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TIL only 3 humans have completed a known human-powered circumnavigation of the globe (No sails, etc: pedals/rowing) 1. Jason Lewis and Stewie Smith, 1994—2007, travelling 74,842km (46,505 mi) 2. Erden Eruç, 2007—2012, travelling 66,299 km (41,196 mi) https://t.co/uMkgBI1pXR
Jason was rollerblading across North America when he got hit by a drunk driver and spent nine months recovering his broken legs he twice survived malaria, sepsis, a bout of mild schizophrenia, and a crocodile attack near Australia in 2005 https://t.co/cLbpZFUYZl
Erden's (fully-subscribed) Kickstarter is very moving > His first question to me was, "when are you starting?" > I have experienced so much on this journey, met so many people, and been touched by such kindness and generosity that it has changed me. https://t.co/hFD9ro2oQA https://t.co/k2PwbzxwKy
When Jason was alone out at sea for months on end, his self unbundled into multiple personalities. "It seemed completely sane". This is consistent with other things I've read about people in ultra-solitude. The coherent self is constructed for interfacing with others https://t.co/kpRLk1Aq6V
Thinking about Jason again. This mf thought it would take him 2 years to manually circumnavigate 46,505-miles around the Earth. It took him 13. He nearly died multiple times https://t.co/U8FIuHE8V7 https://t.co/X84hA0SvAJ
