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- Description: Ettore Dini, in the 1950s, dedicated himself to cycling the roads across half the world, particularly in Europe and Africa
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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: Bike, Bicicletta, Vélo
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Various, Diversi, Différents
Da quando ha preso a girare il mondo in bicicletta? Dal '51, risponde lui, quando mi licenziarono dallo stabilimento in cui ero occupato.
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- Description: Berney traveled in Africa and the Americas. In 1958, he presented a report of his travels at the French Language Circle in Lugano: Henry-Maurice Berney included in his report some curious anecdotes (...) about the difficulties that travelers face in the age of jet engines. While previously the Geneva-New York journey could be completed in just over six hours, it now takes at least three weeks to obtain a visa for the United States. And what about all the tricks used by border guards and customs officers in underdeveloped countries to squeeze bribes out of white travelers
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- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Americas, Americhe, Amérique
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: 26'000 km attraverso l'Africa orientale a fianco di un instancabile giramondo, Corriere del Ticino, 6 dicembre 1958
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- Description: Disabled, missing a leg, embarked on a journey from Chicago to Seattle in 1909
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- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Bike, Bicicletta, Vélo
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: USA
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Chicago to Seattle
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- Description: Two cyclists are cycling the planet: 'A quest to cycle every country on the planet.' As of now, they have visited 102 nations, pedaling for 119'000 miles
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- 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.worldbiking.info
My life was fairly typical until around the age of 30. I attended university, got a job in banking and joined corporate America. Then one day I was plodding through some marketing proposal and suddenly became disillusioned with my career and a future that seemed all too predictable.
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- Description: In 1960, two years before winning the Nobel Prize for Literature, John Steinbeck made a complete tour of the United States in a camper. The book 'Travels with Charley', first published in 1962, narrates the events and encounters of this journey, becoming a fundamental work of travel literature
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- 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: USA
- Internet: http://www.steinbeck.org
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q39212
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Steinbeck J., Viaggio con Charley : per le strade d’America : un uomo, un cane, una roulotte, La Nuova Italia, 1979.
Travels with Charley: In Search of America is a 1962 travelogue written by American author John Steinbeck. It depicts a 1960 road trip around the United States made by Steinbeck, in the company of his standard poodle Charley. Steinbeck wrote that he was moved by a desire to see his country on a personal level because he made his living writing about it. He wrote of having many questions going into his journey, the main one being "What are Americans like today?" However, he found that he had concerns about much of the "new America" he witnessed.
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- Description: Stoermer was a Swiss cyclist who was killed in a road accident one week before completing a round-the-world bicycle tour
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- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Switzerland, Svizzera, Suisse
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1970-2009
- 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://stephan-on-tour.planet-maxx.net
Cyclist dies one week from world tour finish. The tourist killed after he was hit by a truck while cycling near Te Puke had been biking around the world for the past three years and was due to fly home on Friday. The man was named today as Stephan Stoermer, 38, of Frankfurt.
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- Description: In 1951, Gene Espy from Macon (Georgia) became the second hiker to complete the entire Appalachian Trail in one season (Thru-hike). The first was Earl V. Schaffer, who accomplished it three years earlier
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- 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: Appalachian Trail
- Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Espy
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5531198
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Gene Espy, The Trail Of My Life, The Gene Espy Story, 2008.
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- Description: Forrest Gump is the protagonist of the eponymous 1994 film: the character runs across the United States from coast to coast: "That day, I don't know why, but I decided to go for a run. So I ran to the end of the road, and once there, I thought about running to the end of the town, and once there, I thought about running through Greenbow County. Then I said to myself, since I've come this far, might as well run through the beautiful state of Alabama, so I did. I ran across the entire state of Alabama, and I don't know why I kept going. I ran to the ocean, and once there, I said to myself, since I've come this far, might as well turn around and keep running. When I got to another ocean, I said to myself, since I've come this far, might as well turn around again and keep running; when I was tired, I slept, when I was hungry, I ate, when I had to... well, I did it!"
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- 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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forrest_Gump
- Multimedia: http://www.paramount.com/movies/forrest-gump/
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134773
Millionaire Forrest Gump Continues Legendary Run Across America. For over three years, Forrest Gump, co-owner of Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. of nearby Bayou La Batre, has been criss-crossing the United States in a phenomenal feat of endurance. Gump apparently felt like running one day and kept going until he ran into an ocean. At that point, he turned around and ran back until he ran into the other ocean. This sojourn has continued for the last three years, one month, and two days.
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- Description: Steve Stevens is known for riding his vintage, high-wheeled "penny-farthing" bicycle around Golden. At 61, he's embarking on a 4'500-mile journey from England to Iran to mimic an 1885 global bike tour by Thomas Stevens, who might be his ancestor. On this antique bicycle, he plans to traverse nine countries, wearing period-appropriate attire and carrying essentials for the trip. Despite previously battling melanoma, which delayed his journey, Stevens is enthusiastic about the adventure, emphasizing the friendly reactions he receives worldwide. He aims to raise funds for Pennies for Peace and the American Cancer Society, leveraging his passion for historical cycling to support education in areas like Pakistan and Afghanistan
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- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Velocipede, Vélocipède
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
- Internet: https://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/AroundWorldPenny
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Around The World On A Penny Farthing, Re riding the Route of Thomas Stevens in 1884, 1885, 1886