Original upload date: Sat, 22 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT
Archive date: Mon, 20 Dec 2021 22:19:06 GMT
Rob recounts some highlights from his two gruelling, often comical trips: a 50,000 km bicycle ride across the world ("Cycling Home From Siberia"), and a 5,000 km walk across China ("Walking Home From
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Mongolia"), on both of which he was raising money for the children's charity, Viva. He describes how these expeditions led him to two accidental new careers -- as a TV adventurer for National Geographic / travel writer, and as a fundraiser for his favourite charity.
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