Wendy Crockett calls her record-setting motorcycle journey with Ian McPhee an adventure about triumphing against all odds. The duo, who showed “determination past all reasonable levels,” Crockett chuckles, set an entirely new world record for the longest journey by a motorcycle team in a single country.
Wendy Crockett of Rapid City and Ian McPhee of Luscombe, Australia, rode their motorcycles across the United States and visited 49 state capitols in 2022. Guinness World Records has certified that Crockett and McPhee rode a total of 80,208 miles together within the lower 48 United States, making them the first two people to ever be awarded the record for the longest journey by motorcycle within a single country (team).
Wendy Crockett poses for a photo along the Extraterrestrial Highway in Nevada. She and Ian McPhee traveled it as part of their world record-setting cross-country motorcycle ride.
Hitting a giant pothole caused the frame of Ian McPhee's 2000 BMW R110RT motorcycle to snap in half -- one of many disasters that occurred as he and Wendy Crockett of Rapid City made a world record-setting ride throughout the United States.
Wendy Crockett and Ian McPhee took a test run motorcycle ride in Australia before attempting their ride in the United States. The places they visited included the Great Australian bight, seen here. It is a large open bay off the central and western portions of the southern coastline of mainland Australia.
Wendy Crockett and Ian McPhee completed their five-month cross-country motorcycle ride in Pontiac, Ill., near a service center in Odell, Ill., where they periodically stopped during the trip to repair their bikes and restock supplies.
Between April 7 and Sept. 25, 2022, Crockett of Rapid City and McPhee of Luscombe, Australia, traveled a total of 97,319 miles on two separate…
Wendy Crockett of Rapid City and Ian McPhee of Luscombe, Australia, rode their motorcycles across the United States and visited 49 state capitols in 2022. Guinness World Records has certified that Crockett and McPhee rode a total of 80,208 miles together within the lower 48 United States, making them the first two people to ever be awarded the record for the longest journey by motorcycle within a single country (team).
Hitting a giant pothole caused the frame of Ian McPhee's 2000 BMW R110RT motorcycle to snap in half -- one of many disasters that occurred as he and Wendy Crockett of Rapid City made a world record-setting ride throughout the United States.
Wendy Crockett poses for a photo along the Extraterrestrial Highway in Nevada. She and Ian McPhee traveled it as part of their world record-setting cross-country motorcycle ride.
Wendy Crockett and Ian McPhee completed their five-month cross-country motorcycle ride in Pontiac, Ill., near a service center in Odell, Ill., where they periodically stopped during the trip to repair their bikes and restock supplies.
Wendy Crockett and Ian McPhee took a test run motorcycle ride in Australia before attempting their ride in the United States. The places they visited included the Great Australian bight, seen here. It is a large open bay off the central and western portions of the southern coastline of mainland Australia.
