- Description: Journey through Europe undertaken by Horst Kluckmann in 1972 with a horse-drawn cart
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: -
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Wagon, Carro, Char
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Europe, Europa
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Europa-Reise 1972
- Description: Ray's travels with his bicycle in Tibet
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: -
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: -
- Internet: http://raykreisel.com
- Multimedia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNhlKM63EVs
- Description: Dieter Kühnel was a German long-distance motorcyclist and author. As part of a world tour on a BMW R 60/5 600 cc, he rode from India through Burma, Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Celebes, the Moluccas, Irian Jaya and Papua New Guinea. He authored two books on his journey: Rätselhaftes Indien: Abenteuer-Report mit dem Motorrad durch das Land der Bettler und Maharadschas and Motorrad-Odyssee: Von Burma durch die Inselwelt Südostasiens, published by Frederking & Thaler, Munich, in 1989
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Germany, Germania, Allemagne
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Motorbike, Motocicletta, Moto
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Asia
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Kühnel, Dieter. Rätselhaftes Indien. Munich: Frederking & Thaler, 1989. Kühnel, Dieter. Motorrad-Odyssee: Von Burma durch die Inselwelt Südostasiens. Munich: Frederking & Thaler, 1989.
- 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.
- Description: Lars Olof Göran Kropp was a Swedish adventurer and mountaineer, the first Scandinavian to climb Mount Everest without oxygen. For his 1996 ascent, Kropp left Stockholm on October 16, 1995, on a specially designed bicycle. He cycled 13'000 km to Everest Base Camp, arriving in April 1996. On May 3, he reached Everest's South Summit, just 100 meters from the peak. However, he decided to turn back as it was too late and he would have had to descend in the dark. Three weeks later, on May 23, he successfully reached the summit without extra oxygen support. Afterwards, he cycled part of the way back home
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Swede, Svezia, Suède
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1966-2002
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Bike, Bicicletta, Vélo
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Europe, Europa, Asia
- Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6ran_Kropp
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1559451
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Kropp Göran, Ultimate High: My Everest Odyssey. Discovery Books, 1999
- Description: Santhosh George Kulangara is an Indian traveller, television producer, director, broadcaster, editor and publisher. He began his career in television media at the age of 17, producing documentaries for Doordarshan. In 1997 he began solo travel outside India, documenting his journeys in Sancharam ("Travel"), the first visual travelogue in the Malayalam language, initially broadcast on Asianet from 2001 to 2012 and later on his own channel. As of 2025 he has travelled through 151 countries across all seven continents. In 2013 he founded Safari TV, the first Indian channel dedicated exclusively to travel, history and exploration, of which he serves as founder and Chief Explorer
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: SGK; Chief Explorer
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: India
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Various, Vari, Divers
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
- Internet: https://www.safaritv.in
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q109475054
- Description: Vyacheslav Vasilyevich Krasko is a Russian traveller, author and entrepreneur with a PhD in Economics. After graduating from the Saint Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance and the University of Paris IX-Dauphine, he held senior positions in leading Russian banks for seventeen years and served as Financial Director in companies belonging to Roman Abramovich and Oleg Deripaska. In April 2010 he resigned and set off on a round-the-world journey lasting just over one year, visiting 36 countries across six continents and covering 137,000 km in total, of which 52,000 km overland. On his return in 2011 he was admitted to the Union of Russian Around-the-World Travellers and founded his own adventure travel company, "The Year of Spring" (Год Весны). He recounted the journey in God Vesny ("The Year of Spring", Postum, Moscow, 2012)
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Russia, Russia, Russie
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Various, Vari, Divers
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
- Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vyacheslav_Krasko
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4239824
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Krasko, Vyacheslav. God Vesny: Puteshestviye dlinoyu v god. Mosca: Postum, 2012.
- Description: Enrico Kuff embarked on the endeavor of walking around the world in 1954. By 1959, he had traveled 68'180 kilometers
- 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
- Description: Inspired by Gandhi's philosophy of nonviolence, Prem Kumar, a student of physics, international politics and Indian philosophy at Gujarat University, departed from Ahmadabad, India, on 2 October 1982 on a solo peace walk around the world. The route passed through Italy, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Ireland, the United Kingdom, the United States and Japan. After nearly four years and approximately 8,000 miles (12,875 km) across 14 countries, he planned to conclude his march in Nagasaki on 9 August 1986 - the 41st anniversary of the atomic bomb. He carried no sponsorship and relied entirely on donations
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: India
- 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
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Ito, Sheldon. "His Solo Peace Walk Follows a Well-Worn Tradition." Los Angeles Times, April 12, 1986.
- Inscriptions-Iscrizioni-Inscriptions: Peace Walk Around The World
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