Personel records

Record What     When Where
Nothermost lattitude 71.14   N 2004 Nordkapp, Norway
Southermost lattitude 38.78   S 2012 Near Marengo, Victoria, Australia
Easternmost longitude 153.62   E 2012 Byron Bay, NSW, Australia
Westernmost longitude 122.50   W 2006 San Francisco, USA
           
Highest altitude 5076    m 2009 Tanggula Tibet (Beijing-Lhasa Railway)
Lowest altitude -415   m 2007 Death Sea, Jordan** Deepest land on earth
           
Longest landbased trip 13220   km 2008 Amsterdam - Shanghai (train, 11520km) + Mongolia Gobi Desert (about 1700km)
Longest single train journey 46:40   hr 2008 Moscow - Novisibirsk (train)
Longest flight 13:35   hr 2010 Madrid - Santiago de Chile
Furthest point from home 16647.3   km 2012 Sydney (Bondi Beach), Australia
Fastest landbased ride 431   km/h 2008 Shanghai (Pudong Maglev)
Fastest trainride 320   km/h Div. TGV Atlantique France,1992, 1998, 2003
           
Highest overnight stay 4295   m 2010 Laguna Colorada, Bolivia
           
Highest temperature* 41.3   C 2012 Williams Creek, Australia
Lowest temp* -16   C 2011 Jukkasjarvi, Sweden
Coldest overnight stay -5   C 2011 Jukkasjarvi, Sweden (Icehotel)
Highest snowcoverage 1.6   m 2011 Tromsdalen, Tromso, Norway
           
Highest single day ascent by foot 1800   m 1995 Gran Paradiso, Italy
Steepest climb 400   m 2011 Wayna Picchu, Machu Picchu, Peru, climbed in 1:15 hour
           
           
           

*Measured in the shade
** Absolute record since it cannot be broken at any other place on earth.

 
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