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- Description: KeepBrave is Paola Gianotti's venture: around the world by bike to conquer the Guinness World Record
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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: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
- Internet: http://www.keepbrave.com
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Paola Gianotti, Sognando l’infinito, Come ho fatto il giro del mondo in bicicletta, Piemme, 2015.
Giro del mondo in bici: Paola Gianotti ce l’ha fatta. Per la crisi ha chiuso l’azienda, l’8 marzo è partita, oggi è tornata nella sua Ivrea. E’ la seconda donna a riuscirci: 144 giorni e 29.430 chilometri.
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- Description: G. Pardon set off on June 15, 1925, for a 'study trip' around the world, financing his initiative by selling his postcards
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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: Le tour du monde à pied, 56.000 km en 5 ans par le marcheur français G. Pardon. Parti de Paris, j'ai traversé la France, la Belgique, la Hollande, le Luxembourg, l'Allemagne, la Suisse, l'Italie, l'Espagne et le Maroc. Cette carte est vendue à votre générosité
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- Description: Initiative organized by the Fédération française de cyclotourisme that saw cyclists engaged in the Paris-Beijing route to attend the 2008 Olympic Games. 118 participants covered the 12'000 km in 120 days on the saddle, allowing themselves a total of 20 days of rest
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- 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
- Internet: http://www.parispekinavelo.com
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- Description: Sandra Segato pedals through the Great North, covering 1'600 km between Canada and Alaska
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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: Americas, Americhe, Amérique
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Segato S., Nella terra degli orsi : in bicicletta tra Canada e Alaska, Ediciclo, 2007.
Oltre 1600 emozionanti chilometri in bicicletta superando varie volte i confini tra il Canada e l’Alaska, seguendo la strada che si inerpica tra le vette, con la vista che spazia su pendii boscosi e si apre su panorami spettacolari oltre le catene montuose: un paesaggio primordiale e selvaggio.
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- Description: Alden Partridge was among the first, in the mid-18th century, to undertake long journeys on foot for pure enjoyment
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Captain Partridge
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1785-1854
- 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/Alden_Partridge
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4713567
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- Description: Pippa Bacca was an Italian artist who died during her last itinerant performance titled 'Brides on the Road'. The purpose of the initiative was to cross 11 countries that were scenes of armed conflicts while wearing a wedding dress. Departing from Milan on March 8, 2008, she was supposed to arrive in Jerusalem. The journey ended tragically in Turkey on March 31, where she was killed by a man who had given her a ride
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Pippa Bacca
- 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: Europe, Europa
- Internet: https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pippa_Bacca
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q447903
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Covacich Mauro, La sposa, Milano : Bompiani, 2014.
Giuseppina Pasqualino di Marineo (9 December 1974 – 31 March 2008), known as Pippa Bacca, was an Italian feminist artist who, together with a fellow artist, was hitchhiking internationally to promote world peace under the motto, "marriage between different peoples and nations", symbolically wearing a wedding dress during her trek.
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- Description: Italian journalist, Beppe Severgnini has published numerous works dedicated to travel and tourism
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- Internet: http://www.beppesevergnini.com
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q818631
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- Description: E. J. Seymour walked from Florida to San Francisco with the bull Billy-Bull 'A Six Legged, Four Shouldered, Double Backboned Bull'
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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
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: A Six Legged, Four Shouldered, Double Backboned Bull
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- Description: In his postcard, Fernand described what was to be his journey: a round-the-world trip in five years to overcome physical disabilities
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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: Expédition du tour du monde en cinq ans par le vétéran Fernand Paul, victime de la Grande Guerre, mutilé. En progression militaire. Marchant seul. Première tentative française