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In a record-breaker’s mind

Giving thanks again

Along my 100th world record journey, I met hundreds of pleasant people. The residents of Borneo – and especially Kalimantan – are mostly great. This excludes the few who schemed to rob, deceive and take advantage of me. Almost all…
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Bolt-cutters in my pants

Having taken the final waypoint measurement for my evidence-collection process, I trotted up the steps of a hotel arrivals area in east Banjarmasin to where I had pre-arranged independent witnesses waiting for me. I’m sure you don’t want to know…
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Into that hotel!

Hotels seemed to be becoming a feature of my world record attempt journey around Borneo. Not that I planned it that way; this was how things were materialising for me. As the chauffer drove into Balikpapan, I was notified by…
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River dumpers

I walked off the jetty in yet another Bornean town the name of which escapes me. All I can remember is its pronunciation sounded similar to “Arnold Schwarzenegger”. It was time to walk again, and this time I was walking…
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The best lift of my journey so far – part 2

Behind Tabin Wildlife Reserve, Sabah, Malaysia, I wandered down to the last river crossing we’d made before the software engineers had got to work on a cellphone tower. A flash flood of 75-odd cm was in full force, carrying tree…
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Then the she-man arrived

At JS Resort, Sandakan, north of Tawau, I was offered “extra services”, all of which came at rather high prices – and as the loud music over the dividing wall started, I realized what place I’d checked into. A notice…
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