- Biked across 6 of 7 continents with Africa next including:
- Biked across US 8 times (4 round trips - first TransAm 1961)
- Southernmost tip of S America, Patagonia to Ashland OR 16K miles, 2001/02
- Greenland bikeable perimeter 40%
- Australian outback.*
- Arctic Circle (with rode there from Laguna Beach) '87
- Antarctica '88 (from Arctic Circle)
- Russia (Leningrad to Istanbul Turkey) '82
- Europe 5 times from '68 to '98. N to S & E to W
- - India '68. '71, '74, '76 to see Yogi Ramsut Kumar
China 83

- Made own shelter (modular to fits six people, weighs 6 lbs, houses bikes & gear, goes up in seconds with or w/o poles, storm proof, wind proof, water proof and camouflage - will show people how to construct until he creates package for sale
- Made own stove, knives, hatchet, survival tools (fire start kit, [shovel, hatchet, can opener, knife in one]), 7-1/2 gram truing stand that fits in palm of hand, invented shop stands, and most of all tools bike shop he owned
- Designed Blue Sky hitch for Burley and collects royalties
- Won Mt Shasta hill climb while out on tour 1987

* 1100 miles, 49 days, 48 rolls of film. Slept at nite in 90 degree heat vs. 110 avg day. Constant Wind. No roads. Flat. Used GPS to navigate and also find water. Planned it for several years including location of springs, some of which he hit that were dry. Nothing cold to drink for whole trip. Saw no one for 43 days, no shower either. Rode 8 to 36 miles in a day. One of 4 to do it solo. Packed 68 lbs water, 48 lbs dried fruit. Shot snakes, birds and lizards for food. Planned trip for two years

Michael ponders a question at a Santa Cruz Bike Church lecture as he sits
with his trailer and some of the gear he has hauled around the world

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