Rafting Between 1991 and 1992, Lysenko became the first man to raft on rivers flowing down all of the world's
eight-thousanders—the 14 mountains with peaks higher than above sea level. In 1996, Lysenko became the first man to raft down the highest peak of every continent (except the Antarctic), as well as the highest peak of
Oceania. the previous record of had been set in September 1976 by the Mike-Jones team of
England. Vladimir rafted also on mountain sources of
Amazon River and the
Nile, kayaked on
Yukon River. He rafted in 100 countries (including Nepal, China, Pakistan, India, Afghanistan, etc.).
Circumnavigation in a car Between September 1997 and 2002, Lysenko crossed 62 countries by car. He crossed each continent (other than Antarctica) twice, traveling between the most distant points of each continent in both latitude and longitude. He crossed the Americas from
Prudhoe Bay, Alaska to
Tierra del Fuego in
Argentina; For the trip departing from Anchorage, the limited finances of Lysenko's team lead them to buy a used
Volvo 240 with on the odometer for .
Circumnavigation on a bicycle The start was in
Vladivostok,
Russia in 2006. Lysenko has ridden on a bicycle. He has cycled via 29 countries - Russia, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Slovakia, Austria, Germany, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Italy, France, Spain, Morocco (and Western Sahara), São Tomé and Príncipe, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Belize, Mexico, the United States, Kiribati, Nauru, New Zealand, Australia, Indonesia, North Korea.
The path of Gold Rush In 2003, Lysenko duplicated the path of the
Klondike Gold Rush of 1897–1898, travelling by foot and kayak.
Circumnavigation along the equator Lysenko had circumnavigated the globe from west to east, straying no more than two degrees of latitude from the
Equator. Starting in Libreville (
Gabon), Vladimir had successfully crossed (in a
car, a
motor boat, a
yacht, a
ship, a
kayak, a
bicycle, and by
foot)
Africa (from Libreville (
Gabon) to Kiunga (
Kenya) through
Gabon,
Republic of Congo,
Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Uganda and
Kenya),
Indian Ocean,
Indonesia (from Padang to Biak),
Pacific Ocean,
South America (from Pedernales (
Ecuador) to Macapa (
Brazil) through
Ecuador,
Colombia and
Brazil) and
Atlantic Ocean with finish in Libreville in 2012.
Project "From Earth's Bowels to Stratosphere" In his project titled "From Earth's bowels to
stratosphere", Lysenko descended (in 2004) to the bottom of the world's deepest
mine, the Mponeng Gold Mine in
Carletonville,
South Africa, a depth of below ground. Then he had traveled in a car from Carletonville to
Moscow, passing through South Africa,
Namibia,
Angola, the
Congo,
Zaire,
Kenya,
Ethiopia,
Sudan,
Egypt,
Jordan,
Syria,
Lebanon,
Turkey,
Azerbaijan, and
Russia. And then Lysenko made a series of lifting by various planes to the stratosphere (to the height of 11–16,5 km). Difference of altitudes on this route (from the mine bottom to the stratosphere) was 3.5 + 16.5 = , and difference of temperatures 58°+ |-56°| = 114°С.
Vladimir had visited all 195 countries (UN members and observers). ==Affiliations==