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- Description: Bicycle journey through the lowest points of the six continent
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- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Bike, Bicicletta, Vélo
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: -
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Malusa J., Into thick air: biking to the bellybutton of six continents, San Francisco, Sierra Club Books, 2008.
With plenty of sunscreen and a cold beer swaddled in his sleeping bag, writer and botanist Jim Malusa bicycled alone to the lowest point on each of six continents, a six-year series of “anti-expeditions” to the “anti-summits.”
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- Description: Born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1958, Tony Mangan ran around the world from 25 October 2010 to 27 October 2014 - starting and finishing at the Dublin Marathon - covering 50,000 km (31,000 miles) across 41 countries on 5 continents in 1,461 days, running an average of 43.3 km per day. He carried mostly a backpack; in more remote areas he pushed a cart named Nirvana. The journey was run to raise funds for Aware, an Irish charity supporting people with depression
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: The World Jogger
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Ireland, Irlanda, Irlande
- 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: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
- Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Mangan
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13519847
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- Description: Setting off on March 3, 1954, for a tour of Africa on a Lambretta LD scooter, Serge Gauquelin and Jean-Claude Marcq returned 15 months later, on June 11, 1956
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- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Lambretta
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Africa
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- Description: Departing from Valentino on April 16, 2011, Diego Mariani and Marco Lugliengo were headed to Australia on Vespa
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Starwaytosidney
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Italy, Italia, Italie
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- 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
Pronti a partire: un rapido bilancio dei risparmi per stabilire il budget (6-7 mila euro); vaccinazioni (almeno quindici); percorso (Italia, Albania, Grecia, Turchia, Iran, Pakistan, India, Indonesia, Australia), permessi e soprattutto il mezzo. «Uno scooter. La sua lentezza permette di attraversare un Paese con tutti i sensi ed è straordinario perché ti entra nella pelle e non te lo scordi più. Lo racconteremo ogni lunedì a mezzogiorno su Radio Flash».
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- Description: Günther Markert was a German long-distance traveller and photographer. Between 22 February 1954 and 8 May 1955 he completed a round-the-world journey on a modified Kreidler R50 scooter, covering approximately 50,000 km (31,000 miles) through 33 countries across four continents. His route went from Germany through Italy, Egypt, Sudan, Israel, Jordan, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, India, Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, Japan, the United States, Mexico and Morocco, returning to Berlin. During the journey he set an altitude record for Kreidler at 4,600 metres on the slopes of Popocatépetl, the second-highest mountain in Mexico. He was a photographer throughout the journey and documented it with numerous photographs. The original Kreidler R50 used on the journey is on display at the Technikmuseum Sinsheim. He recounted his journey in Die Welt war meine Strasse ("The World Was My Road")
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- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Germany, Germania, Allemagne
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Moped, Motorino, Cyclomoteur
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
- Internet: https://www.zweirad-museum.de
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Markert, Günther. Die Welt war meine Strasse: eine abenteuerliche Rollerfahrt um die Erde. Bertelsmann, 1958. "Günther Markert und Kreidler R50." Schwalbennest Forum.
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- Description: Sylvette Marmeuse travels across Switzerland on foot to raise awareness about unemployment and cross-border issues. A 55-year-old from Fribourg, she started from Le Locle and covered 3'000 km
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- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Switzerland, Svizzera, Suisse
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1954-
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: -
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Europe, Europa
- Internet: https://www.rtn.ch/rtn/Actualite/Regionale/141209Retour-de-Sylvette.html
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: LaRegioneTicino, 16 luglio 2009.
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- Description: On April 25, 2001, Alberto Fiorin, Aldo Maroso, and eight other friends set off from Venice on bicycles headed for Beijing. The Silk Road required 96 days of effort for a total of 12'000 kilometers
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- 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: Silk Road, Via della seta, Route de la soie
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Maroso A., Fiorin A., Strade d’Oriente : in bicicletta da Venezia a Pechino, Ediciclo editore, 2003.
Classe 1949, docente di matematica per professione, è, invece, per passione, cicloturista ed escursionista. Ha partecipato alla spedizione Bassano - Mosca in bici nel 1989, ha esplorato (in gommone e mountain bike) i gulag staliniani in Siberia, ha vissuto, sempre in bici, l’avventura Venezia – Pechino, 12000 km lungo la via della seta (2001).
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- Description: Sarah Marquis is a Swiss adventurer and explorer who has been walking solo through the harshest and most remote environments for over two decades. In 2000, she crossed the United States on foot - covering approximately 4,260 km in four months and six days. Between 2002 and 2003, she completed an 14,000 km trek across the Australian outback in 17 months. In 2006, she hiked the Andes from Chile to Machu Picchu - a 7,000 km journey over eight months. Her most iconic endeavor, “ExplorAsia,” was a three-year expedition from Siberia to Australia between 2010 and 2013 - covering about 20,000 km (12,000 miles). In 2015, she spent three months surviving in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, walking 750-805 km across one of the world's last wilderness frontiers
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Switzerland, Svizzera, Suisse
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1972-
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: On foot, A piedi, A pied
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
- Internet: http://www.sarahmarquis.ch
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17305570
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Marquis, Sarah. The desert hiker: 14000 km on foot across the australian outback. Verbier, Eucalype, 2007. Marquis, Sarah. Sauvage par nature: 3 ans de marche extrême en solitaire de Sibérie en Australie. Paris: Michel Lafon, 2014.
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- Description: Fabrizio Marta, known as Rotex or “Rotellando,” is an Italian blogger and traveler from Villadossola. Born on June 24, he lives with osteogenesis imperfecta and travels by wheelchair, yet he has made exploration his passion. He documents his journeys via rotellando.it, Instagram, YouTube, and other platforms, showing that disability is not a barrier to discovering the world
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Rotex, Rotellando
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Italy, Italia, Italie
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Internet: http://www.rotellando.it
- Multimedia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RL6mFFK2f4E