Beat Heim has a fondness for high passes. He mainly cycles in the Himalayas or Andes.
In Spring 2008 he starts for his newest tour, entitled My Asian Odyssey. This is not a trip from A to B following one big goal, but instead as he puts it, “The more detours and side trips, the better.”
This site is about Tallabomba's 15,000 km bike trip through 14 countries from Sweden to South-East Asia, and about bicycle touring in general. You'll find photos, journals, route maps, planning information, links and more here.
Jason Lewis, along with a team of Expedition 360 participants, completed the first circumnavigation by human power between 1994 and 2007: 46,505 miles (approx. 75,000 km) by bikes, rollerblades and walking for the land sections; and swimming, kayaking and a specially constructed pedal powered boat for the oceans.
Alastair’s ride covered 46000 miles across 5 continents and 60 countries, cycling the length of the Earth's 3 great landmasses and crossing the oceans by boat.
This site is about a German couple, Julia and Stefan, who cycled through New Zealand, Hawaii and the northern part of the Panamerica in 2007. In 2008, their tandem took them from L.A. down to Mexico.