What's the longest road a man can travel on a bike?
Asked on: Sep 21, 2023 07:42 AM
Well, the longest road a person can travel on a bike is the Pan-American Highway. Now, don't get too excited yet, it's not just a quick spin around the block. This highway stretches all the way from Prudhoe Bay in Alaska to Ushuaia in Argentina. That's about 19,000 miles or 30,000 kilometers of pedaling! Imagine that! You'd need a lot of energy bars and water bottles for that journey.
But wait, there's more! You might be thinking "That's it? I can do that in my sleep!". Well, hold your horses because there's also a little thing called the Darien Gap. It's a 100-mile stretch of swampland and forest between Panama and Colombia with no road at all. So you'd have to carry your bike over your head and wade through it. Now that sounds like an adventure!
So if you're feeling adventurous and have a lot of free time (we're talking months here), why not give it a try? Just remember to pack lots of snacks, stay safe, and maybe bring along a friend or two for company. And who knows? Maybe you'll even set a new world record!
More about Pan-American Highway National Geographic: Biking the Americas