ter scrolling through the pages of his
new book, I can't wait to get back out
there because his pictures make you
wanna take it all in, again and again.
And that's exactly what he was trying
to achieve. Well done, sir.
Keith Dowdle
List Price: $55.00 for standard cover, $65.00 for special edition cover,
$30.00 for Digital Version Website: https://devaulxphotography.com/
The book's pictures will
make you want to take a big
adventure of your own.
