coronavirus travel restrictions. Jonas Deichmann's goal is to go around the globe cycling, running and swimming — but not using any transport involving a motor.
When Europe began to open up last summer after months of lockdown, Mr Deichmann (who in 2017 became the first person to cross Eurasia by "human power" alone) saw it as an opportunity. "When I started out at the end of September the situation was not as it is now," he told the South China Morning Post."Covid-19 was there, but the second wave had not arrived and there were no mutations, and things were improving."He left Germany and rode his bike through the Alps to Croatia and also swam 416km along the Adriatic coast for 54 days, which he says was "just horrible"."From a mental.