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Re:Going for a seven-year walk by danso on Sunday January 13, 2013 @09:24AM (#5050793)
It's fun reading about other trips across the world, even if they weren't all done on foot.

Journalist Nellie Bly held the world record for fastest time in 1890, traveling the world unchaperoned in 72 days http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nellie_Bly

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Re:Going for a seven-year walk by celias on Sunday January 13, 2013 @01:35PM (#5051394)
Thomas Stevens rode a penny-farthing bicycle west-to-east around the world in 1884-86, followed by Frank Lenz's east-to-west attempt on a two-wheeled bicycle in the early 1890's - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Stevens_(cyclist) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Lenz_(cyclist)
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