This road I ride : my incredible journey from novice to fastest woman to cycle the globe
Buhring, Juliana, 1981-2016
Books, Manuscripts
In December 2012, Juliana Buhring became the first woman to circumnavigate the world by bicycle. With only a few months of training and little sponsorship, support or money she left from Naples on 23 July 2012 to cycle the world. Raised in a religious cult as a child, Juliana finally broke away as a young adult and found her soul mate - an explorer seeking the source of unmapped rivers in Africa. When he was killed by a crocodile, her world went dark. To escape her grief, she decided to set herself a challenge. Having never seriously ridden a bike, she set out to ride around the world. 18,000 miles, 152 days, four continents, 19 countries, 29 punctures, six big mountains, one desert and a cyclone later, she made it back just days before Christmas with a Guinness World Record. Empowering, inspiring, often humorous, 'This Road I Ride' is testimony to the power of sheer will to overcome any obstacle.
Main title:
Author:
Buhring, Juliana, 1981-, author
Imprint:
London : Piatkus, 2016.London : Piatkus, 2016.
Collation:
224 pages : illustrations (black and white), map (black and white) ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9780349409078 (pbk)
Dewey class:
910.41910.41 BUH
Local class:
910.41
Language:
English
BRN:
2310230