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- Description: Régis van de Walle was a French motorcyclist and author who completed a round-the-world motorcycle journey in 80 days, recounted in his book Le tour du monde à moto en 80 jours, published by Hachette/Moto-journal in 1979. No further biographical details are documented in available sources
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: France, Francia
- 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: Van de Walle, Régis. Le tour du monde à moto en 80 jours. Paris: Hachette/Moto-journal, 1979.
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- Description: n 1986-'87, Nicolas Vanier covers 7'000 km in the wildest regions of the Rocky Mountains and Alaska, a year and a half journey between Wyoming and the Bering Strait. In the early 1990s, he crosses the Siberian taiga from south to north. In 1999, he accomplishes the journey "Odyssée Blanche": the crossing of the Great North by sled from Skagway (Alaska) to Quebec, for a total of 8'600 km. Between 2005 and 2006, he undertakes the "Siberian Odyssey": the winter crossing of Siberia from Irkutsk to Moscow (8'000 km). These journeys have been translated into literary works and documentaries
- 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: Artic, Artico
- Internet: http://www.nicolasvanier.com
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1375042
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Vanier N., L’odissea bianca : l’avventura di un uomo e dei suoi cani nel Grande Nord canadese, RCS Rizzoli Libri, 2001.
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- Description: Round-the-world trip undertaken between 2009 and 2010 by Ophélie and Paul-Henri (brother and sister) aboard two mopeds (Solex)
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- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: France, Francia
- 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
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Paul-Henri Vanthournout. 2012. Le tour du monde à VéloSolex: 14 mois, 18 000 km, 25 pays, 4 continents. Editions Techniques pour l'Automobile et l'Industrie.
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- Description: Steve Vaught walked from Oceanside, California, to New York City, between April 10, 2005, and May 9, 2006. The 2'800-mile (4'500 km) journey allowed him to lose 110 pounds
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: The Fat Man Walking
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- 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: USA
- Internet: https://thefatmanwalking.com
Steve Vaught, the self-proclaimed "Fat Man Walking," arrived in New York on Tuesday after a nearly 3,000-mile walk across the country to lose weight and find happiness.
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- Description: In 1982, the English company BOC Gases organized the BOC Challenge, a single-handed race around the world, an endurance event "One person, One boat, Around the world". Renamed AroundAlone and later VELUX 5 Oceans, it is the longest individual race in any sport: it spans a distance of 43'000 km
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- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: -
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Boat, ship, Barca, nave, Bateau
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
- Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velux_5_Oceans_Race
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q257717
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- Description: Tom Vernon is the author of numerous radio and television broadcasts, as well as publications in the "Fat Man on a Bicycle" series. The author undertook several bicycle trips, initially for dietary purposes
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Fat Man
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: UK, Inglese, Anglais
- 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: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Vernon
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7817946
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Vernon T., Fat Man on a Bicycle: A Discovery of France, ISIS Large Print Books, 1997.
After several years working as a presenter and interviewer for BBC Radio 4, Vernon's first travelogue series was Fat Man On A Bicycle. As the title implied, Vernon was obese and the first episode followed the health tests he had to undergo before setting off on his journey, which took him from Muswell Hill to the Mediterranean coast of southern France. He would repeat this journey fifteen years later for the TV series, Fat Man in France.
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- Description: Austin Vince is a British mathematics teacher, filmmaker and adventure motorcyclist. In 1995-1996 he took part in Mondo Enduro, a round-the-world motorcycle expedition on Suzuki DR350 dual-sport bikes, alongside his brother Gerald Vince and five other riders. The route went from London through Central Asia, Kazakhstan and Siberia, then from Alaska to Chile and finally from Cape Town through Africa and the Middle East back to London. The greatest challenge was the Zilov Gap, a 650 km roadless section in Siberia; the team eventually used the Trans-Siberian railway to bypass the final 160 km. The expedition was filmed and broadcast as a two-part TV series on Discovery Travel and Adventure Channel. In 2000 he participated in Terra Circa, a follow-up expedition that became the first to cross the Zilov Gap by motorcycle. The route went from London via Siberia to Vladivostok, then Japan and the United States, covering 32,000 km (20,000 miles) in 7 months. Both expeditions are credited with helping to launch the modern adventure motorcycling movement
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Mondo Enduro
- 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
- Internet: https://austinvince.com
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4823321
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Vince, Austin et al. Mondo Enduro. Ripping Yarns, 2006.
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- Description: A family cycles the Pan-American Highway, from Alaska to Argentina. Davy and Daryl, 12-year-old twins, entered the Guinness World Record as the youngest cyclists to complete this route
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Bike, Bicicletta, Vélo
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Americas, Americhe, Amérique
- Internet: http://familyonbikes.org
17,300 miles is the distance from Los Angeles, California to New York, New York — seven times. It is about 5,000 miles less than the entire circumference of the Earth. It is a number I had only seen on the odometer in my car.
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- Description: Wiebe Wakker is a Dutch adventurer, keynote speaker and sustainable mobility advocate. In 2016, as a graduation project for his industrial design studies, he conceived the "Plug Me In" project: to drive from the Netherlands to Sydney, Australia, entirely in an electric car, with no money, relying solely on strangers for electricity, food and accommodation. On 15 March 2016 he departed Amsterdam in a retrofitted Volkswagen station wagon named "The Blue Bandit", powered by an electric motor with a range of approximately 200 km per charge. His route was determined entirely by the offers he received on his website, taking him through Norway, Eastern Europe, Turkey, Iran, India, Myanmar, Malaysia, Indonesia and Australia. Over 1,119 days he crossed 33 countries and covered 95,000 km (59,000 miles), spending only $300 on electricity - mostly in outback Australia - while over 350 people hosted him and nearly 2,000 people from 45 countries offered assistance. He arrived at the Sydney Opera House on 7 April 2019, setting the world record for the longest journey ever made in an electric car. His arrival was covered by CNN, BBC, NOS News and National Geographic and broadcast in over 40 countries. The Blue Bandit ran on its original retrofitted motor throughout, suffering only one flat tyre. He subsequently continued travelling without flying, including a journey from Amsterdam to Dubai by public transport and a crossing of Mauritania by freight train
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- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Netherlands, Olanda, Hollande
- 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: Europe, Europa; Asia; Oceania
- Internet: https://plugmeinproject.com
- Multimedia: https://www.youtube.com/plugmeinproject1
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q63182243