- Description: Participants in the Trans-Europe Foot Race race across various routes of the Old Continent. In 2003, the route included crossing the continent from Lisbon to Moscow; in 2009, from Bari to the North Cape; while in 2012, from Denmark to Gibraltar
- 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: Europe, Europa
- Internet: http://www.transeurope-footrace.org
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1773794
- Description: William Least Heat-Moon, at the age of 38 and after separating from his wife, sets off on a journey across the United States in an old van. This experience becomes the core of one of the travel literature classics, Blue Highways, first published in 1982. In 1999, the author releases another book narrating the adventures of a peculiar journey made in 1995: crossing the United States using waterways
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Least Heat-Moon William
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1939-
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: USA
- Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Least_Heat-Moon
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4020069
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Least Heat-Moon W., Nikawa : diario di bordo di una navigazione attraverso l’America, Torino : Einaudi, 2002.
- Description: In the 1950s, Stanys Urman embarked on a journey around the world on foot
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Latvia, Lettonia, Lettonie
- 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
Stanys Urman il podista lituano, già campione del mondo di marcia, dopo avere sofferto la prigionia in Russia ed avere combattuto su moltissimi fronti, s'è messo a fare il giro del mondo a piedi.
- Description: The first Transcontinental auto race ended in Seattle on June 23, 1909, taking 23 days to cover the New York-Seattle route. The first car to cross the finish line was a Ford, later disqualified. The winner was a Shawmut, driven by Bert Scott and James Smith. Organized as part of the Great Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, six teams participated
- 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/Ocean_to_Ocean_Automobile_Endurance_Contest
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28455684
Ford Car No.2 is First in long contest. Finishes Transcontinental Race at Seattle in Presence of 15'000 Spectators
- Description: Between 1925 and 1928, Aimé Félix Tschiffely embarked on one of the longest horseback journeys ever recorded in modern chronicles: 10'000 miles from Buenos Aires (Argentina) to Washington D.C.. Despite his lack of experience, he succeeded in the endeavor and was received at the White House by President Calvin Coolidge. He published the book "Tschiffely's Ride", which became a classic in this literary genre
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Switzerland, Svizzera, Suisse
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1895-1954
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: On horseback, A cavallo, A cheval
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Americas, Americhe, Amérique
- Internet: http://www.aimetschiffely.org
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2828058
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Aimé Félix Tschiffely. Tschiffely's Ride. 1933.
A. F. Tschiffely was born into an old Swiss family in Bern in 1895 where he was educated and became a teacher. An adventurer at heart, he left Switzerland to teach in England in his early 20s, but found a new passion as a professional footballer and boxer. He then moved to Buenos Aires where he settled into teaching again, at St. George's College, Quilmes, and later as the temporary headmaster of the Buenos Aires English High School, but still found time on long vacations for adventures riding horses and exploring the surrounding pampas.
- Description: In 1922, Mr. Vache embarked on a motorcycle tour of France
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: France, Francia
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Motorbike, Motocicletta, Moto
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: France, Francia
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Tour de France, 1922, 3700 kilomètres - Vache, sur motocyclette Indian et pneus Hutchinson
- Description: Trevor Thomas, who became blind in 2006, hiked the Appalachian Trail in 2008, from which he created the documentary Trail of Trust
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Zero/Zero
- 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: USA
- Internet: https://www.theblindhiker.com
- Description: The three young men Turnell, Mcardle, and Guerin departed from Newark, New Jersey, on July 5, 1939, to reach the World's Fair in San Francisco, California
- 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
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Coast to Coast - On Juli 5, 1939, we left Newark, N. J., to visit the World's Fair in San Francisco, California, other interesting points of America, also Mexico. We are going through New Jersey, Penn., Maryland, Dist. of Columbia, Virginia, N. Carolina, S. Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisianna, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Utah, Wyoming, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, W. Virginia, Penn. and then home, sweet home, Newark, N. J.
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- Description: Fred E. Vaillancourt was a legless globe-trotter who relied on a two-wheeled cart and, in winter, a sled pulled by two dogs. In the numerous postcards he published to self-finance, he referred to himself as "Legless Advertising Dog Team - Former Grand Trunk RR Brakeman - General Advertising Dog Team Former". He lost both legs in 1907 while working as a brakeman for the railways
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Wagon, Carro, Char
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: USA
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Sustained loss of both legs at West Paris, Maine, August 14, 1907, while employed as brakeman on the Grand Trunk Railway System
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