August 18, 2006
Eat my dust Lance and Floyd
On April 22, 1884, Thomas Stevens set out from San Francisco on a penny farthing. Arriving in Boston on August 4, 1884, he was off again the following April en route through Europe, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, India, and China. He returned to San Francisco in December 1886. With minimal supplies, no support team, few roads, and despite hostile natives, he managed to travel around the world.
He has at least two people trying to replicate his journey, despite a few setbacks.
Now I'm gonna have the "Prisoner" theme music running through my head all afternoon.
Yeah but there were less people around then to fuck things up. Roughly half as many, by some estimates. A lot less in practical bike-around-the-world terms.
Still, dude must have had calves like cannonballs.
Loved the China memoirs NE, thanks.
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