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.