- Description: Born on 12 October 1948 in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Jūgatsu Toi (戸井 十月) was a Japanese travel writer and visual producer. He obtained his motorcycle licence at the age of 32 while reporting on the bōsōzoku (Japanese motorcycle gangs) and subsequently began riding abroad. Between 1997 and November 2009 he completed a motorcycle journey across five continents - Africa, the Americas, Europe, Asia and Oceania - covering more than 120,000 km on a Honda XRV750 Africa Twin and a Honda NX650 Dominator, concluding at the Honda headquarters in Aoyama, Tokyo. Over his lifetime he covered more than 250,000 km across more than 50 countries. He also holds the record for the most entries by a Japanese rider in the Baja 1000 off-road race in Baja California, Mexico
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Japan, Giappone, Japon
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1948–2013
- 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
- Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C5%ABgatsu_Toi
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11496208
- 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
- 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
- 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: 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: 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
- 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.
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