Man Plans to Travel 20,000 Miles by Jet-Ski

In 2005, a 51-year-old airline pilot named Jeremy Burfoot circumnavigated New Zealand on a jet-ski. Now, he’s attempting a much more ambitious feat involving New Zealand and jet-skis: Traveling on one from London to New Zealand. Estimated distance: 32,000 kilometers, or roughly 20,000 miles.

The voyage, which Burfoot is undertaking to raise cancer awareness, is expected to take up the next four months:IndiaVision News:

The idea came from his first officer, who suggested it as a follow-up to Burfoot’s record-breaking 2005 jetski journey circumnavigating New Zealand.

“I said: ‘You’re an idiot. What kind of a fool would do that?’ He grabbed his atlas out and we were looking at it, and it looked pretty interesting,” The New Zealand Herald quoted Burfoot, as saying.

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Four other men will join Burfoot as he weaves around the world’s waterways, setting off from the River Thames outside London’s Houses of Parliament on August 1. The standard-size jetskis will be packed with technical equipment to document the adventure, safety gear, some high-energy food, camping accessories and “very little” personal belongings.

(IndiaVision News via Fark)

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