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• 1946 - 2xxx
• Viaggi in gruppo, Travels in group, Voyages en group
• Africa, Afrique
• Motorcycle, Moto, Motocyclette

• Description: In late 1961, Catalan adventurer and publisher Oriol Regàs conceived "Operació Impala" - a motorcycle crossing of Africa from south to north - as a marketing initiative for Montesa's forthcoming new model, the Impala, designed by Leopoldo Milà. The five-person team comprised four experienced rally and racing motorcyclists - Regàs himself, Juan "Tei" Elizalde, Enric Vernis and Rafa Marsans - and writer Manuel Maristany, who joined as photographer and chronicler despite having no motorcycle experience. Sponsored by Montesa and lubricant brand Wynn's, they departed Cape Town on 15 January 1962 on three 175 cc pre-production Montesa prototypes, with a Land Rover support vehicle named "Kiboko" (Swahili for hippopotamus). After 100 days and 20,000 km through southern, central and North Africa, they arrived in Barcelona on 16 April 1962, having demonstrated the reliability of the new motorcycle under extreme conditions. The model was subsequently launched as the Montesa Impala, winning the ADI-FAD Gold Delta prize for best industrial design in 1962. One of the three original prototypes is on display at the Museo de la Moto de Barcelona. The journey is documented in Maristany's book Operació Impala and in a documentary film produced by Bausan Film in co-production with TV3 and Montesa-Honda
• Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Operació Impala
• Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Spain, Spagna, Espagne
• Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
• Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Motorbike, Motocicletta, Moto
• Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: -
• Internet: https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operaci%C3%B3_Impala
• Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11939383

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• 1946 - 2xxx
• Europa, Europe
• America del Nord, North America, Amérique du Nord
• Africa, Afrique
• Asia, Asie
• America del Sud, South America, Amérique du Sud
• America centrale, Central America, Amérique centrale

• Description: Roberto Regini is a "homeless man" passionate about trekking. He has had the fortune to engage in this activity on all five continents
• Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
• Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Italy, Italia, Italie
• 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://thinkingnomads.com/author/roberto-regini/
• Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Cavalleri F., Zaino in spalla e via, Roberto Regini: l’uomo senza casa ci racconta il suo mondo di viaggi, La Regione Ticino, 11.07.2013.

Quarantanove giorni di cammino in tre regioni, Terra del Fuoco, Aysén e Patagonia, per un totale di 700-800 chilometri in solitaria e 3.100 euro di spesa complessiva. Roberto Regini (41 anni), l’intrepido viaggiatore originario di Empoli che ha deciso di dedicare buona parte della sua vita a “esplorare” il mondo, è appena rientrato dalla sua ultima avventura con lo zaino in spalla (www.robyexplorer.net). “Sono partito lo scorso 31 gennaio, scegliendo come al solito un periodo fuori stagione per evitare i grandi afflussi turistici, le spese elevate e soprattutto per avere l’occasione di vivere più intensamente i luoghi che attraversavo”.

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• 1946 - 2xxx
• Asia, Asie

• Description: Christoph Rehage traveled 3,000 miles starting from Beijing (China) with the goal of reaching Bad Nenndorf, Germany, on foot. After a year of walking, he decided to give up and return to his studies
• Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
• Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Germany, Germania, Allemagne
• 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: Various, Diversi, Différents

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• 1946 - 2xxx
• Australia, Australie

• Description: Colin Ricketts walked across Australia, starting and finishing in Adelaide, from January 4, 2005, to January 17, 2006 (379 days, 15’430 km)
• Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
• Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Australia
• 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: Australia
• Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_who_have_walked_across_Australia

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• 1946 - 2xxx
• Mollare tutto, Gap year, Année sabbatique
• Multimedia
• Motorcycle, Moto, Motocyclette

• Description: Italian globetrotter who runs a YouTube channel called Ride with Gabi - Traveling, riding bikes, and exploring the world
• Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
• 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
• Multimedia: https://www.youtube.com/c/RidewithGabi

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• 1946 - 2xxx

• Description: Karsten Rinck, a trained lorry mechanic from Steinkirchen, near Hamburg, Germany, set off on 1 May 2021 to walk through Europe to improve his mental health, with the aim of visiting 40 countries. Walking under the name "Mütze on Tour" and accompanied by his dog Lotte, he pushes a trolley carrying his essentials. Wikipedia cites his walk through 30 European countries in its list of longest walks, citing Jean Béliveau as one of his inspirations
• Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Mütze
• Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Germany, Germania, Allemagne
• 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
• Internet: https://muetzeontour.blog/
• Social media: https://www.facebook.com/M%C3%BCtze-On-Tour-1405817599449290
• Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: "Karsten Walks His Way Around Europe to a Better State of Mind." Clare Champion, 18 August 2022.

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• 1946 - 2xxx
• Svizzera italiana, Swiss italian, Suisse italienne
• Asia, Asie

• Description: Romina Maffeis and Francesco Riva, who set off in January 2009 from Bangkok on a tandem bicycle, headed for Origlio (Switzerland)
• Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
• Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Switzerland, Svizzera, Suisse
• Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
• Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Bike, Bicicletta, Vélo
• Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Various, Diversi, Différents
• Multimedia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZCJHkQnkjE
• Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Riva F., Maffeis R., Hello byebye, La Regione Ticino, 11.04.2009. Riva F., Maffeis R., Là dove finiva la Cina, La Regione Ticino, 07.07.2009.

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• 1946 - 2xxx
• Stati Uniti, United States, États Unis

• Description: Goldie Robbins from Knox County, Indiana, traveled through the West and Midwest of the United States during the 1950s and 1960s. She used a mule-drawn wagon named 'Mule Train traveling America
• Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Yellowstone Pete
• Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
• Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
• Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Wagon, Carro, Char
• Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: USA
• Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Mule Train traveling America

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• 1946 - 2xxx
• Viaggi da ricordare, Travel to remember, Voyages extraordinaires
• Giro del mondo, Around the World, Tour du monde
• Motorcycle, Moto, Motocyclette

• Description: Born on 19 October 1942 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, investor James Beeland Rogers Jr. co-founded the Quantum Fund with George Soros in 1973 and retired at age 37. Between 1990 and 1992, he rode a motorcycle through 52 countries across six continents, covering more than 160,000 km (100,000 miles) in 22 months - a journey listed in the Guinness Book of World Records and recounted in his bestselling book Investment Biker (1994). Between 1 January 1999 and 5 January 2002, Rogers and his wife Paige Parker completed a second Guinness-recognised circumnavigation, travelling through 116 countries and covering 245,000 km (152,000 miles) in a custom-made Mercedes, departing from and returning to New York. This second journey is recounted in Adventure Capitalist (2003)
• Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: The Indiana Jones of Finance (Rogers)
• Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
• 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: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
• Internet: https://www.jimrogers.com
• Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q552215
• Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Rogers, Jim. Investment Biker: Around the World with Jim Rogers. New York: Random House, 1994. Rogers, Jim. Adventure Capitalist: The Ultimate Road Trip. New York: Random House, 2003.