Came across this chap in the centre of BA. He is aiming to get into the Guiness Book of Records by being the first deaf mute to visit every country in the world on a motor bike. He set off in 2000 from Kiev and has been all round Europe, Middle and Far East, Australia, Africa and every state in the USA and Canada. He has just arrived in South America and plans a circular tour. He is on his second bike - a BMW. The first one was totalled in a crash. He appears to be supporting himself by asking for donations as he goes. Difficult to have much of a conversation divided as we were by language and his disability. The "Short Way Up" looks tame by comparison. I feel very humble all of a sudden.