Mark Beaumont ~ Cycling the Americas

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/cyclingtheamericas/

Dunno if he'll make it, but quite entertaining...!

"World record breaker Mark Beaumont is cycling from Anchorage, Alaska to Ushuaia in Southern Argentina.
He'll also climb the two highest peaks on the continent, McKinley and Aconcagua. Along the journey he'll tell the story
online and be recording the adventure for a BBC One documentary series, The Man Who Cycled The Americas."

it'll just be one of those whiny blokes complaining about how hard it is .... making a fuss over small things .. flopping down with his head in his hands saying " the dream is over " hundreds of times .... if it is anything like similar type travel documentaries on the beeb

it would be refreshing to see him just get on with it and not whinge ( fingers crossed ) up beat / positive etc

Saw the round the world film he moaned about the police in Pakistan who escorted him through a dangerous area and moaned again when he stopped to eat in a very poor area of India because the owner of the food house was fascinated by the white guy with the flash bike rather than cooking his food.I thought he should have showed more patience to people who found him a pain or a novelty.Josie Dew in her books has the right idea on world travel be nice to the locals!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00rqgh6/The_Man_Who_Cycled_the_Americas_North_America/

was on last night, a good watch

Stunning. Really really liked it.

Damn I didn't wana miss this, will have to watch tonight

Maths check:

http://www.cyclist.co.uk/news/1085/mark-beaumont-the-man-who-conquered-the-world

In Africa I spent 439 hours in the saddle, over 41 days, so that is a tonne of time to be on your bike.

439/41= 10.7 - hours a day in the saddle (which is about 10hrs 45mins)

I was riding 12-15 hours a day

12*41=492
or
15*41=615

439-492=-53 missing hours (thats almost 5 missing days at the 12 hours a day schedule)
or
439-615=-176 missing hours (thats almost 12 missing days at the 12 hours a day schedule)

So its possible he had a day or two off the bike for recovery. But both of the above seem quite high. That or he had a few big days and some lighter ones, just not sure which it is.

Hate to be a pedant (I love it really) but whilst what he's done is incredible (for him) you'd think he'd have had the time to get his story straight (x amount of hours in the saddle does that). Especially when his raison d'etre off the bike seems to be talking about when he was on the bike. Mostly to journalists (who should check facts, and basic maths).

I gave up reading the article after that so there may be other errors.

Anyway that was a silly and pointless post.

Yeah, but how many hours did you take off the bike to make that post?

And show your workings. :)