Saturday, March 10, 2012

The oddest trips in the world

By Vanessa Ford

It's extraordinary that with just a jeep or stilts, travelers can take their trips thousands of miles, or even around the world. Have you ever taken such challenging trips? It's impossible because those trips became the world's records with a view to highly appreciate human force. Let's look through the oddest trips in the world.
Walk 2928km on stilts
Walk 2928km on stilts
In 1891, Sylvain Dornon- an athlete walked on stilts made a 2928-km journey from Paris to Moscow via Vilno 2928km length. Each day he walked about 60km.
13,000km trip on foot from California, US to Turkey
13,000km trip on foot from California, US to Turkey
Plennie L. Wingo (24/1/1895- 2/10/1993) recorded his trip in a book. 13,000km was the most magic length of a trip on foot. 32km. for each day.
Push wheelbarrow 4,115km
Push wheelbarrow 4,115km
David Baird finished his 112-day journey named Herculean. He pushed a wheelbarrow around US with the road length of 4,115km
Take a trip around the world by jeep.
Take a trip around the world by Jeep.
Ben Carlin went around the world by a jeep. It took 8 years to finish the trip of 62,000km.
Baptist minister crept 2,560km to White House
Baptist minister crept 2,560km to White House
In 1978, Baptist 39 year-old minister Hans Mullikin crept to White House from Marshall, Texas. The trip was 2.560km length.
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