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World's First Cycle to the South Pole Achieved

Posted December 28, 2013 2:58 PM

From Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine:

Shortly before Christmas, we heard about 35 year-old British adventurer Maria Leijerstam's planned attempt to ride to the South Pole on a recumbent fat-tired tricycle. On December 27th at 1am GMT, she achieved that goal, becoming the first person to ever successfully cycle from the edge of the Antarctic continent to the Pole...

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12/28/2013 6:13 PM

Why is this noteworthy?
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12/28/2013 9:24 PM

It's not.....It was a publicity stunt....she raced 2 men on regular 2-wheeled bikes, with her 3-wheeler, but they took different routes, so....So now the company can say a woman beat 2 men using their superior designed bike er somethin....totally bogus

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12/28/2013 10:03 PM

Why is this OT?

Must be the robo OT generator.

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