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Giacomo Perone was an employee of a wine shop, Andrea Incarbone was a shelf manager: «We wanted to get our days back». Sunday 21st April is the start of an itinerary of 16 thousand kilometers to be covered in a year
From Turin to the Australian desert by bike. Beyond 15,779 kilometers That Andrea Incarbone And Giacomo Perone they calculate to reach within the maximum time of «a year and a weekalso because my sister will be getting married on that date and I will absolutely have to be there” jokes Andrea.
They’ll pass by Balkansfrom theHimalayasfrom the Thailand. An undertaking that is not just a journey. It is the manifesto of a generation: «We resigned from our respective jobs. Of course there is the desire to test ourselves, to reach the other part of the world with our own strength. But above all we wanted to regain possession of our days that always flowed the same. We want to go back to finding the right time for things». Andrea, almost 25 years old, until a few days ago worked as a night-time shelf worker for a large supermarket chain. Giacomo, 24 years old, was instead an employee in a wine shop in the center of Turin.
Italy-Australia by bike, the itinerary
The two will leave Sunday morning from Piazza Benefica in Turin. «We will stop at Moncalieri to the Cycle Tourism Festival. We will be at the stand of Ferrino who is the sponsor of our adventure – explain the two young people -. Then we will leave for Milan, we hope to reach the border from Trieste within a month.”
The program is in fact very detailed: Andrea and Giacomo have with them passports, visas, updates on international conflicts. «We would like to travel by land as much as possible. Initially we wanted to go through Iran. But the war is underway, the border is blocked” explains Giacomo. So they will come in Kazakhstan. They will travel the Australian desert for about a month and a half, and then take the plane back Adelaide.
No electric motor on the bikes. «We will only move forward with our own strength. We are ready for anything – underline the two people from Turin – except for war events. It’s an aspect that scares us, more than the month and a half with the bike through the Australian desert.” It is not the first time that Andrea and Giacomo face a similar adventure: last year they reached the North Cape by bike. In 2020 Palermo, «but it all started like this for fun – they explain -. With the scouts we had cycled on the VenTo, the cycle path from Turin to Venice. We wanted to see what we could do.”
The Australian adventure will be told via social media, and on the journey the two will also bring the pennant of the Municipality of Turin entrusted to them by mayor Lo Russo. «Our families were not surprised by this trip, let’s say they are trained – conclude Andrea and Giacomo -, but above all they support us in our desire to experience the world».
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April 20, 2024 (modified April 20, 2024 | 11:14)
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