• Description: Cathy Birchall was the first blind woman to circumnavigate the world by motorcycle. Riding pillion on a 1990 BMW R100RT with her partner Bernard Smith, she covered 26,385 miles (42,500 km), crossing 31 countries across five continents between August 2008 and 2009
  • Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
  • Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: UK, Inglese, Anglais
  • Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1957-2013
  • 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/Cathy_Birchall
  • Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5053387
  • Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Birchall, Cathy, e Bernard Smith. Touching The World: A Blind Woman, Two Wheels and 25,000 Miles. Panther Publishing, 2012.
Precursori, Forerunners, Précurseurs
Viaggi stravaganti, Weird travels, Voyages insolites
Globetrotter contemporanei, Contemporary globetrotters, Globetrotteurs contemporains
Personaggi fittizi, Fictional character, Personnages de fiction

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