After 164,000 Miles and 9 Years, Biker Is Home
From Times Wire Reports
Dzhumber Lezhava returned to Tbilisi, Georgia, ending a nine-year bike trip around the globe.
Lezhava, 63, began Aug. 13, 1993. He traveled 164,000 miles and wore out nine bicycles. He decided to make the journey after his wife died. “I couldn’t sit at home,” he said.
Lezhava avoided Afghanistan, Iraq, North Korea and a few war-torn African nations. He said he hopes to get his name in the Guinness Book of World Records for the feat.
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