For reasons of safety and practicality, much of the trip was by means other than bicycle - but her solo circumnavigation was a major sign of the times, of women's liberation and newfound capacity for independent travel.
Yeah I was going to say you can't actually manage most of the earths surface on a bicycle and there isn't a good way to get from one cyclable part to another.
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b000urns@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2y
She seems over it
PugJesus@kbin.social · 7 pts · 2y
I imagine it was pretty strenuous, especially since she was injured several times on the trip.
b000urns@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Quite an achievement
PugJesus@kbin.social · 7 pts · 2y
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Londonderry
For reasons of safety and practicality, much of the trip was by means other than bicycle - but her solo circumnavigation was a major sign of the times, of women's liberation and newfound capacity for independent travel.
21Cabbage@lemmynsfw.com · 3 pts · 2y
Yeah I was going to say you can't actually manage most of the earths surface on a bicycle and there isn't a good way to get from one cyclable part to another.
Mr_Blott@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 2y
By "practicality" do they mean she had a really sore vaj?
relative_iterator@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 2y
Travel via tornado should disqualify this record