"On Sunday 5th August 2007, Mark Beaumont cycled out of Paris on a
solo attempt to break the 18,000 mile World Record to become the
fastest person to have ever circumnavigated the globe by bicycle."

You can follow the full adventure as it happens below, via the online
BBC documentary, Web Diary and GPS tracker.

http://www.artemisworldcycle.co.uk/

http://www.justgiving.com/artemisworldcycle