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Date: 21 Aug 2007 14:13:36
From: joncatling[A_T]comfortsaddle.org
Subject: An incredible human powered journey:
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"On Sunday 5th August 2007, Mark Beaumont cycled out of Paris on a
solo attempt to break the 18,000 mile World Record to become the
fastest person to have ever circumnavigated the globe by bicycle."
You can follow the full adventure as it happens below, via the online
BBC documentary, Web Diary and GPS tracker.
http://www.artemisworldcycle.co.uk/
http://www.justgiving.com/artemisworldcycle
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Date: 21 Aug 2007 22:30:19
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Subject: Re: An incredible human powered journey:
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85 miles or 140km per day
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Date: 22 Aug 2007 09:50:53
From: Mike
Subject: Re: An incredible human powered journey:
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In article <1187705616.248043.41910@57g2000hsv.googlegroups.com >, joncatling@googlemail.com says...
> "On Sunday 5th August 2007, Mark Beaumont cycled out of Paris on a
> solo attempt to break the 18,000 mile World Record to become the
> fastest person to have ever circumnavigated the globe by bicycle."
>
> You can follow the full adventure as it happens below, via the online
> BBC documentary, Web Diary and GPS tracker.
>
> http://www.artemisworldcycle.co.uk/
>
> http://www.justgiving.com/artemisworldcycle
>
Sounds like fun - my wife and I did Bangkok to Singapore around 18 years ago - altyhough we took the west/south-west
coast rather than the east/north-east coast. The roads were fairly quiet those days, once you left the bedlam of
Bangkok. Will be a lot more cars now. Also noticed a disparity between the route description (all Highway 1) and the
map which heads up Highway 3 between Palmerston North and Hamilton. Less traffic and hills on 3 though - so a
reasonable route. It's a pity he couldnt nip across from Auckland to Santiago and get to the US via the Pacific Highway
- then he could have completed the extra 6000 miles required to make it a 'real' circumnavigation.
Mike
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