Old Interview with Cycling Tourer

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Really good old interview with a British guy (Ian Hibell) who toured the World (twice I think) on his bike. They go through all his stuff. My favorite is the huge pot he's got for cooking.

Video found on my new favorite cycling blog, The Epicurean Cyclist.

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More on Ian Hibell. This time it's him and his companions crossing the Darien Gap. A ~20 miles section of roadless jungle swamp in between North and South America along the Panama Columbia boarder. They averaged 2 KM a day, or only 1.2 miles. They slepted in hammocks. Incredible!!!

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Ian Hibell, cyclist who pedalled world, killed by hit-and-run driver

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article4673693.ece

A cyclist who pedalled the world for more than 40 years, braving raging rivers, a lion and the hospitality of an Eskimo princess, has been killed by a hit-and-run driver in Greece.

Ian Hibell, 74, was a well-known figure in the world of long-distance cycle touring, setting several records and pedalling the equivalent of ten times around the Equator.

He died on the road between Athens and Salonika when he was hit by a car whose driver was apparently in a race with another motorist. Although the driver fled the scene, he was arrested two days later and charged with causing death by dangerous driving.

Very sad. I've been looking for his Into Remote Place. It's out of print and used books for for hundreds of dollars and into the thousands.