Küpper Walter (w3424)
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- Description: Walter Küpper was a German long-distance moped traveller. Inspired by a book about round-the-world motorcycle riders, he departed in 1959 on a 1.2 hp, three-speed Miele moped - which he had already tested the previous year on a holiday ride to Turkey - and completed a round-the-world journey over 902 days, returning in 1962. His route covered Europe, Turkey, Persia, India, Malaya and Australia. In Japan, media interest in his story had grown to such a degree that press were waiting for him at the dockside, and the Bridgestone Motorcycle Company donated a new moped for the final leg across the United States and back to Europe. In the United States, by contrast, his journey attracted no attention. He covered approximately 72,000 km (45,000 miles) in total and recorded five hours of Super-8 cine film during the journey. He recounted his experiences in Tausend Tage Abenteuer ("One Thousand Days of Adventure"), published in 1966
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- 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.berndtesch.de
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Küpper, Walter. Tausend Tage Abenteuer. Munich: F. Schneider, 1966.
