Guinness World Record Journey by Skateboard
From June 24th till the 28th of September, 2008, I skateboarded a Guinness World Record breaking 12,159km across part of Europe, right across the United States, and from west to east across China. The entire journey is accounted for here, from Day 323 to Day 800 (numbering is according to when I started the cycle journey in Japan).
I apologise for the lack of posts these past few weeks. Work is on the go, and the last thing I have wanted to do is to type at a computer. My mind has also been occupied with other things…namely the following development in the 14degrees journey: My bicycle has …
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Today’s distance / 今日の走行距離: N/A Average speed / 平均速度: N/A Time on skateboard / 走行時間: N/A Total skateboarding distance to date / 今までスケボで走った距離: N/A Total cycling distance to date / 今まで自転車で走った距離: 11,800km Ascent / 上り: N/A Descent / 下り: N/A So today is the big day. Leaving Leysin with a …
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Well that was some good fun! I had only got about 15 minutes out of Leysin before I got bored with walking. I got the thin nylon hammock I had bought in anticipation of making some sort of parachute with, attached it to the ski poles I had scrounged off …
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It was a fitful sleep last night. The construction site echoed, bits of plastic flapping and sounding like footsteps in the dark. I woke at one point and saw the silloutte of a small dog sniffing cautiously about an arm’s lenth away. At first light, about 5:50am I made my …
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I was a guest speaker at the International School of Lausanne today. Heidi arranged for me to come in at lunch time to speak to students interested in my journey. The small room was packed with about 50 students, many of whom had come to know of me from the …
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Today’s distance / 今日の走行距離: 55.52km Average speed / 平均速度: 12.26km/h Time on skateboard / 走行時間: 4h 32m Total skateboarding distance to date / 今までスケボで走った距離: 55km Total cycling distance to date / 今まで自転車で走った距離: 11,800km Ascent / 上り: +825m Descent / 下り: -865m (data above is data from reset approx. 30km into …
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I spent the majority of today sleeping on the grass in parks around Fribourg. It was a good opportunity for a rest, as I was waiting for my wonderful CouchSurfing.org host, Mirjam, to arrive back from work at 6:30pm. After yesterday’s big effort I was suitibly knackered. My muscles weren’t …
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This weekend involved more cycling than it did skateboarding. On Sunday I had the pleasure of joining the Fribourg ProVelo group for a cycling tour around the area, checking out some of the ancient Roman remains near Lake Murten. A friend of Mirjam kindly lent me a bike for the …
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Right, so physically, this skateboarding thing seems to be working out pretty good. Logistically, however, things are a little more tricky. I got away from Fribourg bright and early, only to be stalled for 30 minutes under a bridge waiting for the rain to stop. I read some more of …
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Ah, rain rain go away. It has been raining non-stop today here in Bern, so my grand plans to get out into the city were thwarted. Instead, I played around with Patricia’s Mac computer and made a wee video clip… Here’s to hoping the weather sorts itself out for departure …
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