To Dakar and Back: 21 Days Across North Africa by Motorcycle

In this adventure motorsports memoir, Canadian racer Lawrence Hacking recounts his experience completing the Paris-Dakar Rally, becoming the first Canadian motorcycle racer to finish the event. The Paris-Dakar Rally is an off-road motorsports competition that began in 1979 and has drawn over three thousand participants from various backgrounds. All who attempt the "Dakar challenge" share a common goal: to test themselves against the Sahara's harsh terrain. In 2001, Hacking entered what would be the last rally on the traditional Paris-to-Dakar route. Working with motorsport journalist Wil De Clercq, Hacking describes his three-week, ten-thousand-kilometer journey across North Western Africa. The account covers the physical and mental demands of the competition, from Paris through remote regions, culminating in personal achievement.