“Who the hell had this idea anyway?” Seventy mile-an-hour winds greeted Réanne Hemingway-Douglass and Katherine Wells as they wheeled their bicycles off the ferry after crossing the Strait of Magellan. They had planned to cycle 300 miles across Tierra del Fuego, from Porvenir, Chile in the north, to Ushuaia, Argentina in the south. But as gusts slammed them sideways, even the three-mile ride from the ferry landing to Porvenir seemed insurmountable. Réanne tells of their adventurous journey pedaling—and sometimes pushing—heavy-laden bicycles through wind, rain and hail, often times with appalling road conditions, across one of the most remote and beautiful regions on the planet.

Réanne Hemingway-Douglass grew up in the Great Lakes region and Washington D.C. She attended Pomona College, Claremont Graduate University in Southern California, and the Université de Grenoble, France. After teaching French for twenty years, she joined her husband, Don Douglass, in their manufacturing and backpacking business. In the 1970s she and Don were the first American couple to attempt a circumnavigation of the Southern Hemisphere by sailboat. Réanne’s best-selling book, Cape Horn: One Man’s Dream, One Woman’s Nightmare, tells the story of their pitchpoling near Cape Horn. Réanne’s articles on bicycling, cruising and women’s issues have appeared in numerous outdoor magazines. She and Don are the authors of a series of six detailed nautical guidebooks and maps from Baja Mexico to Prince William Sound, Alaska. Réanne is also the author of The Shelburne Escape Line – Secret Rescues of Allied Aviators by the French Underground, The British Royal Navy and London’s MI-9. The Douglasses live on Fidalgo Island in Washington State, U.S.A.

This book will appeal to adventure travelers, bicyclists, outdoor enthusiasts, and others interested in true-life adventures. Priced at $12.95, Two Women Against the Wind: A Tierra del Fuego Bicycling Adventure