Urs Pedraita

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Urs Pedraita, 2015

Urs Pedraita (* 1965 in Zurich ) is a Swiss building owner consultant, construction and project manager, adventurer and two-time long-distance motorcycle world record holder (2014 and 2016).

successes

In the winter of 2013/14 Pedraita was the first person to cross the Siberian taiga on a motorcycle alone without a sidecar . 14,400 km from Bern to Vladivostok in 37 days at daytime temperatures of down to −42 °. In 2014, he circled the world on his motorcycle from Bern in 16 days, 12 hours and 19 minutes over a distance of 24,741 km, breaking the previous record.

On February 19, 2015, he and his team planned to drive a motorcycle and an escort vehicle from Zurich to the North Cape and back in 106 hours . However, this attempt to record failed. After 53 hours shortly after Stockholm and 1,800 km from the North Cape, the first engine failure occurred. After almost 60 hours, Pedraita arrived at the North Cape on February 20, 2015. In order to complete his project, he would have had to travel 3,600 km back to Zurich in 46 hours, so he abandoned the project.

In 2016, Pedraita became the first person to cross all continents on a motorcycle on their longest axis by land. With a driving time of 72 days and 12 hours, he covered the land distance of 78,889 km, setting a new world record. Equipped with two GPS transponders / trackers, one attached to the motorcycle and the other fixed to his body, he was observed by over five million people worldwide and followed on the Internet. For the water crossings he always chose the plane. He covered the entire journey, including the flight / transport logistics, in 119 days and 6 hours and around 121,600 km. It started on March 11, 2016 in Daytona Beach and ended there on July 10, 2016.

He crossed every continent several times on his motorcycle.

Pedraita he is involved in planning the women's long-distance motorcycle world record race . He also gives lectures.

World records

  • World record 2014

  • First crossing of the Siberian taiga

  • Map - World Record 2016

Publications

  • Grizzly - No limits. Autobiography. Recorded by Fränzi Göggel and Rolf Lüthi. Verlag Grizzly Management, Zurich 2018, ISBN 978-3-033-07078-3 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Jon Chase: Urs Pedraita Prepares for the Longest Motorcycle Ride Ever. In: Men's Journal. April 30, 2015, accessed on August 26, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Grizzly Management. Retrieved August 26, 2020 .
  3. ↑ a b Raoul Schwinnen: Around the world in 16 days and 12 hours: despite a false start to the world record. In: blick.ch. September 15, 2014, accessed August 26, 2020 .
  4. ↑ a b A Grizzly adventure to break the 'all continents' world record | Victory Motorcycles. In: Media EMEA. March 4, 2016, accessed on August 26, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Swiss Rider Seeks Cross Continent Motorcycle Record on Victory. In: Ultimate Motorcycling. June 17, 2015, accessed on August 26, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Grisu Grizzly wants to go around the world with his motorbike in 100 days , in: 20min.ch from January 11, 2016, accessed on July 13, 2020.
  7. ↑ Thomas Schmieder: Victory Grizzly by Urs Pedraita: INTERMOT Countdown Part 1. In: Motorcycle. September 19, 2018, accessed August 26, 2020 .
  8. ↑ a b Patrick Bizzarri: Motorbike adventurer Urs Pedraita at his destination. In: blick.ch. July 12, 2016, accessed August 26, 2020 .
  9. ↑ Record drive around the world - Motorcycle News. In: 1000ps.dw. Retrieved August 26, 2020 .
  10. ^ Chad Cochran: 2018 Women's World Record Race. In: thunderpress.net. June 6, 2018, accessed on August 26, 2020 .
  11. ↑ Cornelia von Däniken: With the motorbike alone around the world. In: Frauenland.ch. April 19, 2018, accessed August 26, 2020 .
  12. ↑ Urs Pedraita - motorcycle world record holder. In: Premium Speakers. Retrieved August 26, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Pedraita, Urs
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss motorcyclists
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century