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Years it took British adventurer Jason Lewis to circumnavigate the world using only human powered transportation.
Years it took British adventurer Jason Lewis to circumnavigate the world using only human powered transportation.
Traveling across 5 continents, Lewis was robbed and beaten several times on his journey and had to dodge bandits, pirates and was once questioned as a spy in Egypt.
He said,
“Peddling across the Atlantic we encountered some pirates along the north coast of Cuba, by that point in the voyage we were both stark naked, because we had no need for clothes on the Atlantic, so when this boat came along up side and these guys with semi automatics were checking us out and seeing whether we had any nice gear on board, any electronics, they looked at us and we must have looked absolutely mad cause this was day 100 out of 111 voyage and they just like turned on their heels and went back to Cuba, because they probably thought they were going to catch some hideous disease from us or something if they came on board.”
Continuously lacked funding, Lewis had also worked as a cattle drover in the US and in a funeral parlor in Australia.
Jason originally expected his journey to take only 3 and a half years but was delayed by accident that left him with 2 broken legs in Colorado (he was knocked down by an elderly driver as he was rollerblading), a crocodile attack in Australia and a bout of depression.
He started the journey on 12 July 1994 when he was just 26.
I read about this guy when he returned to England.
Using only human-powered transportation to circle the world is an amazing feat.
No plane, no cars – nothing with engines – shows what you can do if you really put your mind to.
No matter how long
Amazing….. his efforts has finally paid off….. Anever die attaitude and his will power is highly appreciable…. Without any modernised transportation he has done really a great job which has to acknowledged by more people across the world.
Something very difficult to do…I doubt too many people would back you up if you go for this kind of an expedition. It requires a great deal of will to stick to this goal and tons of courage.I salute you sir.
wow man you are a true inspiration