Speaker From board rooms to classrooms to lecture
halls, Willie Weir entertains, motivates, and inspires.
Programs
"The energy in the room when he finished was almost visible."
--
Louise Kipping, Hostelling International
Need some inspiration in your program? From boardrooms to classrooms to lecture halls, Willie Weir entertains, motivates, and inspires. His programs appeal to anyone with a love for adventure and desire for challenge.
Cycling
Beyond the
Headlines:
Colombia
&
Venezuela
Colombia
has spent
many years
ranked as
one of the
most
dangerous
countries
on the
planet.
Most
Americans
only
exposure
to
Venezuela
is from
seeing
president
Hugo
Chavez
rant
against
American
Imperialism.
Many
folks
would
leave both
countries
off their
travel
list. As
Willie and
his wife,
Kat,
prepared
for this
latest
journey,
the advice
from every
source
warned
them to
travel
only the
main roads
...
especially
in
Colombia.
It was all
gearing up
to be a
depressing
trip. Then
an email
popped
into his
inbox ...
and the
adventure
took a
most
interesting
turn ....
A
Tale
of
Twos:
Cycling
Thailand
&
Laos
One
is
a
constitutional
monarchy,
the
other
a
communist
state.
One
has
all
the
conveniences
of
the
modern
world;
the
other
has
difficulties
supplying
water
and
electricity
to
its
population.
One
is
overrun
with
scooters,
while
the
other
still
embraces
the
bicycle.
One
is
over-touristed,
the
other
barely
visited
Both
are
amazing
travel
destinations
separated
by
the
Mekong
River.
Come
and
experiences
these
two
countries
from
the
seat
of
a
bicycle
with
award-winning
commentator
and
travel
writer
Willie
Weir
The
Bad Road: Cycling Turkey
What do you do when
you have a 3-month bicycle journey
planned in Turkey and a week
before you leave U.S. troops
invade Iraq? If you are radio
commentator and travel columnist
Willie Weir ... you go anyway.
Willie will take you down some
"bad roads" in this
amazing country and explore the
question, "How do you decide
when adventure is worth the
risk?"
Cuba: So Close - So Far Away
"Cuba
would
not
have
even
made
it
onto
my
list
of
top
twenty
destinations,
except
for
one
reason
...
my
government
told
me
I
couldn't
go."
In
1998
Willie
Weir
pedaled
off
on
a
2,000
mile
bicycle
journey
throughout
the
forbidden
island
of
sugarcane,
cigars
and
socialism.
Experience
three
months
of
adventure;
from
breaching
national
security
at
a
nuclear
reactor,
to
a
wild,
bizarre
and
unforgettable
Christmas
Eve
...
all
on
a
prototype
bicycle
that
allowed
him
to
begin
solo
and
later
continue
tandem
with
his
wife,
Kat.
Love, War and the Bicycle: A Balkans Adventure
"You
must first
ask
yourself
this
question:
Do I truly
want to
have an
adventure?"
--Willie
Weir
War, sickness, romance, crime, adventure!
While UN
troop
trucks and
tanks
rolled
along
Bosnia's
highways,
Willie
Weir
cycled
into
Sarajevo
and beyond
into Serb
controlled
Bosnia.
From the
mountains
of
Slovenia,
to the
back roads
of
Albania,
Willie
encountered
this
volatile
region
with a woman
who would
change his
life
forever.
"He gives a dazzling performance straight from his heart that is mesmerizing, humorous, honest, surprising, and insightful. Willie appeals to
everyone
--
children, adults, adventurers, and dreamers."
--
Ron Salsbury, Director, Greater Seattle Bicycle Expo
Fear and Hospitality: A Journey Through South Africa
"If
you take this
road to King
Williams Town,
you are going
to die. Do you
understand
me?" --White South
African farmer
Willie Weir
pedaled in
post-apartheid
South Africa
months after
Nelson Mandela
had been
elected
president.
Eager to
travel in the
former
homelands,
home of the
Zulu, Xhosa
and other
tribes, he
faced a
daunting
obstacle ...
hundreds of
people warned
of grave
consequences.
Sometimes
adventure
means facing
your fears and
coming to
grips with
your own
prejudices.
I am God! Cycling India
"It is easier to change your
mind than it is to change the
minds of 900 million other
people." --
Rajastani street vender
What is the proper response when a 13 year-old boy confides in you that he is a deity?
What should you order for dinner
while spending a night in jail?
And what does Charlie Brown have
to do with the sport of cricket?
Willie Weir takes you on a
humorously bumpy ride through the
subcontinent on a bicycle loaded
down with every travel fear
imaginable.
"I have been booking nationally and internationally known outdoor /adventure speakers at the University of Montana for 18 years. Willie Weir is one of the best."
--Dudley
Improta,
Outdoor
Programs,
University
of Montana
