26-472: Adv. or ADV may refer to: Adventure Adventure type of visual novel Adverb Adverbial case Adversary in law; see Adversarial system Advertising Advocate A.D. Vision , a defunct multimedia entertainment company based in Houston, Texas, and its subsidiaries: ADV Films , a former publisher of anime and tokusatsu videos ADV Manga ,
52-503: A bike for more than a few miles. He regularly delivers inspirational speeches about global sustainability, and appears for book signings and readings to promote The Expedition trilogy. He also frequently writes for magazines and travel books. Lewis is vegan and a strong animal rights supporter, known for saying he "won't eat anything that has a face." When Lewis was recuperating in Colorado during his expedition, he gave talks at schools. It
78-403: A former publisher of manga ADV Music Acoustic Doppler velocimetry , in flow measurement Acoustic droplet vaporization Aleutian disease Virus, a disease of ferrets and minks, or the virus that causes it Andover Airfield , Hampshire, UK (IATA airport code) Andover railway station (England) , UK (National Rail code) Australian Defence Vessel, a non-commissioned vessel in
104-421: A greater goal, such as the pursuit of knowledge that can only be obtained by such activities. Adventurous experiences create psychological arousal , which can be interpreted as negative (e.g. fear ) or positive (e.g. flow ). For some people, adventure becomes a major pursuit in and of itself. According to adventurer André Malraux , in his Man's Fate (1933), "If a man is not ready to risk his life, where
130-496: A wide variety of literary genres. Many adventure games ( text and graphic ) are designed for a single player, since this emphasis on story and character makes multi-player design difficult. From ancient times, travelers and explorers have written about their adventures. Journals which became best-sellers in their day were written, such as Marco Polo 's journal The Travels of Marco Polo or Mark Twain 's Roughing It . Others were personal journals, only later published, such as
156-478: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Adventure An adventure is an exciting experience or undertaking that is typically bold, sometimes risky . Adventures may be activities with danger such as traveling , exploring , skydiving , mountain climbing , scuba diving , river rafting , or other extreme sports . Adventures are often undertaken to create psychological arousal or in order to achieve
182-852: Is his dignity?" Similarly, Helen Keller stated that "Life is either a daring adventure or nothing." Outdoor adventurous activities are typically undertaken for the purposes of recreation or excitement : examples are adventure racing and adventure tourism . Adventurous activities can also lead to gains in knowledge, such as those undertaken by explorers and pioneers – the British adventurer Jason Lewis , for example, uses adventures to draw global sustainability lessons from living within finite environmental constraints on expeditions to share with schoolchildren. Adventure education intentionally uses challenging experiences for learning . Author Jon Levy suggests that an experience should meet several criteria to be considered an adventure: Some of
208-525: The Royal Australian Navy Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title ADV . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=ADV&oldid=1123927075 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
234-474: The 178-mile journey to Aswan . He completed this section illegally by riding partly at night. During his journey through Sudan he encountered actors Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman who were travelling south as part of their Long Way Down motorbike trip. In July 2007, Lewis reached Syria , and then cycled across Turkey , Bulgaria , Romania , Austria , Germany, and Belgium before returning to London on 6 October. Pulling Moksha in tow, Lewis crossed
260-459: The Australian outback, starting near Cooktown, Queensland , and finishing in the port city of Darwin, Northern Territory . After spending many years raising funds to continue Expedition 360, Lewis was reunited with Moksha in 2005. He and expedition supporter Lourdes Arango pedaled 450 nautical miles from Darwin to Dili , East Timor . Throughout 2005, Lewis kayaked thousands of miles through
286-577: The Greenwich Meridian Line where he had begun his expedition 13 years earlier. During his expedition, Lewis twice survived malaria , sepsis , a bout of mild schizophrenia, and a crocodile attack near Australia in 2005. As part of a wider interest in sustainability and education, Lewis has visited more than 900 schools in 37 countries, giving talks to students and involving them in a variety of programs to promote world citizenship, zero carbon emission travel, and awareness of consumption habits on
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#1732851457381312-630: The Indonesian archipelago from East Timor to Singapore. In 2006, he biked from Singapore to the Himalayas , and biked and hiked through the Himalayas to the port of Mumbai . Covering 2,000 nautical miles in 46 days during early 2007, Lewis and friend Sher Dhillon pedaled Moksha from Mumbai, India , crossing the Arabian Sea to Djibouti . Lewis then planned to travel through Ethiopia , Sudan , Egypt , and
338-516: The Middle East before reaching Europe – encountering a problem at the Sudan-Egypt border. The Egyptian authorities would not let him pass through their waters, and when his visa for Sudan ran out he was left with an "impossible decision". He attempted to kayak across Lake Nasser to Abu Simbel but was arrested on suspicion of spying. He was released, but Egyptian authorities forbade him from cycling
364-538: The North American expedition leg in 1996. In 1998 and 1999, Lewis and Smith spent 53 days pedaling Moksha across the Pacific Ocean from San Francisco, California to Hilo, Hawaii , where Smith ended his journey. In four days, Lewis and a small group of supporters hiked the 80 miles across Hawaii. After 73 days of solo pedaling Moksha across the doldrums , Lewis completed the Pacific Ocean crossing from Hawaii to
390-489: The globe by human power. He is also the first person to cross North America on inline skates (1996), and the first to cross the Pacific Ocean by pedal power (2000). Together with Stevie Smith, Lewis completed the first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean from mainland Europe to North America by human power (1995). Lewis set off with friend and fellow adventurer Stevie Smith from Greenwich, London on 12 July 1994, to complete
416-710: The health of the planet. In August 2020, Lewis announced on his blog that he and Stevens would embark on a three-year journey named GB360, circumnavigating United Kingdom and Ireland with refitted Moksha, bike and kayak, documenting examples of sustainable living along the way. They began the first leg of their trip, Cymru360 circumnavigating Wales , from Deeside on 19 June 2021, covering 650 miles in 8 weeks, and ending on 12 August. After completion, Lewis tweeted that if funding permits, they plan to circumnavigate Scotland or Ireland in 2022. Throughout his 13-year expedition, Lewis' friend, cinematographer Kenny Brown, collected many hundreds of hours of footage, and has compiled
442-530: The idea of a quest: the hero goes off in pursuit of a reward, whether it be a skill, prize, treasure, or perhaps the safety of a person. On the way, the hero must overcome various obstacles to obtain their reward. In video game culture , an adventure game is a video game in which the player assumes the role of a protagonist in an interactive story driven by exploration and puzzle solving . The genre 's focus on story allows it to draw heavily from other narrative -based media, literature and film , encompassing
468-512: The island atoll of Tarawa . In May 2000, he was accompanied by Moksha's builder, Chris Tipper, to pedal the 1,300-mile stretch from Tarawa to the Solomon Islands . With the help of friend and expedition supporter April Abril, Lewis then pedaled Moksha 1,450 miles for 32 days across the Coral Sea to Australia. In 2001, Lewis and a group of supporters spent 88 days cycling 3,500 miles across
494-510: The journals of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark or Captain James Cook 's journals. There are also books written by those not directly a part of the adventure in question, such as The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe or books written by those participating in the adventure but in a format other than that of a journal, such as Conquistadors of the Useless by Lionel Terray . Documentaries often use
520-531: The oldest and most widespread stories in the world are stories of adventure, such as Homer 's Odyssey . The knight errant was the form the "adventure seeker" character took in the Late Middle Ages . Adventure fiction exhibits these "protagonist on adventurous journey" characteristics, as do many popular feature films , such as Star Wars and Raiders of the Lost Ark . Adventure books may have
546-493: The port of Lagos, Portugal . Departing on 13 October 1994, Lewis and Smith then pedaled 111 consecutive days and 7,200 kilometres (4,500 mi) across the Atlantic Ocean from Portugal to Miami, Florida in a wooden pedal-powered boat named Moksha . Lewis then rollerbladed thousands of miles across North America. He was struck by a drunk driver in Pueblo, Colorado , and spent nine months recovering from two broken legs. He finished
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#1732851457381572-421: The theme of adventure as well. There are many sports classified as adventure sports, due to their inherent danger and excitement. Some of these include mountain climbing , skydiving , or other extreme sports . Jason Lewis (adventurer) Jason Lewis FRGS (born 13 September 1967) is an English author, explorer and sustainability campaigner credited with being the first person to circumnavigate
598-463: The theme of the hero or main character going to face the wilderness or Mother Nature . Examples include books such as Hatchet or My Side of the Mountain . These books are less about "questing", such as in mythology or other adventure novels, but more about surviving on their own, living off the land, gaining new experiences, and becoming closer to the natural world. Many adventures are based on
624-526: The work into a feature-length documentary titled, The Expedition . In 2012, artist Kris Stacks and writer Anthony DiMatteo created a 27-page black and white webcomic based on the writings of Lewis. The free webcomic was titled Expedition360 . In his earlier years before Expedition 360 , Lewis worked as a window cleaner, and as a member of a rock n' roll cover band. Before carrying out his 13-year human-powered circumnavigation, Lewis had never crossed an ocean before. Nor had he roller bladed, kayaked, or ridden
650-408: The world's first human-powered circumnavigation, and the two dubbed the journey Expedition 360 . By July 2007, Lewis had travelled over 60,000 km (37,000 mi). He successfully ended his 4,833-day expedition on 6 October 2007, having travelled 74,842 km (46,505 mi). In mid-1994, Lewis and Smith mountain-biked 2,700 kilometres (1,700 mi) through France, Spain and Portugal to
676-515: Was there that he met Tammie Stevens, an actress, who was taking a theatre workshop at the same school. After Lewis returned to London in 2007, he was offered a six-figure advance for a book about his experience, but he rejected the deal upon learning he'd have to work with a ghost writer, leaving him broke, homeless and unemployed. It was then that Stevens sent him an e-mail to reconnect. Upon hearing about his plight, she started her own publishing company, Billy Fish Books. They later married and settled in
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