CHRIS SCOTT

Publications:

Sahara Overland
Adventure Motorcycling Handbook
Sahara Abenteuerhandbuch

In 1981, aged 21, Chris Scott's first desert trip ground to a halt somewhere around 21° N, 6° E with a split fuel tank - a pretty normal Saharan introduction it seems.

During the eighties, working as a courier in London Chris returned to the desert every other year and in '89 organised the first and last 'Sahara Motorcycle Tour' from which only one bike returned. Desert Travels tells the full story.

Recognising these recurring difficulties he prepared a report for the RGS which has developed into the current Adventure Motorbiking Handbook .

In 1991 Rough Guides asked Chris to co-author Australia and he's been travel writing since then.

In 1998 Chris decided to focus solely on the Sahara, which has always been his passion, and began work on Sahara Overland'

Like many recidivist Saharans, Chris is now more interested in getting to know the desert well than challenging pistes.

As well as writing for various travel, 4WD and motorcycle magazines and newspapers over the years (including modelling for Esquire as an 'explorer'), Chris has been a guest speaker at Royal Geographical Society (RGS) events and Independent Travellers' World shows. He's advised scores of desert-bound travellers as well as profesionals from photographers to independent TV companies commissioned by the National Geographic Channel.

His books include: Desert Biking, A Guide to Independent Motorcycling in the Sahara ; the west and north of Australia , the Rough Guide (also available in Italian and Spanish); Desert Travels, Motorcycle Journeys in the Sahara and West Africa ; the Adventure Motorbiking Handbook and Sahara Overland .