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- 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
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- 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
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- 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.
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- Description: Tom Turcich became the tenth person on record to walk around the world. Motivated by the death of two close friends in his teenage years, he spent eight years saving and planning before setting out on 2 April 2015. His route covered South America, Antarctica, Europe, North Africa, Central Asia and North America, crossing six continents and 38 countries in seven years. Approximately five months into the journey, he adopted a rescue puppy from an Austin, Texas shelter, naming her Savannah; she walked with him for the remainder of the trip, becoming the first dog to circumnavigate the world on foot. The journey was interrupted by a serious illness in Peru and by the COVID-19 pandemic, which stranded him in Azerbaijan. He was robbed at knifepoint in Panama and held at gunpoint in Turkey. On 21 May 2022 he completed the walk, returning to Haddon Township. In total he covered approximately 45,000 km (28,000 miles)
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: The World Walk
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: On foot, A piedi, À pied
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
- Internet: https://www.tomturcich.com
- Multimedia: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheWorldWalk
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Turcich, Tom. The World Walk: 7 Years, 28,000 Miles, 6 Continents: A Grand Meditation One Step at a Time. Skyhorse Publishing, 2024.
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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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- Description: Régis van de Walle was a French motorcyclist and author who completed a round-the-world motorcycle journey in 80 days, recounted in his book Le tour du monde à moto en 80 jours, published by Hachette/Moto-journal in 1979. No further biographical details are documented in available sources
- 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: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Van de Walle, Régis. Le tour du monde à moto en 80 jours. Paris: Hachette/Moto-journal, 1979.
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- Description: n 1986-'87, Nicolas Vanier covers 7'000 km in the wildest regions of the Rocky Mountains and Alaska, a year and a half journey between Wyoming and the Bering Strait. In the early 1990s, he crosses the Siberian taiga from south to north. In 1999, he accomplishes the journey "Odyssée Blanche": the crossing of the Great North by sled from Skagway (Alaska) to Quebec, for a total of 8'600 km. Between 2005 and 2006, he undertakes the "Siberian Odyssey": the winter crossing of Siberia from Irkutsk to Moscow (8'000 km). These journeys have been translated into literary works and documentaries
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: France, Francia
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Artic, Artico
- Internet: http://www.nicolasvanier.com
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1375042
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Vanier N., L’odissea bianca : l’avventura di un uomo e dei suoi cani nel Grande Nord canadese, RCS Rizzoli Libri, 2001.