Pat Garrod
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| Pat Garrod | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1964 (age 59–60) Chelmsford |
| Nationality | English |
| Alma mater | University of Southampton |
| Occupation | Physician |
| Known for | Long-distance motorcycling |
Pat Garrod (b. Chelmsford 1964[1]) is a British physician and long distance motorcyclist. He and his wife Vanessa Lewis undertook a 100,000-mile (160,000 km) round-the-world ride on a 1991 BMW R100GS,[2][3][4] between 1998 and October, 2002.[5]
His 2010 book Bearback — The World Overland describing the 4-year journey was called as a "damned good story" by Overland magazine,[6] and evidence of improving quality in self-published overland adventure books.[7]
After the circumnavigation, Garrod and Lewis crossed Africa twice more by motorcycle.[3] One north-to-south traversal in 2006 was more than 20,000 kilometres (12,000 mi) long;[8] Garrod's travel log records a total of over 65,000 miles (105,000 km) in Africa alone.[9]
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References
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- ↑ Garrod 2010, page 513
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- Long-distance motorcycle riders
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- English sportswriters
- 20th-century English medical doctors
- 21st-century English medical doctors
- Living people
- 1964 births
- People from Chelmsford
- Alumni of the University of Southampton
