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[–] aramis87@fedia.io 101 points 13 hours ago (5 children)

Apparently, Chad Caruso set the Guinness world record as the first person to skateboard across America in 2023, from Venice Beach to Virginia Beach. It took him 57 days to cover 3,162 miles, adventure adventure of 55 miles a day.

[–] Michal@programming.dev 4 points 4 hours ago

Bit over 2 weeks but doable

[–] garbagebagel@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

That's actually not nearly as long as I would've expected. Pretty impressive.

[–] JudahBenHur@lemm.ee 48 points 10 hours ago (3 children)
[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 7 points 6 hours ago

I don't think he knows about second adventure.

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 11 points 10 hours ago

The best kind of adventure

[–] Redfox8@mander.xyz 2 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

Always need more adventure

[–] markstos@lemmy.world 9 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

Rob Thomson skated across the US starting in 2006. Also from Switzerland to China.

http://14degrees.org/

I have a photo from that trip handing up poster size in my house. A random waterfall panorama.

[–] MeThisGuy@feddit.nl 6 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

how did he skate up and over the Rockies?

[–] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 27 points 9 hours ago (1 children)
[–] M137@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago

He kicked the mountains and then flipped them off, they felt so disrespected they moved north and waited until he had passed them.