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- Description: Traveling since 1986, Thomas Schleicher is cycling around the world
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Germany, Germania, Allemagne
- 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://www.bicycletraveller.de
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- Description: In the 1930s, Richard Mainzer traveled the roads of Europe accompanied by a barrel
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- 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
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Der Fassroller: Richard Mainzer, Eller (Mosel)
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- Description: Since 1997, Emil and Liliana hold the absolute record for kilometers traveled: 617'359 (383'609 miles). Departing on October 16, 1984, in a Toyota Land Cruiser, they have crossed 156 countries. They also hold the following records: the longest journey, the highest number of kilometers traveled, and the most countries crossed with a single automobile
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- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Switzerland, Svizzera, Suisse
- 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: http://www.weltrekordreise.ch
Sono in viaggio dal 1984 e non si sono ancora fermati. Quando sono partiti erano una coppia svizzera di quarantadue anni; adesso di "primavere" sulle loro spalle ne contano sessantacinque, hanno ciocche brizzolate e si trovano decisamente lontani dalle natìe Alpi: sono infatti a Taiwan per l’ennesima tappa di un viaggio ininterrotto che dura da quasi un quarto di secolo e che i due non sembrano proprio intenzionati ad interrompere.
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- Description: Bicycle journey through the lowest points of the six continent
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- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Bike, Bicicletta, Vélo
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: -
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Malusa J., Into thick air: biking to the bellybutton of six continents, San Francisco, Sierra Club Books, 2008.
With plenty of sunscreen and a cold beer swaddled in his sleeping bag, writer and botanist Jim Malusa bicycled alone to the lowest point on each of six continents, a six-year series of “anti-expeditions” to the “anti-summits.”
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- Description: Karl and his son Ludwig from Seeheim (Hessen), accompanied by a dog, towed a little house on wheels with two bicycles
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- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Others, Altri, Autres
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: -
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Das selbstgebaute Wohnhaus auf dem Fahrrad
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- Description: Born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1958, Tony Mangan ran around the world from 25 October 2010 to 27 October 2014 - starting and finishing at the Dublin Marathon - covering 50,000 km (31,000 miles) across 41 countries on 5 continents in 1,461 days, running an average of 43.3 km per day. He carried mostly a backpack; in more remote areas he pushed a cart named Nirvana. The journey was run to raise funds for Aware, an Irish charity supporting people with depression
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: The World Jogger
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Ireland, Irlanda, Irlande
- 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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Mangan
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13519847
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- Description: Richard Schottstaedt was a young Alsatian who embarked on a world tour adventure
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- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: France, Francia
- 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
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Tour du monde 40.000 kil. à pied en 5 ans (sans argent) vit de vente de cartes postales. Parti le 7 janvier 1910 d'Alexandrie (Egypte). Reise um die Welt, Round the world, Giro del mondo
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- Description: World tour organized at the end of the 1920s by two Swiss: Corbond and Maret
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- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Switzerland, Svizzera, Suisse
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- 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
Il giro del mondo in motocicletta. Due motociclisti svizzeri, l'ex aviatore Corbond di Friborgo ed il meccanico Maret di Neuchâtel, partiranno il 15 ottobre prossimo da Berna per compiere il giro del mondo in motocicletta.
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- Description: In the 1930s, Annemarie Schwarzenbach participated in several archaeological excavation campaigns in Iran and Syria. She published numerous articles about her travels in the United States; in 1939, she accompanied Ella Maillart on a long car journey that took them to India, passing through Iran and Afghanistan. She died on September 6, 1942, following a bicycle accident. In 2025, the Executive Board of UNESCO approved the inclusion of the archives of writers Annemarie Schwarzenbach and Ella Maillart in the international “Memory of the World” Register
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Switzerland, Svizzera, Suisse
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1908-1942
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annemarie_Schwarzenbach
- Multimedia: https://memobase.ch/it/recordSet/sla-001
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123368