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- Description: Dorothy May Pine graduated in nutrition from the University of Kansas, where she met Robert Eugene Pine, whom she married on 26 July 1942. Robert served as a naval aviator for 22 years, after which the couple retired to Boulder, Colorado in 1963 and began travelling together extensively. Dorothy became the first woman to visit all destinations defined by the Travelers' Century Club (TCC) - 192 countries and 123 territories, island groups and special destinations, totalling 315 locations - and the couple became the first in the world to do so together. In 2006 they were recognised by the Colorado Senate and Colorado House of Representatives as the world's most travelled couple. Dorothy Pine is considered likely the first woman in the world to have visited every country, though the claim is inherently difficult to verify for historical travellers
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- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Various, Vari, Divers
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
- Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Pine
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q72759609
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- Description: A cycling adventure spanning 245 days took two cyclists from Helsinki to Singapore, covering 15'000 kilometers through 21 different countries
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Curious Pedals
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Finland, Finlandia, Finlande
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Bike, Bicicletta, Vélo
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Europe,Europa, Asia
- Multimedia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDf3Lr8Mfcc
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- Description: Siska and Zdenek Polanka were Czechoslovak motorcyclists. In 1955 they completed a round-the-world journey on a Jawa-CZ 350. The journey was documented in a five-page report published in Revue du Moteur Tchecoslovaque (issue 7/1956). On his return, Zdenek Polanka rode for the Czechoslovak team in the International Six Days Trial, winning the event in 1956. Further details of their route and itinerary are not documented in available sources
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- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Czech Republic, Repubblica Ceca, République Tchèque
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Motorbike, Motocicletta, Moto
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
- Internet: https://berndtesch.de
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: "Tour de monde avec des Jawa-CZ 350." Revue du Moteur Tchecoslovaque, n. 7, 1956.
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- Description: Stefano Politi Markovina is a freelance photographer who collects and shares stories, emotions, memories, and images from his travels in about sixty countries
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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: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: -
- Internet: http://www.stefanopolitimarkovina.com
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- Description: Jeffrey Polnaja is an Indonesian adventurer, motorcyclist and author - the first Indonesian to complete a solo motorcycle circumnavigation of the world. Inspired by his son's question after the September 11, 2001 attacks about why there was so much conflict in the world, he sold his company and on 23 April 2006 departed Jakarta on a BMW R1150GS Adventure named "Maesa Adventure" on his "Ride for Peace" mission. The journey spanned Asia, North Africa, Europe, Siberia, North America, Central and South America, and Australia, covering 99 countries across all continents, with 97 reached via continuous overland travel. The journey lasted until September 2015, covering approximately 420,000 km. During the trip his motorcycle was stolen in Amsterdam, he was hit by a truck and hospitalised - doctors initially said he would never walk again - and was shot at in conflict zones. His second motorcycle was named "Silver Line"
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- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Indonesia
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Motorbike, Motocicletta, Moto
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
- Internet: https://jeffrey-polnaja.com
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19692047
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Polnaja, Jeffrey; Khalida, Laura. Wind Rider. Jakarta: Qanita, 2011.
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- Description: The year 1994 marked a round-the-world bicycle tour for writers Alexandre Poussin and Sylvain Tesson: one year, 25'000 km, 35 countries. This experience was documented in their publication 'On a roulé sur la Terre'. In 1997, they crossed the Himalayas and returned with a second narrative 'La marche dans le ciel'. For two years, they co-hosted the 'Montagne' show on France 3
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- 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://www.africatrek.com
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2833981
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Alexandre Poussin, Sylvain Tesson. On a roulé sur la terre. Paris: Pocket, 2008.
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- Description: Alberto Pozzi and Giancarlo Corbellini are among the members of a group of friends who traveled the Silk Road from Como to Beijing. 13'400 km divided into 93 stages with an average length of about 144 kilometers each, a total ascent of 84'000 meters
- 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: Silk Road, Via della seta, Route de la soie
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Corbellini G., Pozzi A., Pedalando lungo la Via della Seta : in bicicletta da Como a Pechino sulle orme di Marco Polo, Boffi Edizioni, 2005.
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- Description: Paul Pratt was a British long-distance motorcyclist. Between 1966 and 1979, over twelve and a half years, he travelled through 48 countries across five continents on a 650 cc Triumph Thunderbird, covering 185,000 km (115,000 miles) - a world record for continuous motorcycle travel at the time. During the journey he was shot and contracted various tropical diseases. He self-published his account in 1976 as World Understanding on Two Wheels: An Introduction to Overland Travel, investing his own money to print and distribute the book. He was still riding his Triumph Thunderbird shortly before his death in 2010, aged 84
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- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: UK, Inglese, Anglais
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Motorbike, Motocicletta, Moto
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Pratt, Paul R. World Understanding on Two Wheels: An Introduction to Overland Travel. Alemar-Phoenix Publishing, 1976.
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- Description: Guillaume Prébois, an enthusiastic French cyclist, embarked on his first major adventure on a bicycle in 2003: a journey of 3'500 km along the banks of the Danube to the Dead Sea. In 2009, he completed the 'Tour of the World in 80 Days': 13'500 kilometers in 69 stages
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- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: France, Francia
- 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.guillaumeprebois.com
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Prébois G., Il mio Danubio : in bicicletta lungo il fiume d’Europa, Ediciclo, 2004.
Si è messo in testa un'idea meravigliosa e folle, ripulire il ciclismo da solo (o quasi). Ha cominciato l'anno scorso, percorrendo l'intero Tour de France, il giorno prima della corsa vera, per dimostrare che l'impresa è fattibile senza aiuti chimici, anche a una persona "senza un particolare talento", come lui stesso dice di sé. Quest'anno ha deciso di triplicare: Giro d'Italia, Tour de France e Vuelta di Spagna, circa 10.100 Km da oggi al 20 settembre, 14-15 giorni e mezzo sulla sella, se saprà mantenere medie prossime ai 29 km/ora che ha totalizzato nel suo "Altro Tour" lo scorso anno. Per curiosità, il vincitore dell'edizione 2007 del Tour ha concluso la sua corsa a 39 all'ora di media, l'ultimo, il belga Van Sevenant, 141o, ha chiuso a 37,6 circa.