Klub 7 kontynentów – André BRUGIROUX (k7Brugiroux.htm)

the age of 17, I left Paris with 10 francs in my pocket to realize a

childhood dream of touring the world : not as a tourist, but rather as a

student of mankind. After some years in Europe where I learned five

languages, and in Canada to arrange financing, I set out to re-discover

the world. As a hitchhiker on every conceivable type of transportation,

living for the most part on a dollar-a-day for six years, I covered

America from end to end, the Pacific Islands, The Far East,

Trans-siberia, the Middle East, India, Iran and all of Africa. In 2004,

I finally visited my last territory : the kingdom of Mustang (in the

Himalayas). It took me altogether 50 years to realize my childhood dream

: to see all countries and territories of the world.

1969 : the coldest winter in the 20th century !

Hitch-hiking in Alaska in winter is forbidden.

world. A life’s sabbatical leave !

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