Personal records
From Christoph's Personal Wiki
My father, older brother, and I have been trying to set personal records of any kind for many years. These include anything from the most countries visited, the highest mountain climbed, the furthest north or south in latitude, the most timezones visited, etc. It is a hobby of sorts.
Below is a very incomplete list of my personal records (always adding more):
- Most continents visited: 4 (see: World Travels)
- Most countries visited: 58 (see: World Travels)
- Furthest northern latitude: 68.36N (north of the Artic Circle) (Long:18.82E). Abisko, Sweden (August, 1997).
- Furthest southern latitude: 20°13'S (Long: 70°10'W). Iquique, Chile (1992).
- Highest mountain climbed: Imbabura volcano at 4,620 m (0.26ºN, 78.18ºW) (see Mountain climbing).
- Most number of times crossing the Atlantic Ocean: 12
- 1984 (1), 1988 (1), 1993 (1), 1995 (3), 1996 (1), 1997 (1), 1999 (1), 2000 (1), 2005 (1), 2006 (1)
- Most number of times crossing the Pacific Ocean: 4
- 1995 (1), 1996 (3)
- Long flights:
- Nice, France » London, UK » Copenhagen, DK » Seattle, WA; June 2006
- Pittsburgh, PA » Washington DC » Copenhagen, Denmark; August 2005
- Portland, Oregon » Dublin, Ireland (round-trip)
- Houston, Texas » Narita, Japan (4 times)
- Quito, Ecuador » Paris, France » Vienna, Austria; September 1993
- Long automobile trips:
- Monaco » Milano » Ljubljana » Rotterdam (via Austria and Germany) » Berlin » Copenhagen » Berlin » Ljubjlana (via Dresden, Salzburg, Villach, etc) » Monaco; April 2006 (round-trip)
- Corvallis, OR » Boston, Massachusetts (4 times; round-trip)
- Corvallis, OR » Denver, CO » Houston, TX » Pittsburgh, Pennsylvannia (September 2004)
- Corvallis, OR » Seattle, WA » Vancouver, BC (round-trip)
- Corvallis, OR » Los Angeles, CA » Tijuana, Mexico (round-trip)
- San Diego, CA » Sacramento, CA » Corvallis, OR (January 1998)
- Vienna, Austria » Moscow, Russia (round-trip)
- Lima, Peru » Quito, Ecuador (round-trip)
- Long train trips:
- Monaco » Nice » Marseille » Montpellier » Perpignan » Barcelona; April 2006 (round-trip)
- Ljubljana, Slovenia » Abisko, Sweden (round-trip)
- Warsaw, Poland » Moscow, Russia (4 times; round-trip)
- Lima, Peru » La Paz, Bolivia (round-trip)
- Arequipa, Peru » Iquique, Chile (round-trip)
- Largest crowd performed for: ~5000 (singer, dancer). Warsaw, Poland (1994)
Other
- Lake Titicaca (I swam in this lake)
- highest commercially navigable lake in the world, at 3821 m above sea level. It is also South America's largest freshwater lake, with a surface area of approximately 8300 square kilometres.
