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==Human-powered== [[File:Pedal_Boat_Moksha_on_River_Thames.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Jason Lewis (adventurer)|Jason Lewis]] of [[Expedition 360]] pedalling his boat Moksha on the [[River Thames]] in [[London]], shortly before completing the first human-powered circumnavigation of the [[Earth]] (2007)]] According to adjudicating bodies ''[[Guinness World Records]]'' and Explorersweb, [[Jason Lewis (adventurer)|Jason Lewis]] completed the first human-powered circumnavigation of the globe on 6 October 2007.<ref name="Guinness World Records">{{cite web|last=Guinness World Records|title=Human Powered Circumnavigations|url=http://www.expedition360.com/guinness_world_records_first_hpc.pdf|date=6 October 2007}}</ref><ref name="AdventureStats">{{cite web |url=http://www.adventurestats.com/tables/hpc.shtml |title=Global HPC β Human Powered Circumnavigations |publisher=AdventureStats |access-date=2 July 2012 |archive-date=1 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181001145147/http://www.adventurestats.com/tables/hpc.shtml |url-status=usurped }}</ref> This was part of a thirteen-year journey entitled [[Expedition 360]]. In 2012, Turkish-born American adventurer [[Erden EruΓ§]] completed the first entirely ''solo'' human-powered circumnavigation, travelling by rowboat, [[sea kayak]], foot and bicycle from 10 July 2007 to 21 July 2012,<ref name=gwr2>{{cite web|title=Guinness World Records β First solo circumnavigation of the globe using human power|date=21 July 2012 |url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/108422-first-solo-circumnavigation-of-the-globe-using-human-power|publisher=Guinness World Records|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160319015308/http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/108422-first-solo-circumnavigation-of-the-globe-using-human-power|archive-date=19 March 2016|access-date=16 January 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> crossing the equator twice, passing over 12 antipodal points, and logging {{convert|66299|km|mi}}<ref name=psd>{{cite web|title=Media Kit β Project Summary Document|url=http://www.around-n-over.org/media/summary_HPC.pdf|publisher=Around-n-Over (PDF file linked from "around-n-over.org/media/mediakit.htm")|date=22 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160214191249/http://www.around-n-over.org/media/summary_HPC.pdf|archive-date=14 February 2016|url-status=live|access-date=11 November 2016}}</ref> in 1,026 days of travel time, excluding breaks.<ref name=outmag1>{{cite web|title=Around the World in 1,026 Days|url=http://www.outsideonline.com/adventure-travel/Around-the-World-in-1026-Days.html|publisher=Outside Magazine (online edition)|date=1 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140411160823/http://www.outsideonline.com/adventure-travel/Around-the-World-in-1026-Days.html|archive-date=11 April 2014|url-status=live|access-date=11 November 2016}}</ref> [[National Geographic Society|National Geographic]] lists [[Colin Angus (explorer)|Colin Angus]] as being the first to complete a human-powered global circumnavigation in 2006.<ref>{{cite web |first=Daniel |last=Duane |url=http://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/best-of-adventure-2007/achievements/colin-angus-julie-wafaei.html |title=Adventurers of the Year: The New Magellans |publisher=National Geographic Society |year=2007 |access-date=2 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120704000831/http://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/best-of-adventure-2007/achievements/colin-angus-julie-wafaei.html |archive-date=4 July 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> However, his journey did not cross the equator or hit the minimum of two antipodal points as stipulated by the rules of ''Guinness World Records'' and AdventureStats by Explorersweb.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.expedition360.com/home/circumnavigation.htm |title=Jason Lewis version of circumnavigation |publisher=Expedition360.com |date=28 September 1924 |access-date=2 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.around-n-over.org/circumnavigation.htm |title=Erden Eruc version of circumnavigation |publisher=Around-n-over.org |access-date=2 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first1= Julie |last1= Wafaei |first2= Colin |last2= Angus |url= http://www.angusadventures.com/circumnavigations.html |title= Colin Angus version of circumnavigation |publisher= Angusadventures.com |access-date= 2 July 2012 |archive-date= 20 January 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130120223059/http://www.angusadventures.com/circumnavigations.html |url-status= dead }}</ref> People have both bicycled and run around the world, but the oceans have had to be covered by air or sea travel, making the distance shorter than the ''Guinness'' guidelines.{{Citation needed|date=March 2024}} To go from North America to Asia on foot is theoretically possible but very difficult. It involves crossing the [[Bering Strait]] on the ice, and around {{convert|3000|km|mi}} of roadless swamped or freezing cold areas in Alaska and eastern Russia. No one has so far travelled all of this route by foot. [[David Kunst]] was the first person that Guinness verified to have walked around the world between 20 June 1970 and 5 October 1974, by "[walking] 23,250 km (14,450 miles) through four continents".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/first-circumnavigation-by-walking|title=First circumnavigation by walking|website=Guinness World Records|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-01-12}}</ref>
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