- Description: Matt Harding, named Traveler of the Year by World Hum, is a well-known figure in the blogging community, especially among travelers. After losing his job, Matt embarked on an extensive journey around the world. Throughout his travels, he filmed himself performing a dance in various locations. Once back home, he compiled the footage and uploaded the video on YouTube, where it achieved tremendous success
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- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: -
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: -
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
- Internet: http://www.wherethehellismatt.com
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1071655
- Description: Gary Hause walked over 25'000 miles in a staged journey around the world
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- 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: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
- Multimedia: https://www.marfapublicradio.org/podcast/west-texas-talk/2011-09-20/gary-hause-and-tony-the-vet
- Description: Ian Hibell was an extraordinary British cyclist and adventurer known for his epic bicycle journeys across the globe. His travels, spanning over four decades, took him through more than 80 countries, covering an astonishing distance of over 100'000 miles. Hibell's adventures included cycling from the tip of South America to the Arctic Circle and traversing Africa from Cape Town to Cairo. Ian Hibell's extraordinary journey as a cyclist and adventurer was tragically cut short in 2008, when he was killed in a road accident in Greece
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: -
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1934-2008
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Bike, Bicicletta, Vélo
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: -
- Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Hibell
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5981804
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Hibell I., Trowbridge C., Into the remote places, London, Robinson Books, 1984.
- Description: On June 23, 2010, American journalist and mountaineer John Harlin set off on a journey along the border of the Swiss Confederation. This circumnavigation involved climbs and descents totaling 220'000 meters of elevation change
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Europe, Europa
- Internet: http://www.johnharlin.net
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Follow John around Switzerland
- Description: Glen Heggstad is an American adventure motorcyclist and author. On 1 October 2001 he departed Palm Springs on a Kawasaki KLR650, planning a 32,000 km (20,000 miles) solo ride from California to Tierra del Fuego and back. On 6 November 2001, near Medellín, Colombia, he was captured at a roadblock by guerrillas of the National Liberation Army (ELN) and held captive for five weeks; released on 8 December 2001, he refused a flight home and continued the journey to Patagonia. He subsequently completed a multi-year solo motorcycle circumnavigation of the world, riding through Siberia, Mongolia, the Middle East, South and Southeast Asia, and Africa. He has travelled through more than 57 countries across four circumnavigations of the planet
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Striking Viking
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: -
- 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://www.strikingviking.net
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Heggstad, Glen. Two Wheels Through Terror. North Conway: Whitehorse Press, 2004. Heggstad, Glen. One More Day Everywhere: Crossing 50 Borders on the Road to Global Understanding. 2009.
- Description: Geoff Hill is a British author, journalist and long-distance motorcyclist based in Belfast. He is a multiple award-winning travel writer, having been nominated or shortlisted for UK Travel Writer of the Year nine times, and is a three-time Northern Ireland Features Journalist of the Year. His motorcycle journeys include Delhi to Belfast on a Royal Enfield; Route 66 on a Harley-Davidson; Chile to Alaska via the 26,550 km (16,500 miles) Pan-American Highway; a circumnavigation of Australia on a Triumph along Highway 1; and a centenary recreation of Carl Stearns Clancy's 1912-1913 first-ever motorcycle circumnavigation of the world, for which he carried Clancy's original boots, diaries and pith helmet
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: UK, Britannico, Britannique
- 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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoff_Hill_(Northern_Ireland_journalist)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21008756
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Hill, Geoff. Way to Go: Two of the World's Great Motorcycle Journeys. Belfast: Blackstaff Press, 2005. Hill, Geoff. The Road to Gobblers Knob: From Chile to Alaska on a Motorbike. Belfast: Blackstaff Press, 2007. Hill, Geoff. In Clancy's Boots: The Greatest Ever Round-the-World Motorbike Adventure. Belfast: Blackstaff Press, 2014.
- Description: In his postcard, Hasse Timp states he left from Amsterdam on a world tour that allowed him to visit 50 countries and travel 345'000 km
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- 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: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Hasse Timp d'Amsterdam pendant son tour du monde. A déjà visité 50 pays et parcouru 345'000 km
- Description: Steve Hely and Vali Chandrasekaran embarked on an endeavor called "The Ridiculous Race," which was detailed in their 2008 book of the same name. The duo challenged each other to circumnavigate the globe overland from Los Angeles, one traveling east and the other west
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- 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
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Hely, Steve, and Vali Chandrasekaran. The Ridiculous Race: 26,000 Miles, 2 Guys, 1 Globe, No Airplanes. New York: Holt Paperbacks, 2008.
- Description: In 1958, the Englishman John Hillaby walked across England from end to end, covering approximately 1'000 miles. He published several books recounting his experiences
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: UK, Inglese, Anglais
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1917-1996
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: On foot, A piedi, A pied
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Europe, Europa
- Internet: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hillaby
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6239296
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Hillaby, John. 1972. A walk through Europe. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
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