Alastair Humphreys passed through Seattle in May 2004, and was sporting one of our t-shirts!

Alastair's circumnavigation route.

Jason Lewis is in Nepal...
October 24, 2006    
Jason Lewis of Expedition360, who is carrying on with his human powered circumnavigation, has arrived in Kathmandu, Nepal after traveling through Tibet. This is a major break through for Jason, and the political instability in Nepal with Maoist rebels facing off with the government forces, makes him anxious to reach the Indian border soonest. You can follow Jason's progress via his online dispatches which also incorporate nicely done video journals - Jason is definitely raising the bar for me with his work to date!!!

Jason is on a journey to circumnavigate the globe by human power. He left England back in 1994 with his expedition partner Stevie Smith, who had dreamed of the circumnavigation idea, and had convinced Jason to join him. They used a propeller driven pedal powered boat called Moksha to cross the Atlantic Ocean from Lagos, Portugal to Miami, USA, starting their crossing on October 13 of that year.

After reaching Miami, Stevie bicycled across the US, and Jason chose to use inline skates which almost cost him his life. In Colorado somewhere, he was run over by a car and both his legs were shattered. Eventually the duo were able to launch from San Francisco in late September 1998 to reach Hawaii. That is where Stevie decided to return home to write a book about their journey until then, and has remained in a supportive role for Jason to carry on forward. The book is titled: "Pedalling to Hawaii," and it is a wonderful read.

Since then, Jason pedalled from Hawaii to Tarawa atoll alone, then continued on to Australia's eastern shores in the company of others. In the heartland of Australia, Jason accomplished a first, reaching a geographic antipode on a human powered journey. Kayaking the Indonesian archipelago, brought Jason to Singapore where he transitioned to his bicycle behind which he was towing a BOB trailer. Jason has just crossed the 5,100 meter high Lalung La Pass from Tibet into Nepal, and reached Kathmandu. "It is all downhill to Greenwich from here," Jason says in his last vlog.

Alastair Humphreys, the man to circumnavigate the globe by bicycle while on land, and whose goal was to raise support for the charity: "Hope and Homes for Children," has a new book called "Moods of Future Joys." Alastair started in England with the intention of continuing east, yet the world events steered him toward a journey down the length of Africa which he recounts in this first book of his. He crossed over to South America from Cape Town, and bicycled the length of the Americas, before he went on to Asia. When he returned back to İstanbul in September 2005, he had covered 69,000km, and had closed the knot on his circumnavigation trip. He still chose to bicycle back to England, another 3,000km to return home!!!

These men inspire me, and motivate me to carry on with my own journey. They are role models to many around the world, including school children. They embody the altruistic goals of making a difference in this world, no matter what our pursuits in life. I applaud their accomplishments to date.

Erden.