I just finished a trip around the Kalahari desert and want to share some statistics and funny anecdotes from all my trips... Distance cycled: 86 835 km/53956 miles Contries: 88 Continents: 6 Total time in the saddle: 6 years Longest day in kilometres: 255 km: (Australia) Longest day in time: 10,5 hours (Turkey) Highest altitude with bike: 5080m (China) Highest altitude w/o bike: 6759 (Bonete Chico, Argentina) Lowest altitude: -400m (Jordan) Longest time w/o shower: 39 days (China) Longest time w/o seeing any humans except cyclepartner: 11 days (China) Hottest place: Southern Australian outback in february (+45c) Coldest place: North-eastern Turkey in february (-25c) Worst winds: Durmitor NP (Montenegro) Most beautiful road in Europe: Trollstigen, Norway Most beautiful road in N. America: Highway 12, Utah, USA Most beautiful road in Africa: the desert roads in SW Namibia Most beautiful road in Australia: Stuart Highway Most beautiful road in S. America: the Chilean side of Pircas Negras Pass Most beautiful road in Asia: Karakoram Highway, Pakistan Most lost: Guinea-Bissau... Most food on the bike: 34 kg (China) Most packages of noodles on the bike: 73 (China) Most water on the bike: 16 L (Argentina) Most flat tires in a day: 5 (Gran Chaco, Paraguay) Longest distance w/o a flat tire: 11 000 k´s (Latvia – Senegal) Longest stretch w/o sleeping inside: 65 days (Southern Africa) Cheapest dorm bed: half a Euro (Hunza valley, Pakistan) Cheapest single room: 70 Euro cent (Addis Zemen, Ethiopia) Biggest idiots: the staff at the Indian embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan My trips in 62 pictures: lostcyclist/cv/
Posted on: Tue, 06 Jan 2015 12:32:19 +0000
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