The inspiring story of one young man's record-breaking solo cycle journey around the world
Mark Beaumont was born on New Year's Day 1983 and grew up in the foothills of the Scottish Highlands, where his parents ran an organic smallholding. When he was twelve, he cycled across Scotland from Dundee to Oban, then a few years later, while still at school, completed the 1,000 mile solo ride across Britain from John O'Groats to Land's End. His next long-distance ride took him the length of Italy from Sicily to the Alps, a journey of 1,336 miles, helping to raise e50,000 for charity. After graduating from Glasgow University, and having also qualified as a professional ski instructor, he decided against a conventional career and devoted himself full-time to raising money for his endurance adventures.
The narrative is infused with human drama to keep the pages
turning... impressive
*Sunday Telegraph*
In 2008 Mark Beaumont completed the fastest ever circumnavigation
of the world by bicycle, covering 18,296 miles in 194 days 17 hours
and beating the previous record by 81 days. Here Beaumont describes
that astonishing journey and how he became one of modern cycling's
genuine heroes
*London Review of Books*
Readers will remember Mark Beaumont's staggering achievement of
racing around the world in 2008. This is Mark's personal story of
his marathon. I have scanned it once and read it twice thoroughly
yet I'm not sure I've got all there is to be had from it. The
journey was epic and it took a hero's mindset to contemplate the
project, never mind actually carry it out. He includes laconic
entries from his diary which really bring home how hard things were
on the road. These often terse statements come across as very
immediate and give the reader a very clear insight into how he was
feeling. You'll have to buy the book to find out more... and by
buying it you help keep a modern hero awheel!
*Cycling World*
If you think cycling on British roads is perilous, spare a thought
for Mark Beaumont, the man who pedalled around the world in a
record 194 days and 17 hours. His epic trek saw him battle hostile
terrain in Turkey and Pakistan, endure fierce weather in Australia
and get back in the saddle after a crash in America
*Daily Express*
There is much that is remarkable about Mark Beaumont and he has
produced a well-written and highly readable account of his
endeavour. What he does is something close to a blow-by-blow
account of the enormous resolve and determination that were
necessary to undertake the journey... Unusually for round-the-world
accounts it picks up towards the end, rather than tailing off.
Chasing a record at times seems like an odd reason for travellling
so far - but by the end, I was willing him through the final few
days
*cycling-books.com*
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