Thompson Mary (w2692)

Thompson Mary (w2692)

  • Description: Peter Root and Mary Thompson set off from Guernsey, in the Channel Islands, in 2011, planning to cycle around the world. After traveling the roads of Europe, the Middle East, and China, they were struck and killed instantly by a pickup truck in Thailand on February 13, 2013
  • Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
  • Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: UK, Inglese, Anglais
  • Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
  • Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Bike, Bicicletta, Vélo
  • Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
  • Internet: https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2013/feb/18/british-cyclists-killed-thailand
  • Multimedia: https://vimeo.com/twoonfourwheels

We are Mary Thompson and Peter Root. At 5.00pm on the 12th July 2011 we got the boat to France with loads of stuff and two bikes. We’ve created this website to document our adventures along the way.

Trevor Thomas (w2718)

Trevor Thomas (w2718)

  • 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
Unknown traveler, Sconosciuto, Inconnu (w2582)

Unknown traveler, Sconosciuto, Inconnu (w2582)

  • Description: Round-the-world trip undertaken by a couple aboard a Volkswagen Westfalia van in 1964
  • 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: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
Thompson Rob (w2693)

Thompson Rob (w2693)

  • Description: Rob Thompson took his skateboard and equipped it with a trailer to carry essentials. He departed from Leysin, Switzerland, on June 25, 2007, and arrived in Shanghai on September 28, 2008, covering 12'000 kilometers. In his blog, he recounts this incredible adventure, which began a few years earlier with a similar journey but on a bicycle
  • Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
  • Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: -
  • Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
  • Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Others, Altri, Autres
  • Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: -
  • Internet: http://www.14degrees.org 

I sat down one day and jotted down some thoughts on why exactly I want to do this. Usually I wouldn’t feel a need to justify myself, but, I mean come on, around the world by recumbent bicycle and skateboard?

Triet Heidi (w3098)

Triet Heidi (w3098)

  • Description: Heidi Triet embarked on a bicycle world tour from 1987 to 1991, which she completed while pregnant. During her journey, she met Claude Marthaler, a well-known Swiss cyclist who was also undertaking the same challenge
  • Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
  • Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Switzerland, Svizzera, Suisse
  • Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
  • Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Bike, Bicicletta, Vélo
  • Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
  • Multimedia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pGdTAUfupk
  • Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Claude Marthaler, A Tire d'elles : Femmes, vélo et liberté, Editions Slatkine, Genève, 2016
Unknown traveler, Sconosciuto, Inconnu (w2590)

Unknown traveler, Sconosciuto, Inconnu (w2590)

  • Description: Austrian family engaged in a round-the-world walking tour in 1966
  • Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
  • Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Austria
  • 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: Eine Weltreise zu Fuss Österreich 1966 - ? Expédition uniquement à pied, Autriche
Trans-Europe Foot Race (w2714)

Trans-Europe Foot Race (w2714)

  • 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
Trogdon William (w2721)

Trogdon William (w2721)

  • 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.
Urman Stanys (w2727)

Urman Stanys (w2727)

  • 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.

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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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