[HN Gopher] Thomas Stevens (Cyclist)
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       Thomas Stevens (Cyclist)
        
       Author : downweight
       Score  : 19 points
       Date   : 2024-02-03 07:10 UTC (15 hours ago)
        
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       | martiancookbook wrote:
       | "...since he always had something to show them as interesting as
       | anything that they could show him, he made his way among all
       | nations."
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       | Reminds me of a piece of advice I read when researching one-bag
       | packing for a long trip: learn how to make balloon animals and
       | pack balloons. Then, you can entertain children & endear yourself
       | to their families. [1]
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       | I think both the silly-looking bicycle and the balloon animals
       | create some sort of surprise and delight that set the tone for a
       | good interaction when you are a stranger doing something
       | objectively weird.
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       | [1] https://www.onebag.com/packing-list-specialty.html
        
       | WillAdams wrote:
       | I really think that the subject of solo circumnavigation should
       | be a natural part of the study of history.
       | 
       | To expand on this, also see:
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       | - Joshua Slocum _Sailing Alone Around The World_
       | https://www.gutenberg.org/files/6317/6317-h/6317-h.htm
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       | - Half-Safe: The Story of the Jeep/Boat That Drove Around the
       | World https://gearjunkie.com/motors/half-safe-jeep-boat-
       | overland-a...
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       | - The First Human Powered Circumnavigation of the Globe
       | https://wildbounds.com/blogs/culture-and-pioneers/jason-lewi...
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       | - https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records/hall-of-fame/er...
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       | (though I think that the latter two are not quite as impressive
       | in that gear was staged/transported --- I want to see someone do
       | this "bikerafting" using a folding bike and a folding kayak)
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       | and there's some Victorian guy who did it using commercial
       | transport with nothing but his visiting cards and a letter of
       | credit from his bank to facilitate the voyage.
        
         | tcmb wrote:
         | Also impressive: Jonas Deichmann's circumnavigation by
         | triathlon. 450km swimming in the sea, 21000 km cycling and 5060
         | km running.
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         | https://jonasdeichmann.com/triathlon-360-degree/
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         | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonas_Deichmann
        
       | robterrell wrote:
       | The book he wrote is interesting:
       | https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/5136/pg5136-images.html
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       | I loved this bit of writing at the beginning:
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       | "Beyond all this the lower coast-range, where, toward San
       | Francisco, Mount Diablo and Mount Tamalpais - grim sentinels of
       | the Golden Gate - rear their shaggy heads skyward, and seem to
       | look down with a patronizing air upon the less pretentious hills
       | that border the coast and reflect their shadows in the blue water
       | of San Francisco Bay."
        
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