Around the World

Two years ago, a close UK friend of mine, and (OF COURSE!) avid reader of Ten Fingers 6 Strings blather, had met and housed another Brit who was undertaking the audacious task of riding his bike around the world.

Yes, you read that right: riding his freaking bike around the world!

His name is Alastair Humphreys and when we met him, he had already been through Europe, down through Northern Africa to South Africa, to the Southern tip of South America, then up through Central American, Mexico, then the West Coast of the United States. When he reach San Francisco, he stayed with my friend and we took him around the town. It was quite a bit more lavish than most of the nights he spent by the side of the road in a tent.

Anyway, he was an absolutely delightful and tremendous person who, naturally, had some amazing tales to tell. It was strange thinking that someone who had gone all that way still had more than half of his trip left.

Well, my good friend emailed me this story in the UK Guardian today. Alastair finally made it home! Read the whole story to get a glimpse of what this guy has been through over the past 45,000 miles.