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Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Cycling, skateboarding, rollerblading
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, 4 continents, 19 countries, 29
punctures, 6 big mountains, 1 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.
Discover a true story of adventure, blood, sweat and gears.
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