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How many have ridden around the world?
Having completed my RWT, I wondered if anyone knows how many riders have ridden "Round The World"? Am I in an exclusive club of 10,000 or 100,000?

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Elitism at it's most brazen and an unfortunate characteristic of the HuBB compared to, say, Adv Rider.

Who fcuking cares?

Well, that's gotta be worth another infraction from a passing mod.....

You probably did it for charity as well, did ya?

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Having completed my RWT, I wondered if anyone knows how many riders have ridden "Round The World"? Am I in an exclusive club of 10,000 or 100,000?

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There's a similar thread at http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hub...done-rtw-72349 that didn't get beyond 12 replies. Draw your own conclusions from that. People on the HUBB tend not to "allegedly boast"/ be "allegedly elitist".

In answer to your question, probably in the high hundreds or even over a thousand. Dunno.

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Elitism at it's most brazen and an unfortunate characteristic of the HuBB compared to, say, Adv Rider.

Who fcuking cares?

Well, that's gotta be worth another infraction from a passing mod.....

You probably did it for charity as well, did ya?

TFIC before you get a strop on.
Thanks for your balanced, well argued answer. You're a credit to this HU community.
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At the east-coast US riders meeting 2012 Chris Stewart mentioned taking to someone who was said to have tallied the known RTW riders/trips and claimed the number was in the area of 2000. Dunno how long ago the list was made or if entertainment/movie workers Ian and Charley were included in the count.

Is there a defined RTW trip? Is it crossing land starting in the eastern Atlantic to western Pacific, then doing the same from land on the western Pacific to the eastern Atlantic? Does it have to be one continuous trip? Do you have to ride Australia? Certainly it would be a better RTW if you ride Australia. Or is like one of the old arguments when trying to define pornography, I know an RTW when I see one?

Congratulations on completing your adventure. However many there are, you are in good company. Maybe one day I can claim the same feat.
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@chris...
....every community needs a black sheep.

I remember some teachers at school making similar comments; one told me I would end up in jail..... glad to see the guards at the sausage factories don't ever change.

Talking to another ex-pat yesterday on a flight we were lamenting the sense of humor failure of some in our adopted country and a somewhat prevalent inability for a proportion of the population to be straightforward thinking that was diplomatic, that avoiding any kind of conflict at any price and then stabbing someone in the back was a quality.....

I generally call BS when I see it; you should try it some time - it's therapeutic.
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I prefer this kind of bs:



Visit Masham, North Yorkshire on your (RTW?) travels and take a tour around the brewery. An added bonus: Great bike riding, rather than sniding. (My teachers never told me I'd become a poet :confused1.

I'll stop now with this stuff before I'm forced to move it to the (HU)Bar.
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Elitism at it's most brazen and an unfortunate characteristic of the HuBB compared to, say, Adv Rider.

Who fcuking cares?

Well, that's gotta be worth another infraction from a passing mod.....

You probably did it for charity as well, did ya?

TFIC before you get a strop on.
docsherlock i find your reply very rude and negative, did your mother never teach you if you have nothing nice to say then don't say it

I don't think the dude is boasting about his trip but more curios as to how many people actually crack such a trip hence why posting on a travelers overland website forum.....
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