- Description: Steve Hely and Vali Chandrasekaran embarked on an endeavor called "The Ridiculous Race," which was detailed in their 2008 book of the same name. The duo challenged each other to circumnavigate the globe overland from Los Angeles, one traveling east and the other west
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Hely, Steve, and Vali Chandrasekaran. The Ridiculous Race: 26,000 Miles, 2 Guys, 1 Globe, No Airplanes. New York: Holt Paperbacks, 2008.
- Description: Antoine Henry and Nicolas Goffin, two young men, embarked on a journey on foot with a cart from Belgium to Rome. They set off without resources, intending to make a round trip
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Belgium, Belgio, Belgique
- 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: Europe, Europa
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Voyage à pied de Jesneppe-Liège (Belgique) à Rome et retour, soit 5'500 kil. sans aucune ressource
- Description: The Abernathy brothers, Louis and Temple, are remembered for undertaking several solo "Ocean To Ocean" journeys starting from 1909 at the ages of 9 and 5. In 1911, they rode on horseback from New York to San Francisco in 62 days, setting a new speed record for that time. Their story was also brought to the screen in the film "The Ride" (2003), which tells the story of the two young explorers' adventures
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Abernathy Boys
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1900-
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: USA
- Internet: http://budandme.com
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6686586
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Abernathy A., Bud & me: the true adventures of the Abernathy boys, Dove Creek Press, 1998.
- Description: In 1901, Henri Turot embarked simultaneously with his colleague Gaston Stiegler on a race around the world, echoing the famed feats of Nellie Bly
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: France, Francia
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
- Internet: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Turot
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3132097
Gaston Stiegler journaliste au Matin, parti de Paris le 29 mai 1901 à 01h50 du soir, put abaisser le record de Phileas Fogg à 63 jours et 16 heures. Il fut plus heureux que son adversaire Henri Turot, parti dans l'autre sens. Toutefois, comme le fit remarquer Jules Verne, "aujourd'hui ce n'est plus une affaire de tourner ainsi, commodément installé dans un wagon, autour du monde".
- Description: Ian Hibell was an extraordinary British cyclist and adventurer known for his epic bicycle journeys across the globe. His travels, spanning over four decades, took him through more than 80 countries, covering an astonishing distance of over 100'000 miles. Hibell's adventures included cycling from the tip of South America to the Arctic Circle and traversing Africa from Cape Town to Cairo. Ian Hibell's extraordinary journey as a cyclist and adventurer was tragically cut short in 2008, when he was killed in a road accident in Greece
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: -
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1934-2008
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Bike, Bicicletta, Vélo
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: -
- Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Hibell
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5981804
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Hibell I., Trowbridge C., Into the remote places, London, Robinson Books, 1984.
- Description: The Abernathy brothers, Louis and Temple, are remembered for undertaking several solo "Ocean To Ocean" journeys starting from 1909 at the ages of 9 and 5. In 1911, they rode on horseback from New York to San Francisco in 62 days, setting a new speed record for that time. Their story was also brought to the screen in the film "The Ride" (2003), which tells the story of the two young explorers' adventures
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Abernathy Boys
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1904-1986
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: USA
- Internet: http://budandme.com
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6686586
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Abernathy A., Bud & me: the true adventures of the Abernathy boys, Dove Creek Press, 1998
- Description: Christ Pierre, a 22-year-old Luxembourgish boy scout, set off on September 1, 1931, to walk around the world
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Luxembourg, Lussemburgo
- 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
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Un boy-scout luxembourgeois faisant le tour du monde à pied
- Description: On the occasion of the 1939 World's Fair, Leland Abbott set out from The Pas, Manitoba, Canada, to reach New York by sled. He arrived in April 1939 after a journey of 3'800 miles
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Sledge, Slitta, Luge
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Americas, Americhe, Amérique
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Sled Dog - Artic to New York - Leland Abbott - en route to New York (USA), 25.11.1938.
A Fort Garry couple are hot on the trail of two Manitoba dog mushers who travelled from the Arctic to New York City in 1938-39.
- Description: Journey of an Australian Family in a Motorhome
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Australia
- 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: https://johnahern.co/
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: John Ahern, On the road with kids, Paperback, 2014
Have you ever been at work or in a meeting and had an overwhelming desire to escape, just get up and run away? This happened to John Ahern in the inconvenient setting of a Board meeting of one of the nation’s largest companies. He may have had it all: a high-flying job, big house, loving wife and two great kids, but it hit him that if this was success why did he sense he was failing as a husband and father?
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| Globetrotter contemporanei, Contemporary globetrotters, Globetrotteurs contemporains |
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