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THE LONG WAY DOWN: EWAN McGREGOR AND CHARLEY BOORMAN READY FOR NEW ADVENTURE |
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Wednesday, 09 May 2007 |
THE LONG WAY DOWN: EWAN McGREGOR AND CHARLEY BOORMAN READY FOR NEW ADVENTURE
 The motorcycle journey of a lifetime is back. After the sensational
success of Long Way Round Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman are now
starting off for the adventurous Long Way Down, this time travelling
through Europe and Africa.
2004 they decided to ride around the world on their BMW R 1200 GS
Adventure motorcycles. From London to New York - accompanied by a
camera crew keeping these unique impressions for the fascination road
movie Long Way Round.
In May 2007 the iconic motorcycle adventure rides again. Their
15,000-mile journey on two BMW R 1200 GS Adventure motorcycles starts
at John O'Groats, Scotland and finishes at the most southern point of
South Africa - Cape Agulhas. The tour will take 20 spectacular
countries in total, covering Libya, the Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda,
Rwanda, Tanzania, Botswana and the wilds of the Namibian Skeleton
coast. Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman have carefully planned their
route to visit those countries and several UNICEF sites which they feel
will provide inspiration and power to themselves and others.
"I can't imagine not ever thinking about some adventure," said Ewan
McGregor. "Long Way Round changed us all - it bonded us all together
and made our dreams come true - and it's not often something like that
happens. Long Way Down is something you can not only daydream about,
but actually do."
Regarding his exploits in the "Race To Dakar" last year, Charley
Boorman has been eager to return to Africa and see more of this amazing
continent. "A few weeks after Long Way Round we had maps out already
for the next big world journey - and Africa seemed like the obvious
choice."
Long Way Down is being produced and directed by Russ Malkin of Big
Earth and David Alexanian of Elixir Films, who have witnessed and
documented Ewan and Charley's previous Long Way Round and Race To Dakar
adventures.
Ewan and Charley will be supporting UNICEF, CHAS and Riders for Health
on their travels and the www.longwaydown.com website will keep fans
updated with all the latest information on the trip, including the
opportunity to view unreleased footage and pre-order copies of the book
and DVD. The Long Way Down television series will be shown on the BBC
in Autumn/Winter 2007.
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