• Description: Rickey Gates, the American ultrarunner and explorer, is known for his epic journeys on foot and by bicycle
  • Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
  • Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
  • Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1981-
  • Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: -
  • Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: -
  • Internet: http://www.rickeygates.com
  • Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q81220072
  • Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Gates, Rickey. 2020. Cross Country: a 3,700-Mile Run to Explore Unseen America. La Vergne: Chronicle Books LLC.
Rickey Gates at 2012 Mount Washington Road Race (Gianina Lindsey, Wikidata.org)

In 2017 Salomon athlete, photographer and writer, Rickey Gates ran from South Carolina to San Francisco - a journey of 3700 miles over the course of five months.

The run was about getting to know both himself and his country to a much better degree - especially during these times of divisive politics and polarized societies within our own borders. The result of this run was a book, “Cross Country” published in April of this year by Chronicle Books and a 75 minute feature film Transamericana.

https://www.salomon.com/en-us/blog/running/transamericana-aspen-co 

Precursori, Forerunners, Précurseurs
Viaggi stravaganti, Weird travels, Voyages insolites
Globetrotter contemporanei, Contemporary globetrotters, Globetrotteurs contemporains
Personaggi fittizi, Fictional character, Personnages de fiction

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