Jason Lewis, 40-year old British adventurer who spent 13 years circumnavigating the world using only human-powered transport has completed his epic journey. Having completed the final leg of his 46,000-mile odyssey by pedaling his 26-foot boat Moksha up the River Thames, Lewis reached back home on October 6.
Lewis set off from London in July 1994 in a flimsy yellow pedal boat to circumnavigate the world and took exactly 13 years, 2 months, 23 days and 11 hours to complete his trip. During his journey, Lewis walked, swum, pedaled, skated and ridden all the way around the globe, never using transport powered by motors or wind.
The journey was not very easy for Lewis, he had to face many problems. Capsizing in the North Atlantic Ocean he broke both legs, was chased by a crocodiles in Australia and arrested on suspicion of spying in Egypt after illegally crossing the border from Sudan and was threatened with a 40-year prison sentence. He also survived crocodile attacks, malaria, blisters and underwent major surgery after having both legs broken in a hit-and-run accident while rollerblading across the United States.
Encouraging world citizenship between cultures and promoting environmental issues were the main aims with which Lewis started the journey of circumnavigating the globe using only human-powered transport. I salute Lewis for his feat.
Source: ITN
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This a fantastic adventure journey. Truly one man who deserves to be saluted. And thanks very much Rajni for making us aware of this man and his great feat.