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- Description: In the early 20th century, Alice Ramsey was the first woman to complete a coast-to-coast journey by car
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- 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: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Huyler_Ramsey
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q527103
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: McConnell C., A reliable car and a woman who knows it: the first coast-to-coast auto trips by women, 1899-1916, McFarland, 2000.
On June 9, 1909, Alice Ramsey and three other women left New York City while driving a Maxwell touring car. Forty-one driving days, 11 tires and 3,800 miles later they arrived in San Francisco, where they were met by a large fanfare celebration. Alice Ramsey and her companions (who did not drive during the trip) experienced numerous challenges during the journey, including bad roads, poor weather, flat tires and mechanical breakdowns.
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- Description: On June 25, 1894, Annie Cohen Kopchovsky, known as Annie Londonderry, a mother of three, embarked on an exceptional challenge by leaving from the Massachusetts State House in Boston. Mounting her Columbia bicycle, she launched into the daring enterprise of circumnavigating the globe, completing the journey in 15 months. Londonderry is often celebrated as the first woman to accomplish such a feat, becoming an icon of female independence and adventure. Despite her success and the fame that followed, some aspects of her journey have raised doubts and speculations. According to Peter Zheutlin in his 2007 book, the story of the bet that would have initiated Londonderry's journey might not have solid foundations, suggesting that the idea of the trip could have been an exaggeration or an invention for promotional purposes. Furthermore, it appears that Londonderry might not have completed the entire journey exclusively by bicycle. It is believed that part of her route was covered using alternative modes of transportation, such as ships and trains, especially to cross oceans and overcome insurmountable obstacles for a cyclist. This aspect, although it does not diminish the feat, raises questions about the traditional narrative of her journey and the actual methods by which it was accomplished
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Annie Londonderry
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1870-1947
- 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.annielondonderry.com
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q566995
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Zheutlin P., Around the World on Two Wheels: Annie Londonderry's Extraordinary Ride, Citadel Press, 2008. Zheutlin P., Around the world on two wheels: one woman; one voyage; one unforgettable journey, New York, Citadel Press, 2007.
On June 25, 1894, Annie Cohen Kopchovsky, a young mother of three small children, stood before a crowd of 500 friends, family, suffragists, and curious onlookers at the Massachusetts State House. Then, declaring she would circle the world, she climbed onto a 42-pound Columbia bicycle and “sailed away like a kite down Beacon Street.”
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- Description: One of the four 'Overland Westerners': between 1912 and 1915, rode to all 48 state capitals in the United States. The group covered a total of 20'352 miles and financed the trip by making public appearances in cities
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Overland Westerners
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: On horseback, A cavallo, A cheval
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: USA
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: First to ride horseback to all fifty states. George and his horse, Pinto, made their historic ride in 1912. They ended their ride in San Francisco, expecting a hero's welcome. Instead, they were hardly noticed. They both died tragic deaths without fame or fortune
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- Description: Tété-Michel Kpomassie is a Togolese explorer whose incredible adventure story is told in his book "An African in Greenland". Fascinated by a book on Greenland as a young man, he decided to embark on an extraordinary journey to the far north. Over eight years, he traversed Africa and Europe, working and traveling, to fulfill his dream of visiting Greenland. Arriving in the cold Arctic, Kpomassie immersed himself in the culture and life of the Greenlanders, living among the Inuit and adapting to their traditional ways of life. His book offers a unique and deeply personal perspective on Greenland, seen through the eyes of an African who crossed the world to explore it
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Togo
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1941-
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: On foot, A piedi, A pied
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_African_in_Greenland
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1362987
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Kpomassie T., An african in Greenland, New York Review Books, 2001.
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- Description: From Vienna to San Francisco accompanied by a child carried on a stretcher
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: -
- 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: Gruss aus, Distanz Palankin-reise Wien-San Francisco, via Rotterdam, New York und New Orleans
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- Description: The Turin-native Gianluca Ratta and his dog have been walking around Italy and Europe since 1999. They have collectively walked 40'000 km, rightfully entering the Guinness World Records for the longest walk by a man and a dog
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- 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
Gianluca Ratta, torinese, ha già percorso a piedi più di 47 mila km con l'husky Shira. Questo è l'ultimo viaggio insieme "Ti hanno abbandonata, mi piacerebbe portarti con me, ma dovrai camminare molto in mia compagnia". Con queste parole è iniziato dodici anni fa in Sicilia il rapporto di affetto tra Gianluca Ratta e il suo cane Shira, un husky dal pelo folto. Lui, quarantenne torinese con un sogno nel cassetto: girare il mondo a piedi. Lei, lasciata sola da un padrone poco responsabile e in cerca di un nuovo amico. I due sono partiti per un viaggio attraverso tutta l’Europa, riassunto nel libro autobiografico "Io e Shira".
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- Description: Around the world on foot by two Dutch globetrotters
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Netherlands, Olanda, Hollande
- 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: The two dutch globe-trotters traveling at foot all round the world, 50.000 km. We sell our cards as memory to our passage trough England and for paying our expenses. Ces deux hollandais font le parcours du monde à pied. Leur but est un pari, ainsi que pour enregistrer tout ce qu'ils ont vu pour éditer après leur rentrée. Achetez-leur une carte comme souvenir et pour couvrir leurs frais. Donnez ce que vous voulez
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- Description: Slavomir Rawicz was a Polish officer sentenced to 25 years of forced labor in a Siberian gulag. "Twelve months had passed since my arrest in Pinsk on November 19, 1939, and that day was to be significant for me: I was about to be tried before the Soviet Supreme Court. Just a year earlier, when during a gathering organized by my mother to celebrate my return, the men of the Russian secret police appeared; I was Lieutenant Rawicz of the Polish cavalry: twenty-four years old, slim and elegant in a well-tailored uniform, with shiny boots." Following the trial, Slavomir Rawicz was sentenced as a spy to 25 years of forced labor in Siberia. The journey from Moscow to the prison camp lasted three months, in the heart of winter. Many prisoners died during the journey; Rawicz survived and in the following spring organized an escape with six other inmates. In June 1941, they crossed the Trans-Siberian railway and headed south. The march lasted almost a year, covering more than 6'500 kilometers on foot through some of the most inhospitable territories on earth, including deserts and ice fields. Those who survived the extreme hardships of the journey reached India in March 1942, where they were rescued and cared for by the British. Reading about the harrowing odyssey faced by Rawicz and his companions, one feels as if they are there with them, enduring hunger, thirst, and freezing cold, while also sharing moments of intense human warmth, generosity, and pure heroism. There is no concrete evidence confirming the actual completion of the journey
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Poland, Polonia, Polonie
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1915-2004
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: On foot, A piedi, A pied
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Internet: https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C5%82awomir_Rawicz
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q563218
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Rawicz, Slavomir. 2011. Tra noi e la libertà. Milano: Corbaccio. Ne è stato tratto un film The Way Back, girato da Peter Weir nel 2012.
Con un inspiegabile ritardo di due anni, esce venerdì 6 luglio nelle sale italiane “The Way Back” di Peter Weir, un film con una fotografia seducente e location spettacolari (di cui parlo su Panorama Travel di luglio, in edicola). Il regista si è ispirato a una storia vera: quella di Slawomir Rawicz (1915-2004), prigioniero polacco in Siberia nel Gulag 303, da lì fuggito nel 1941 con alcuni compagni e – dopo un viaggio tanto avventuroso quanto incredibile di 6500 chilometri a piedi – approdato nell’India britannica, dopo aver varcato l’Himalaya. La sua storia è narrata nel libro The Long Walk (1956), riedito in italiano da Corbaccio in occasione dell’uscita del film con il titolo Tra noi e la libertà.
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- Description: The Long Walk is a novel by Stephen King published in 1979. The plot revolves around the participants of a march organized annually by a despotic version of the United States of America. The protagonist of the novel is Ray Garraty, a sixteen-year-old who participates in the competition along with 99 other competitors
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: -
- 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/The_Long_Walk
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q384160
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Stephen King, La lunga marcia, Sperling & Kupfer, 2004.