The extreme tour was to take the two men through Europe and Africa. On foot, of course. Before that, they wanted to visit the Sultan of Brunei!
Markus Möller and Ronald Prokein are Guinness Book record holders. In 1994, they cycled around the world in 161 days. On their return, they were certain: nothing can stop us now. The next extreme tour was planned. It was to take them through Europe and Africa. On foot, of course. They wanted to do a little something first. They had heard that the Sultan of Brunei was a friend of crazy ideas and the richest man in the world. In short, the perfect sponsor.
At the beginning of March 1996, they set off by car. An airplane was out of the question. The Sultan had to be a little surprised before he pulled out his wallet.
And then there was little Anita, who had AIDS. They had met the four-year-old in a clinic a few days earlier. They wanted to bring her favorite animal from the "trip": a frog. Then, on the fifth day of their trip, the shock. Their car overturns near Omsk. With soft knees, the men try to dismiss the incident as a slip-up. But it was to be different from their round-the-world trip, when misfortune seemed to scare them ...
