in
London, shortly before completing the first human-powered circumnavigation of the
Earth (2007) Lewis set off with friend and fellow adventurer Stevie Smith from
Greenwich, London on 12 July 1994, to complete the world's first human-powered circumnavigation, and the two dubbed the journey
Expedition 360. By July 2007, Lewis had travelled over . He successfully ended his 4,833-day expedition on 6 October 2007, having travelled . In mid-1994, Lewis and Smith mountain-biked through France, Spain and
Portugal to the port of
Lagos, Portugal. Departing on 13 October 1994, Lewis and Smith then pedaled 111 consecutive days and across the Atlantic Ocean from Portugal to
Miami, Florida in a wooden pedal-powered boat named
Moksha. Lewis then
rollerbladed thousands of miles across North America. He was struck by a drunk driver in
Pueblo, Colorado, and spent nine months recovering from two broken legs. He finished the North American expedition leg in 1996. In 1998 and 1999, Lewis and Smith spent 53 days pedaling
Moksha across the Pacific Ocean from
San Francisco, California to
Hilo, Hawaii, where Smith ended his journey. In four days, Lewis and a small group of supporters hiked the 80 miles across Hawaii. After 73 days of solo pedaling
Moksha across the
doldrums, Lewis completed the Pacific Ocean crossing from Hawaii to the island
atoll of
Tarawa. In May 2000, he was accompanied by ''Moksha's
builder, Chris Tipper, to pedal the 1,300-mile stretch from Tarawa to the Solomon Islands. With the help of friend and expedition supporter April Abril, Lewis then pedaled Moksha'' 1,450 miles for 32 days across the
Coral Sea to Australia. In 2001, Lewis and a group of supporters spent 88 days cycling 3,500 miles across the Australian outback, starting near
Cooktown, Queensland, and finishing in the port city of
Darwin, Northern Territory. After spending many years raising funds to continue Expedition 360, Lewis was reunited with
Moksha in 2005. He and expedition supporter Lourdes Arango pedaled 450 nautical miles from Darwin to
Dili,
East Timor. Throughout 2005, Lewis
kayaked thousands of miles through the Indonesian archipelago from East Timor to Singapore. In 2006, he biked from Singapore to the
Himalayas, and biked and hiked through the Himalayas to the port of
Mumbai. Covering 2,000 nautical miles in 46 days during early 2007, Lewis and friend Sher Dhillon pedaled
Moksha from Mumbai,
India, crossing the
Arabian Sea to
Djibouti. Lewis then planned to travel through
Ethiopia,
Sudan,
Egypt, and the Middle East before reaching Europe – encountering a problem at the Sudan-Egypt border. The Egyptian authorities would not let him pass through their waters, and when his visa for Sudan ran out he was left with an "impossible decision". He attempted to kayak across
Lake Nasser to
Abu Simbel but was arrested on suspicion of spying. He was released, but Egyptian authorities forbade him from cycling the 178-mile journey to
Aswan. He completed this section illegally by riding partly at night. During his journey through Sudan he encountered actors
Ewan McGregor and
Charley Boorman who were travelling south as part of their
Long Way Down motorbike trip. In July 2007, Lewis reached
Syria, and then cycled across
Turkey,
Bulgaria,
Romania,
Austria, Germany, and
Belgium before returning to London on 6 October. Pulling
Moksha in tow, Lewis crossed the Greenwich Meridian Line where he had begun his expedition 13 years earlier. During his expedition, Lewis twice survived
malaria,
sepsis, a bout of mild schizophrenia, and a crocodile attack near Australia in 2005. As part of a wider interest in sustainability and education, Lewis has visited more than 900 schools in 37 countries, giving talks to students and involving them in a variety of programs to promote world citizenship, zero carbon emission travel, and awareness of consumption habits on the health of the planet. In August 2020, Lewis announced on his blog that he and Stevens would embark on a three-year journey named GB360, circumnavigating United Kingdom and Ireland with refitted Moksha, bike and kayak, documenting examples of
sustainable living along the way. They began the first leg of their trip, Cymru360 circumnavigating
Wales, from
Deeside on 19 June 2021, covering 650 miles in 8 weeks, and ending on 12 August. After completion, Lewis tweeted that if funding permits, they plan to circumnavigate
Scotland or Ireland in 2022. ==Bibliography==