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EN - Description: Ladies Fay and June Shea, accompanied by Kittle Bebertz, walked the 700 miles from Portland, Oregon, to San Francisco. The purpose was to reach the Panama-Pacific International Exposition held in 1915 in the Californian city
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- 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
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: The Oregon Daily Journal, February 26, 1915, page 5.
- Description: Siegert traveled numerous routes in North America with her husband starting from the 1950s
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: -
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Bike, Bicicletta, Vélo
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: USA
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Siegert B., Bicycle across America, Hampton, Nicolin Fields Pub., 1996.
- Description: Ted Simon is a British journalist known for his extraordinary motorcycle journey around the world, which he documented in his successful book 'Jupiter's Travels'. Setting off in 1973 on a Triumph Tiger 500, Simon crossed 45 countries and covered over 78'000 miles in four years, crossing deserts, mountains, and cities in every corner of the globe
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Jupiter
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: UK, Inglese, Anglais
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- 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: http://www.jupitalia.com
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q332234
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Simon T., I viaggi di Jupiter : il giro del mondo in motocicletta, Roma : Elliot, 2010.
In late 1973, sponsored by The Sunday Times, Simon began travelling around the world on a 500 cc Triumph Tiger 100 motorcycle. For four years he travelled over 64,000 miles (103,000 km) through 45 countries. Most accounts from his trip are detailed in his book, Jupiter's Travels, while some of the book's gaps are filled in its second part, the book Riding High.
- Description: Dr. Colin Skinner began undertaking long distances in 1984, when he set out to walk from Scotland to England to raise funds for charity. In 1986, he crossed Iceland, in 1988-1989 the United States, and in 1998 New Zealand. In 2009, he crossed the United States again
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: UK, Inglese, Anglais
- 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/Colin_Skinner
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5145574
- Description: From Seattle to Ohio, a journey made at the end of the 19th century
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Bike, Bicicletta, Vélo
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: USA
- Internet: http://www.thewheelmen.org
From Seattle, Washington to Marysville, Ohio on a Fowler Truss frame wheel in 53 days, covering over 2,600 miles on eighty-five dollars and fifty-nine cents. That is how William Henry Sheneman spent the summer of 1896.
- Description: Coast-to-coast journey undertaken by Leon Cameron and A. Signor in 1915
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: -
- 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
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Coast to coast and return in 1915
- Description: Bicycle journey of Charles Simond who, at the end of the 19th century, ventured onto the Swiss roads
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: -
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Bike, Bicicletta, Vélo
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Europe, Europa
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Simond C., A pedaller abroad: being an illustrated narrative of the adventures and experiences of a cycling twain during a 1,000 kilomètre ride in and around Switzerland, J. Causton, 1897.
- Description: Round-the-world journey of two Austrians who set off from Vienna in 1900, with several mentions in the American press
- 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: Rund um die Erde
- Description: Clare Consuelo Sheridan was an English sculptor, journalist, and writer - and Winston Churchill’s cousin - known for her daring 1924 motorcycle journey. Disillusioned by the Soviet Revolution in 1923, which had led to her being declared persona non grata in Russia, she nevertheless secured a visa and, with her brother Oswald Frewen, rode approximately 6,801 km (4,226 miles) from Sussex to Odessa on a 799 cc, 7 hp AJS motorcycle with sidecar - nicknamed “Satanella” - widely regarded as the first British motorcycle in the USSR
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: UK, Inglese, Anglais
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1885-1970
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Motorbike, Motocicletta, Moto
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Europe, Europa, Asia
- Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clare_Sheridan
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q519590
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Sheridan, Clare. Across Europe with Satanella. New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1925.
People .asked why we did not take a motor instead of a motor ‘sidecar. They were extra-ordiriarily fertile in recommending makes of motor-cars. And I had to explain that - yes, we have no motor-car - no, we belong to the fraternity of vagabonds.
Sheridan, Clare. Across Europe with Satanella. New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1925.
- Description: Gustave Simon, portrayed in an elegant uniform, describes himself as a 'universal globetrotter' committed to making a round-the-world trip
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Major Gustave Simon
- 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: Le tour du monde - De reis rond de wereld. Le plus petit boer du transvaal de la ville de Johannesbourg (Afrique S.) Guerre Anglo-Boer 1899-1902
- Description: Sjaak Lucassen is a Dutch long-distance motorcycle traveler renowned for his daring global expeditions. From 1995 to 1998, he logged about 160,000 km (100,000 miles) on a Honda Fireblade. Between 2001 and 2006, he circumnavigated the globe - covering 250,000 km (155,000 miles) - on a Yamaha YZF‑R1 nicknamed “Florentina”. In 2013, he rode from Barrow, Alaska to Key West, Florida, starting with a traversal over sea ice of the Beaufort Sea, towing a sledge. He estimates he’s spent nearly ten years of his life riding. Around 2015, he began building a custom R1 ("aRctic1") to attempt a solo ride to the North Pole under -40 °C conditions across polar ice
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Netherlands, Olanda, Hollande
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1961-
- 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: http://www.sjaaklucassen.nl
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16194173
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Sjaak Lucassen, Life on 2 wheels, R1 GOES EXTREME, 2014.
- Description: Andrew Skurka is a backpacker known for his long hikes: 6'875 miles on the Great Western Loop and 7'778 miles along the Sea-to-Sea Route
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- 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: Americas, Americhe, Amérique
- Internet: http://www.andrewskurka.com
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4758595
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