He managed this unsupported and had 30kg of equipment, clothing and camping gear on his bike. Then Mark Beaumont smashed it by completing the same distance in a staggering 194 days and 17 hours. This is the story of a quite remarkable adventure, by a quite remarkable man.īefore 2008 the record for cycling 18,000 miles stood at 276 days and 19 hours.
He then crosses Australia, rides up through New Zealand and across North America before the final 'sprint finish' thorough Portugal, Spain and France, all at over 200 miles a day.
It is also an insight into the mind of an elite athlete and the physical limits of the human body, as well as a kaleidoscopic tour of the world from a very unique perspective inspired by Jules Verne’s classic adventure novel, Mark begins his journey in Paris and cycles through Europe, Russia, Mongolia and China. He smashed two Guinness World Records and beat the previous record by an astonishing 45 days.Īround the World in 80 Days is the story of Mark’s amazing achievement - one which redefines the limits of human endurance. Covering more than 18,000 miles and cycling through some of the harshest conditions one man and his bicycle can endure, Mark made history. 78 days, 14 hours and 40 minutes earlier he set off from the same point, beginning his attempt to circumnavigate the world in record time. On Monday 18th September 2017, Mark Beaumont pedalled through the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. Contents may have variations from the printed book or be incomplete or contain other coding.Ĭhapter 1: Phileas Fogg Finds a New ButlerĬhapter 2: Phileas Fogg Says Something He Might RegretĬhapter 3: Phileas Fogg Shocks His New ButlerĬhapter 5: Phileas Fogg Travels across the Red Sea and the Indian OceanĬhapter 6: Phileas Fogg Rides an Elephant!Ĭhapter 7: Phileas Fogg, Passepartout, and Sir Francis Have an AdventureĬhapter 9: Phileas Fogg Spends a Lot of MoneyĬhapter 10: The Voyage from India to Hong KongĬhapter 11: Passepartout Takes Too Great an Interest in Phileas Fogg, And WhatĬhapter 12: Passepartout Travels On Alone, and Grows a Very Long NoseĬhapter 13: Mr.The inspiring story of one man's record-breaking cycle around the world. Note: Contents data are machine generated based on pre-publication provided by the publisher.
Table of contents for Around the world in 80 days Table of contents for Around the world in 80 days / adapted from the Jules Verne original by Deanna McFadden illustrated by Jamel Akib afterword by Arthur Poder.īibliographic record and links to related information available from the Library of Congress catalog.
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