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Around the world in 13 years

By Graham Bensinger
Special to Page 2

Monday, November 12, 2007

Imagine deciding one day that you'd like to make it around the world using only your own power. No motors, no sails -- just the energy that you can muster up. On July 12, 1994, intrepid 26-year-old Briton Jason Lewis put that quest into action. In average physical condition and with hardly any money to support the expedition, he set off thinking it would take about two years. Uncertain if the 26-foot boat, built by friends who had never made one before, would hold up, he began pedaling. After ...

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