- Description: Emma Rowena Gatewood was a notable hiker. In 1955, at the age of 67, she became the first woman to hike the 3'489 kilometers (2'168 miles) of the Appalachian Trail from Mount Oglethorpe, Georgia, to Mount Katahdin, Maine, in one season and solo. She repeated this feat in 1960 and 1963, also walking the Oregon Trail and visiting every continental state in the United States on foot
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Grandma Gatewood
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1887-1973
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: On foot, A piedi, A pied
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Americas, Americhe, Amérique
- Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grandma_Gatewood
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5595463
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Gatewood Sullivan L., Rowena Caldwell Gatewood E., Pagyn Alexander, Grandma Gatewood walks across America, Pine Needle Press, 1993.
- Description: KeepBrave is Paola Gianotti's venture: around the world by bike to conquer the Guinness World Record
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Italy, Italia, Italie
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Bike, Bicicletta, Vélo
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
- Internet: http://www.keepbrave.com
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Paola Gianotti, Sognando l’infinito, Come ho fatto il giro del mondo in bicicletta, Piemme, 2015.
Giro del mondo in bici: Paola Gianotti ce l’ha fatta. Per la crisi ha chiuso l’azienda, l’8 marzo è partita, oggi è tornata nella sua Ivrea. E’ la seconda donna a riuscirci: 144 giorni e 29.430 chilometri.
- Description: In 1996, two globetrotters replicated a journey undertaken by two women in 1956 from New York to Los Angeles
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: -
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Bike, Bicicletta, Vélo
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Americas, Americhe, Amérique
- Internet: https://peggynewland.com
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Goetz P. N., Goetz B., The adventure of two lifetimes, Liberty Corner, Anacus Press, 2001.
The Today Show, June 24, 1956. June Meyer tells David Garroway that she is looking forward to “the adventure of a lifetime” as she and her friend Teri Foster leave New York City on a pair of three-speed Schwinns. Neither has any bicycle touring experience, but they want to get to California and see as much of the country as possible along the way. Ninety days later, their adventure concludes in Los Angeles.
- Description: On December 31, 2012, Thomas Grosserichter set a Guinness World Record by cycling 28'500 km. The German started and finished his journey in Berlin, completing it in 105 days
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Germany, Germania, Allemagne
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Bike, Bicicletta, Vélo
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
- Internet: http://www.cyclingtheworld.de
- Description: John Paul Gerber was an author, historian, librarian, and motorcyclist. Enthusiastic about European scooters such as Vespas, Lambrettas, and Heinkels, he amassed over 412,000 km (about 256,000 mi) of travel across five continents. He rode his first scooter at age 14 and had covered almost 40,000 km in North America by age 21. In 1966, he undertook a roughly 18,000 km round trip from Minnesota to Panama on a Vespa GS 160. In 1971, he completed a solo journey of 40,000 km from Wisconsin down the east coast of South America to Tierra del Fuego, and back up the west coast; his trip toward Alaska was cut short due to a collision in Hayward, California
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1945–2010
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Vespa
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
- Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Paul_Gerber
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6252201
- Description: Giovanni Giarrana walked the route from Horgen to Agrigento, his hometown, as a protest against war, racism, and pollution
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: -
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1944-2015
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: On foot, A piedi, A pied
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Europe, Europa
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Giorgetti E., Da Horgen ad Agrigento a piedi. Giovanni Giarrana, 65 anni, ha varcato ieri il confine a Chiasso, Corriere del Ticino, 04.06.2009.
Giovanni Giarrana: un militante infaticabile. Con tristezza il sindacato Unia ha appreso la scomparsa dell’amico e militante sindacale di lunga data Giovanni Giarrana. Il suo impegno per il nostro sindacato, dove in passato aveva ricoperto la carica di copresidente della commissione dei migranti, è stato per anni infaticabile. Solo nel marzo scorso aveva partecipato per Unia a Tunisi al Forum sociale mondiale, dove aveva organizzato un gruppo di lavoro sul tema dei profughi che arrivano sulle coste della Sicilia, sua isola natale.
- Description: In 2015, Jean-Hugues Gooris embarked on a 100-day bicycle journey from Malaga to Bastogne, which he documented in a film. This project proved to be a success, turning him into an established documentary filmmaker who continued to explore and document inspiring stories in lesser-known or conflict-ridden areas
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Belgium, Belgio, Belgique
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Bike, Bicicletta, Vélo
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Internet: https://terrexplore.com/
- Multimedia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUR_0JWduQk
- Description: Gnaldi Coleschi Andrea, Guerrini Guido, Dini Nicola, Boncompagni Simone are a group of young men who traveled by car from Turin to Beijing and Rome to Volgogra
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Italy, Italia, Italie
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Car or similar, Mezzi a motore, Moyen motorisé
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Internet: http://www.torinopechino.it
Da Torino a Pechino a GPL! 25.852 sono i chilometri che questi temerari hanno percorso dal 5 Luglio al 22 Settembre per arrivare fino a Pechino e tornare con una Fiat Marea alimentata a GPL con un impianto Teleflex SGI fornito da IMEGA .
- Description: Gianni Ghisla is a motorcyclist who has curated a book where he has encapsulated his experiences gained on roads across the world: Sguardi sul mondo is dedicated to all curious and open-minded individuals who are moved by wonders, both those around the corner and those encountered while traveling: the people, the little things, the enchanting landscapes, the miracles created by human civilization
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Switzerland, Svizzera, Suisse
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Motorbike, Motocicletta, Moto
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Internet: https://www.salvioni.ch/product/sguardi-sul-mondo
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Ghisla, Gianni. Sguardi Sul Mondo : Come Meravigliarsi Viaggiando in Motocicletta Dal Ticino in Capo Al Mondo. Bellinzona: Salvioni, 2018.
- Description: On February 22, 2009, Mark Gibbens started his walking journey from Perth. The trek concluded at Sydney's Civic Park on May 18 of the same year. The purpose of the initiative was to raise funds for prostate cancer research
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Australia
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: On foot, A piedi, A pied
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Australia
- Internet: http://www.redcrossfundraising.org.au/mark_gibbens_9
Meet Mark Gibbens, a 50 year old Australian Registered Nurse and Ultra Distance Walker.
- Description: In 1986, hundreds of people walked from Los Angeles to the capital Washington DC. The initiative, called the Great Peace March for Global Nuclear Disarmament, aimed to raise awareness about the dangers and damages of nuclear energy. The participants took nine months to cover 3'700 miles (6'000 km)
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: -
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: On foot, A piedi, A pied
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: USA
- Internet: http://www.greatpeacemarch.org
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5599742
In 1986, about 1200 of us left Los Angeles to begin a nine-month march for disarmament--our destination Washington DC. PRO-Peace, a group formed by David Mixner, had planned the march, but expected 5,000 people to show.
- Description: Best known as a revolutionary and warrior, it's lesser known that Che Guevara was also a traveler. In 1951, he embarked on a journey across Latin America on a 500 cc Norton Model 18 motorcycle. Guevara compiled a diary of this adventure, published as "Latinoamericana". In 2004, a film titled "The Motorcycle Diaries" was made based on this journal
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Che Guevara
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Argentina
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1928-1967
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Motorbike, Motocicletta, Moto
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Americas, Americhe, Amérique
- Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Motorcycle_Diaries_(book)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5809
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Guevara, Ernesto. 2004. Latinoamericana: un diario per un viaggio in motocicletta. Milano: Feltrinelli. I diari della motocicletta un film di Walter Salles.
This isn't a tale of derring-do, nor is it merely some kind of "cynical account"; it isn't meant to be, at least. It's a chunk of two lives running parallel for a while, with common aspirations and similar dreams.
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