Ed Pratt
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The Wally Watts Interview
🕑 Added 2020-06-15 09:41:41 +0000 UTCCanadian Walter J. Watts rode a self made 43’’ unicycle around the planet from April 1976 to Oct 1978. For over 2 years he pedalled across 16 countries, alone and self supported.
As the only other person to complete a round-the-world unicycle tour, I was very keen to learn more about his epic ride. But minus a couple of photos and newspaper clippings, I really couldn't find much info about Wally and his incredible feat.
So I reached out and had the pleasure of chatting to him over a video call recently, very excited to hear about the challenges he faced while unicycling around the world back in the 1970s.
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Robert Nanninga
Just finished watching the Wally Watts interview on Patreon. Really interesting. Thank you for doing it! 🤓
Christoffel Janssens
The fact Wally had to design and make is own unicycle with it’s specific solutions like the solid tire and spring loaded saddle makes it even more baffling what he did. What a great story and thanks for sharing. I’m going to rewatch it a few times 😃 And I still have a few episodes of your trip to watch too ... 😉
Ed Pratt
You’re very welcome Raymond
Raymond Gardner
That was great. Thank You.
Ed Pratt
During I’m pretty sure. But I never asked
Ed Pratt
I’d been wanting to get in touch for a while, but failed before to find contact info. And then a family friend of his sent me a message letting me know he knew Wally. And we went from there
Steve Pratt
Loved that he was as interested in your ride as you were in his 😀
Gary Hohl
Did Wally originally contact you? Or did you contact him?
Gary Hohl
When did Wally become aware of your ride? After your trip? During your trip?
Ed Pratt
Well spotted. We had a couple of chats about 2 weeks apart
Warren Snaider
Bearded Wally vs shaved Wally. 🤣 How much time elapsed between the two?
Julian O'Shea
Great clip - really enjoyed that. What a great trip.
Wheely Big Bike Trip
Thanks for sharing! It was quite an informative video. I loved the Blue Peter clips, also!
