Have you seen the price of gas lately? Of course, $4 a gallon in the U.S. is cheap compared to what people in other countries have been paying for years. Either way, the cost can make you think twice about taking a trip. Unless you're Boaz Frankel. This eco-adventurer traveled 12,000 miles across America using everything BUT a gas-powered automobile.
Let's see. How did he come up with 101? Some of the different modes he chose include a pedal-powered kayak, a camel, a couch bike, a secret Senate subway, a paraglider, a hot air balloon, a crop duster, a pneumatic pogo stick, a mechanical walking rickshaw, a dog sled, and an electric motorized cooler.
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Frankel says he did it (in 2009) to help promote alternative modes of transportation.
Cameras followed along, and the trek has been turned into a 10-part reality series called THE UN-ROAD TRIP.
The series premieres, of course, on Earth Day. You can find it on Halogen TV.
Frankel provided the pictures you see here, showing off some of his non-auto modes of movement.
Besides a cooler and couch (above and below), he also used a motorcycle. Is that fair? He says anything without four wheels and a gas engine could qualify, and it looks like most of his rides were non-fossil fueled.
Quirky, for sure. In spare time, Frankel plays kazoo with a Seattle jugband called The Dexter Street Stompers.
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