'Grizzly' sets world circumnavigation record
Five continents, in 119 days and 21 hours. And on the 120th day, he rests...Swiss endurance rider Urs “Grizzly” Pedraita has achieved a new world record by circumnavigating five continents in 119 days and 21 hours aboard his Victory Cross Country Tour.
Grizzly began his adventure at the Daytona International Speedway on March 11, 2016. From there he travelled 6391km in six days and 14 hours to complete the first stage of the ride to Panama City, Panama. He then continued traveling south 10,089km for nine days and 23 hours to reach Ushuaia, Argentina at the tip of South America.
From there, he returned 3360km to Santiago, Chile, loaded his bike onto a plane and flew to Australia, where he spent six days and five hours riding 7410km west across the continent from Sydney to Perth.
From Perth, Grizzly and his Victory flew to Cape Town, South Africa and awaited clearance through customs. Thereafter, he took 13 days and 23 hours for a 12,085km journey north from Cape Town to Cairo, Egypt completing the South African continent.
A ferry then took him across the Mediterranean to Tarragona, Spain. From there, he rode 8766km in six days and 23 hours from northern Spain to Gibraltar to North Cape (Nordkapp) Norway.
Grizzly then turned east, riding through St. Petersburg, Moscow, Irkutsk and Vladivostok during an 11-day seven-hour, 11,716km journey across Russia, a four-hour and 400km tour through South Korea, and a five day 11-hour and 4810km ride through Thailand and Malaysia.
From Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Grizzly loaded his bike onto a plane and travelled to Anchorage, AK, before resuming his 11,095km tour across North America through Edmonton, Winnipeg, Toronto, Chicago and Santa Monica to his finish in Daytona Beach on Sunday, July 10.
The 119 days and 21 hours includes all transfers. The previous ‘riding time’ record was 120 days and two hours, which Grizzly decimated by a staggering 47 days and 13 hours.
Time and position measurement for Grizzly’s record-setting ride were done via GPS and satellite tracking. The timing was not stopped when waiting to pass a country border or when the rider was sleeping.
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