Carl Stearns Clancy
| Carl Stearns Clancy | |
|---|---|
 Clancy on Henderson Four after world circumnavigation, 1913 | |
| Born |
August 8, 1890 Epping, New Hampshire, USA |
| Died |
January 1971 Alexandria, Virginia, USA |
| Known for | First world circumnavigation by motorcycle |
Carl Stearns Clancy was an American long-distance motorcycle rider, film director and producer.[1] He is credited for being the first person to circumnavigate the world on a motorcycle.[2][3][4] Between October 1912 and August, 1913, Clancy circumnavigated the globe on a 934 cc 7-horsepower (5.2 kW) 1912 Henderson Four motorcycle.[2] During the trip he rode 18,000 miles in Europe, Africa, Asia and North America.[5]
Clancy produced or directed a number of Will Rogers movies starting with The Headless Horseman in 1922. In his later life, he moved to Virginia and made documentaries for the United States Forest Service.[1]
| “ | One must die sometime and to die with one's boots on is very noble. | ” |
| —Carl Stearns Clancy (while riding his motorcycle at night in Spain, 1913), from Frazier 2010[6] | ||
| “ | The longest, most difficult, and most perilous motorcycle journey ever attempted. | ” |
| —The Bicycling World and Motorcycle Review, 1912, quoted by Hill in The Telegraph[2] | ||
Centenary commemorative circumnavigation
In 2013, Geoff Hill and Gary Walker recreated Clancy's ride, joined by Gregory W. Frazier and Richard Livermore for the North American transcontinental portion. Their travels were serialized by Hill in The Irish Times,[7][8] and blogged on an Australian sponsor's website.[9] and the American portion by Frazier in Motorcycle USA.[10] Hill's travelogue In Clancy's Boots was published in 2013.[4]
Bibliography
- Clancy, Carl Stearns (2013), The Gasoline Tramp or Around the World on a Motorcycle (e-book edition of previously unpublished book ed.), Booksmango, ISBN 978-616-222-255-9
Further reading
- Hill, Geoff (2014). In Clancy's Boots: The Greatest Ever Round-the-World Motorbike Adventure. Blackstaff Press. ISBN 978-0-85640-913-4.
- Carl Stearns Clancy Papers, 1910-1968, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, LCN 2013.3071
- Book review of Carl Stearns Clancy: First Motorcyclist to Ride Around the World at National Motorcycle Museum
- Book review of Carl Stearns Clancy: First Motorcyclist to Ride Around the World at Roadrunner Motorcycle Touring & Travel magazine, July 1, 2010
- "Clancy Centenary Ride to Visit the National Motorcycle Museum June 12-13, 2013", Rider, June 12, 2013
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Carl Stearns Clancy", SIRIS database (Smithsonian Institution)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Hill, Geoff (November 18, 2013), "The first round-the-world motorbike journey", The Daily Telegraph, retrieved 2013-12-01
- ↑ "History of Overlanding – Up to the end of 1920s", Overland, 2013
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Motorbike adventurers recreate first round-the-world trip following in the 'footsteps' of a legendary motorcyclist", Daily Mirror, November 12, 2013, retrieved 2013-12-03, "In 1913, Carl Stearns Clancy became the first round the world motorcyclist."
- ↑ Frazier, Gregory W. (February 27, 2011), "Girdling the Globe: The First 'Round the World Motorcycle Adventure", Accelerate (Kawasaki Motors Corp.) 28 (3), retrieved 2013-12-03
- ↑ Frazier, Gregory W. (2010). Carl Stearns Clancy: First Motorcyclist to Ride Around the World 1912-1913. iUniverse. ISBN 978-1450221412.
- ↑ Hill, Geoff (July 10, 2013), "CS Clancy Centenary Ride: After 18,000 miles the adventurer’s boots come home", The Irish Times, retrieved 2013-12-03
- ↑ Murtagh, Peter (April 8, 2013), "CS Clancy Centenary Ride", The Irish Times, (subscription required (help))
- ↑ The CS Clancy Centenary Ride 1913-2013, Adelaide Adventures, 2013
- ↑ Frazier, Gregory (June 07, 2013), Dr. Frazier: Clancy Ride US Part 1, Motorcycle USA (online)
External links
| |||||||||||||||||||