Essay about Unit 9 P1
Unit 9 Outdoor and Adventurous Expeditions
P1 Describe 4 Different Expeditions
By: Hayley Hawkins
Anna McNuf
Aim: Cycle 11,000 miles around 50 USA states along with to get kids and
communities inspired on bikes and to raise awareness and funds for a chosen charity
п‚—Year: July, 2013
п‚—Expedition: cycle 11,000 miles through North America, taking in one beautiful
Canadian province and all 50 states of the
USA. Starting in Alaska and ending with Hawaii
п‚—Goal: Cycle through 50 States
п‚—Equipment clothes, bike, tent, sleeping bag, map, cycling
shoes, water cleaner (Jet Boil Flash), GO PRO, Ipad and
Iphone.
п‚—Starting in Alaska and ending in Hawaii, I ll pedalled, unassisted, through each
and every US state. The route used a number of the ... Show more content on
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Long Way Round Charley Boorman Ewan Mcgregor
п‚—Aim Was to travel around the globe horizontally from England to
Russia then to Alaska and finally to New York to end the Journey.
The journey was to raise awareness UNICEF protects.
п‚—Year: 2004
п‚—Expedition: bike 20,000 miles, cross 12 countries and 19 time zones in just 115
days on BMW GS R1200 s through Europe,
Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan and Mongolia to ride the Road of
Bones through Siberia, over to Alaska, through Canada, North
America and finished in New York.
п‚—Goal: Get motorcycles to New York without using Planes along with raising
awareness of UNICEF.
п‚—Equipment BMW R1200 GS (Motorbikes), Motorbike gear
(Jackets, shoes and trousers), support and camera team, money, water, food, passport,
visa s, maps, first aid kits hotel bookings and tents for camping along with emergency
numbers for any that went wrong.
п‚—How they did it: spent months in advance preparation planning routes, finding
the right bikes, right camera man along with a doctor who could film and drive a
support vehicle. They also spent time on training course just in case they get held at
gun point and how to get out of them. Then they set off on a 115 day journey from