Apr 10, 2024 links

Link: 89-year-old Japanese man rides bike 600 kilometers to visit his 61-year-old son

Oh, and he did this without using GPS, Google Maps, or any other sort of digital pathfinding aids. Instead, he carried a paper map (1:200,000-scale), marking his route as he went in pencil. #

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