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Photo by George Guille, It's going to be a long 300km... Bolivian Amazon

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It's going to be a long 300km...
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Looking for some advice, at the minute I am saving for my RTW trip. I am 19 years old and have worked since the start of the pandemic forced my school to close. Since then I have saved up enough cash to make this trip viable. I has been my aim since April to do it and I plan on leaving as soon as it becomes a realistic possibility to travel relatively freely.

As I am 19, I would have 4 years to break this record and which would be ample time however, I would love to hear some opinions from people who have already done a similar trip, and if they would recommend me going down this route as it is a good opportunity to use my age to some benefit or whether I should take it easy and enjoy it without the timer. I have been thinking about this for some time and would just love some feedback and some blunt honesty.

N.B, I mean doing it solo, I am sure there have been countless young pillion passengers.
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I think youre a bit late to the table to become the youngest person to circumnavigate the world on a motorbike. Mike Schram, an australian young man rode around the world spending almost 4 years on the road together with his dad and he was 19 when he finnished the lap around the globe...

https://earth-roamers.blogspot.com/2...ld-record.html

But dont let that detail stop you from doing your trip around the world....
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Hey Tom,

Love to see your enthusiasm.

I have no idea who the youngest person to circumnavigate the world is, but you'd certainly be among the youngest.

Don't worry about setting a record. Focus on the trip.

Here's another 19-year-old Brit who rode a unicycle around the world over three years. If you watch his videos (and you should), you can see the changes he goes through, physically and emotionally.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...P87P5banlFicp4

He set off in an attempt to set a record also, but early on in the trip, he scrapped that idea to focus on the ride, rather than trying to set a record.

Jamie
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Honest answer: I doubt anyone will care if you are youngest person, first chainsaw juggler, only ever natural blonde left-handed Taurus etc.

Potential employers will take such a trip in a combination of three ways:

1.You are a beach bum and only want the job to fund your next holiday.
2.You have learned life skills you can bring to any role.
3. You have learned specific skills like motorcycle maintenance, languages and dealing with borders that they have use for.

If you have a career idea you may have an idea what this balance might be.

If this trip is what you want to do, do it. I doubt you will regret it. Do not give up other opportunities just to try for a retweet by what used to be your local newspaper based on some tenuous record though, the world will still be there.

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I'm not particularly interested in records, however speaking as someone who has hired a lot of people, doing the trip would seem to me to be of interest and would certainly put you in the category of "interesting". The key is your motive, not the trip itself. If I'm looking for someone with great teamwork skills, then a solo RTW trip is of limited interest, for example. If your motive is to explore, learn, meet people with diverse perspectives, and bring this experience to your future employment, then bring this to your search for options - focus on employment which offers these, since this is the employment you will enjoy.
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