THOMAS GROSSERICHTER | Fastest world circumnavigation on a bicycle - 29.019 km - 105 days

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In Bogota, recharging batteries, tomorrow i will be heading for the jungle again..direction Quito, EC 4 days ago
Arrived safely, bored, but with all strength regained to Tabatinga; the triple border. Hope to get on a boat to Iquitos, Peru today.. 5 days ago
auf gehts. danke Tobias Weckenbrock http://t.co/fJa1GpoXCL 2 weeks ago

After completing the toughest and longest bike race in the world in record time I am now writing the book about the biggest challenge of my life. Future expeditions are already on my mind but still need some time to become more specific.

EVENTS

2013-09-30, 19:30: Multimedia presentation, LCC, Dortmund
2013-07-05, 20:00: Multimedia presentation, Haus Volking, Walstedde (Artikel)
2013-06-22, 16:10: 24h-Promenade, Münster
2013-05-30, RTF, Herbern
2013-04-16, 19:30: Multimedia presentation, Kolpingsaal, Werne
2013-04-12, 19:30: Multimedia presentation, Urania, Berlin
2013-04-07, 14:00-17:00: Bike presentation, Zweirad Hölscher, Herbern Parat
2013-03-19, 19:30: Multimedia presentation, H1, Münster
2013-02-28, 19:30: Multimedia presentation, Bistro Grüne Oase, Gladbeck
2013-02-20, 19:00: Multimedia presentation, Hauptschule Herbern SOLD OUT
2013-02-19, 19:00: Multimedia presentation, Hauptschule Herbern SOLD OUT

ABOUT ME

Thomas on his bike Bicycling bio
Blood, sweat, nerves, and money have finally paid off – two years of intense training and meticulous planning have had a purpose: The Fastest World Circumnavigation on a Bicycle. I have done it! I can proudly say that a great team has helped me in accomplishing this record. I also want to thank all my sponsors who trusted in me from the beginning. An amazing journey ended for me on New Year’s Eve with my arrival back to where I started, Berlin. I had bicycled 105 days, faster than any man around the globe, and broke the world record! This accomplishment made me the happiest, proudest, and most grateful person on earth. For somebody who had never really bicycled before 2008, I have accomplished more than I ever could have imagined. I biked most of the Pan-American Highway, peddled up some of the highest passes on Earth in Tibet, crossed the Andes more than once and now I have completed my most difficult challenge yet, a record breaking bicycle trip around the world.
Over the past few years I have cycled more than 65,000 km. Bicycling is still the most beautiful way to see the world in my opinion, and still my tool of choice to push myself closer to my limits, but lately I have been making few new plans. In the future I will still be cycling the world, but I also have other ideas on how to get around. There is something already on my mind …

Location

My latest position was always posted to this map, so you could follow my journey almost in real time, from Berlin in eastward direction around the world and then back to Berlin.

BLOG

The world keeps turning 27. June 2013

Von Guinness gibt es endlich Neues, wenn auch nichts Erfreuliches. Nach Diskussionen um die Anerkennung des Weltrekords, die seit Wochen andauern, habe ich mich entschieden, nicht weiter auf der Beurkundung unseres Weltrekords zu beharren. Guinness scheint derart entschlossen, unseren Guinness [...]

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Um einen Riesenschatz reicher 29. January 2013

29.000 km in 105 Tagen, einer Stunde und 44 min. Nachdem ich nun eine Weile habe sacken lassen, ist es noch immer ein wenig schwer begreiflich, dass ich diese Menge an Kilometer auf dem Rad gefahren haben soll und gleichzeitig damit eine [...]

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Endlich 14. September 2012

746 Tage ist heute her, dass ich am Basislager vom Mount Everest stand und den Entschluss fasste diesen Rekord, für den ich derzeit alles gebe und entbehre, zu brechen. Es war damals ein wolkenverhangener Tag, etwa wie heute. Mehr als [...]

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