• Description: Walter Muma completed a 3-month, 18,660 km (11,500 miles) journey across Canada and Alaska by moped in the summer of 1978. He rode a yellow 1978 Motobécane Mobylette 50v - a 49 cc, 2.5 horsepower, two-stroke engine capable of 25-30 mph and 150 miles per gallon - departing Toronto on 3 June and returning on 7 September 1978. His route followed the Trans-Canada Highway westward, the Alaska Highway from Dawson Creek through the Rocky Mountains to Yukon and Alaska, side trips to Inuvik in the Northwest Territories and Eagle, Alaska, and back via the Stewart-Cassiar and Yellowhead Highways. He carried approximately 22 kg (50 lbs) of gear including a tent, tools and spare parts. His stated motivation was to see the rapidly changing northern landscape before industrial development transformed it
  • Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
  • Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Canada
  • Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
  • Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Moped, Motorino, Cyclomoteur
  • Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Americas, Americhe, Amérique
  • Internet: https://mopedtrip.com
  • Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7965689
1970s 50V model, the same model Muma rode (Bree - originally posted to Flickr as My new moped, Moby, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org)
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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