How I Survived Unicycling the World's Loneliest Road
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There’s a lot of video footage from my round the world unicycle ride that for whatever reason I never got around to editing and releasing. Most of this stuff was from 'YEAR 1' of the trip, when my editing skills were still pretty sketchy and I didn’t take the production of these videos as seriously. As a result, this footage was just left stored and untouched on hard drives never to see the light of day. That is until now!
Please enjoy this one-off video from my time cycling an extremely remote road in Kazakhstan.
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What is most heartwarming about your whole journey is the extremely good people you met throughout your journey. Great footage as always Ed
Good attracts good
Kazakhstan has best potassium. All other countries potassium is inferior. This is why he survive.
@@poordadrichson6115 ⚠️ God has said in the Quran:
🔵 { O mankind, worship your Lord, who created you and those before you, that you may become righteous - ( 2:21 )
🔴 [He] who made for you the earth a bed [spread out] and the sky a ceiling and sent down from the sky, rain and brought forth thereby fruits as provision for you. So do not attribute to Allah equals while you know [that there is nothing similar to Him]. ( 2:22 )
🔵 And if you are in doubt about what We have sent down upon Our Servant [Muhammad], then produce a surah the like thereof and call upon your witnesses other than Allah, if you should be truthful. ( 2:23 )
🔴 But if you do not - and you will never be able to - then fear the Fire, whose fuel is men and stones, prepared for the disbelievers.( 2:24 )
🔵 And give good tidings to those who believe and do righteous deeds that they will have gardens [in Paradise] beneath which rivers flow. Whenever they are provided with a provision of fruit therefrom, they will say, "This is what we were provided with before." And it is given to them in likeness. And they will have therein purified spouses, and they will abide therein eternally. ( 2:25 )
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… what people??
@@1islam1 Please don't use the comments to preach your damn religion
I'm speechless about that photo at the end with the oil refinery workers and you. I'd look back at that every day for years and still smile everytime. I love these smaller stories that tied into the bigger picture of the whole ride. Thanks Ed!
That pic looked too good lol like from a DSLR
Lucky he wasn't in the Hyper-Paranoid USA where he would've been arrested at gunpoint or left go on without water if he was lucky.
@@KandiKlover I’m guessing you’ve never stepped foot in America or never left your hometown
@@KandiKlover lmao, you sound like youve never gone outside and only know the world from twitter
mad respect
Gotta appreciate the recordings of him riding, he has to place the camera on the ground, then back up, then go to the camera again while it's recording. Using valuable travel time to record the videos for us and himself, epic!
I never understood how he had the patience to do that. Especially on shots where he's riding downhill, very fast.
13:22 Abay. Hi Ed!
Hello Абай, it is wonderful you have found this video. In the middle of nowhere Ed found a sanctuary for the night and you and your fellow work colleagues had a visitor in the middle of the night. Did you ever think you would have a visitor at night on a bike with only 1 wheel? What a memory and a story for both of you to tell in years to come.
Hi Abay! (I'm not ed sorry but I hope he noticed)
Абай Бүркіт Атшыбайұлы oh my goddddddd. Hope Ed sees
Ну ребята вы молодцы как помогли пацану!
👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿
C'mon Ed, see this comment from Abay 👐
To see the kindness of strangers in such a remote and hostile place invokes a strange emotion. Wonderful people and what an adventure.
I live in a small city in china, often go out walking in the hills around my city. His experience with the people helping out and generally just being lovely is very true here too. I have bumped into loads of farmers and fishermen who invite me to their house for dinner, want to give me tea or alcohol and are very pleased to meet me out in the middle of nowhere.
Five or six years ago when I was fairly new in China (and couldn’t speak much Chinese) I went for a cycle out in the sticks, miles from anywhere. I punctured a tyre and for whatever reason didn’t have my kit on me. I was stranded and had to walk a few hours back to the nearest village. Went into the only local shop I could find to ask for a puncture repair kit and instead the shopkeeper phoned a few friends who all came round and decided they were going to fix my bike for me. Salt of the earth.
I don’t think in England if a foreigner turned up out the blue in a rural setting hardly being able to speak the language, they would be met with anywhere near as much kindness.
The media did that to the British people. And it’s sad.
@@Beetrecca You have to remember that a foreigner in England is a lot less rare of a sight than a foreigner in a Chinese rural area.
I'm from the Netherlands, and I feel that my country also has a lack of kindness of this particular type.
That being said, if you would be in a rural area, miles from anywhere, with a punctured tire, as a foreigner, I think people would definetely help you get your stuff fixed.
It might take a little more persuasion as people in western countries are in general a bit more kept to themselves.
Kind souls exist everywhere!
Oh god the sanctimonious twaddle of the expat. There is no such thing as the "rural" in the UK, hasnt been for the last century nearly, been away that long? You dont need informal supply chain ("social") networks to survive, you just need cash. Plenty of people help each other but individuals dont have impromptu personal networks to call upon as its is all commoditised. I am sure these villagers wouldn't have handed you precious money instead. The UK is always in the top 10 of those most charitiable country per head rankings you see now and then. A recent GoFundMe one put it in the op 5 with Ireland at the top along with US, Cananda and Australia. The British Isles and the Anglosphere taking the entire top 5. Not sure where China was.
@@Beetrecca Nah you just need to read more www.civilsociety.co.uk/news/gofundme-s-annual-giving-report-places-the-uk-in-the-top-five-most-generous-countries.html
suburbia1950 Haha, I wasn’t saying anything about how charitable the country is as a whole.
I literally just said I was riding round in the wilderness in China and broke my bike and some nice people in a small village fixed it for me and were really kind. I don’t think it would happen in a small town in the same way in the Uk.
When I say “rural” in china, I don’t mean mud huts either. They have jobs and need money in exactly the same way we do back home.
Sorry I rattled your feathers by saying that the folk here have been nice to me in ways that I wouldn’t expect at home.
Just look at the video we’re commenting on. Do you think if a man rocked up in a factory back home after wandering down a deserted road, they’d give him food and board like they did here?
This video is such a high level of filming, editing and storytelling as well. Thank you so much for posting this awesome adventure from Kazakhstan!
Pee Pasta!
Mate, you are quite the inspiration. You don't seem to do things the easy way and that's inspiration in itself. But it's the attitude you have, the way you interact with your audience and with the people you encounter along the way which is special, especially for someone who is so comfortable in lengthy periods of solitude. Love your work squire and cheers from Sydney - Dave
Прикольно)) всю жизнь прожил в Актобе, и даже не знал что по нашей стране путешествую иностранцы да ещё используя такой необычный вид транспорта😎👍
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this is just insane
Hello
All that arm flailing for balance.. To me this is like, "Hey, maybe I can cross Kazakhstan on stilts, wearing the tall clown costume, for fun!"
"no cars, i am not gonna get squished, cool" is a new patron i think?
"I know I'd turned up on a unicycle but I didn't want them thinking I was a complete weirdo. "
I didn't want my urine to drink, it was for cooking 🤣🤣🤣
@@CarlosGarcia-ze6rt Pee pasta ewwwww boiled pee pee
I am always happy to see more of Ed. It is very enjoyable to hear you tell stories of your journey.
Hey Ed, I started watching your videos at the beginning your USA series and I gotta say it is one of the best TH-cam series I have ever watched. Just wanted to say thanks for all your hard work continuing to make videos.
Hey Ed, I binged watched your entire series in 4 days. Cracking stuff mate!
You sit and watch YT all day too?
I watched the full video. Hats off to you and your will. This video really inspired me in certain ways. Although the 'pee' thing would have been crazy to watch. However, everything is normal when it comes to surviving. You showed us that. God bless those oil refinery guys.
😳😯,,🙆,എന്റെ പോന്നോ.... 2 Sയർ ഉള്ള സൈക്കിളിൽ trip പോയാ ..തന്നെ ചവിട്ടി ചവിട്ടി മടുത്ത് പോകും.. അപ്പോ ഇവിടെ ഒരു ടയർ😳😵🤯 ഇതൊക്കെയാണ് ശരിയ്ക്കും adventure ഹീറോയിസം ..👍🔥😎 good job..
The people you've come across on this whole journey was absolutely heart warming, great ppl out there
Seeing your journey is just inspiring man! These workers were so friendly, it just makes me wanna travel like you do
I love it!! Hoping we can see this kind of documentaries in the future.❤️
Looking forward to your future adventures after this pandemic..👊
Amazing video! It just shows that even if you go on a road less traveled and it seems that you are the only one around, you are still going to run in to another human who is ready to feed you and give you a warm place to be! that is what makes memories for life!
Well cycling itself is so burning on these kind of routes, adjusting cameras, recordings and back to cycling..man you have so much effort into this🙏🏻, you deserve a big salute..
Just incredible. This is just one level up on insane examples I've ever seen put across in the most humblest way. You're awesome and I wish you continue doing what you love in years to come 🤘
Great journey! I used to travel by bike 2000+ km through Eastern Kazakhstan along the China border. That was the most awesome adventure in my life. Now I ride a 36 unicycle, but my longest unitravel was about 300 km.
You're cool! Keep unicycling!
I'm about halfway though the video and it already seems like nice bucket-list-road to me. Must be ridable in 2 days on a regular bike.
I still can’t believe you’ve managed to achieve what you have, I’m so inspired by you! Thank you so much for documenting all of this stuff!
Very nice video. Glad you finally got to share your trip with us.
Hey Ed, I love your work and you are a great inspiration to me. I hope to have an adventure like yours one day, as soon as I am finished with university.
Id love to see more retrospective videos about some of the challenges you faced along the way. Cheers Ed💯
Hey Ed, I watched this when you released it and all of your episodes as you released them. Currently enjoying your tandem bike trip around the south coastline, never tire of your great content.
Great video, glad you were able to go back through some of the old footage and better document the experience!
Accidentally discovered this channel yesterday, its really inspiring to see what you do ed. I cannot even drive a bicycle for 20Km continously and it is blunt inspiring seeing you drive a unicycle for so long across the globe. I have instantly become a subscriber to your beautiful TH-cam journey. Love and wishes from India 🙂👍
You soon will Abhishek, keep at it. I started with 20, in a year I was doing 600! Keep pedalling
@@adityapathak5761 🙂🙏
Wow this is crazy. Well done dude
Wonderful to see this specialty video segment of your world journey. I loved it! Please find us more! I miss your videos. Thank you Ed
I hope you upload more stuff like this, in depth content about some of the rougher parts of the trip is great.
this guy is crazy! but I admire))) hello from Kazakhstan
Ed looks like he was about to spit some fire into that mic at the start 😂
great to have new vids from you, Ed. I'd love to see one that goes into how you planned your routes (I'm guessing it's a combo of pre-planning and random detours)
So good to see you Ed!
Hey Ed! When you were unicycling, what gave you the thoughts to say 'Ooh I'll film a bit of B-roll' or 'I'll document this'? I ask as you've obviously got tons of footage saved up across your journey so I'm interested how big the process of documenting it played in to your daily motivitions and how you spent time:)
I mean, not everyone unicycles across a country, it’d be a bit of a waste if you didn’t record it
Man you have to start watching the whole series.
Ed goes out of his way to get those shots it is a lot of work but his whole idea was to document as much as he could and he did a fantastic job.
@@thedave7760 I've seen the whole series and it was incredible! I'm just curious on the process of documenting as it was a long journey so I'm wondering just how much made the cutting room floor and what the process was for him on the road with filming as there must have been so much to see (also just how much is left in store for us to see)
@@matthewontherocks I do remember he did explain all this in one episode you must have missed it. I would imagine he leaves about 80 or 90% on the cutting room floor/
@@thedave7760 maybe its this one? th-cam.com/video/yfBbNbq8-Ic/w-d-xo.html
Ed Pratt lovely man
It is truly fascinating to watch this. How we assume the luxury we live in is so normal. It is amazing to see your trip, Ed, and I am glad I discovered your channel a while back. Thank you for the beatiful, marvelous content you create! You're a wonderful man!
What a great video again Ed. Loved it. Thank you for sharing your experiences with all of us. Greets from Germany.
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Hello frand
Nice! Amazing vid
Great videos and you are an enjoyment to watch. Very respectful, kind and gracious yet major beast-mode. Your family and country must be proud !
Wow, as someone just learning to unicycle and only managing 2 pedal turns so far, I'm living the dream through you! Thank you!
Crazy thing is...: 95% of us doesn't even know to ride a unicycle 😲
99% perhaps
Make it 99
*True Respect man*
*ഇജ്ജാതി hard work 👌🏼*
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Yo, I have watched your whole tour and haven't seen your vids in recommendations since. I'm watching your video after like 5 months. But I have to say, your production quality has SKY ROCKETED. Kudos from India!
Touring is always about the people you meet and places you see that you would just miss being in a car.
That was really well done and I really enjoyed the scenes of you narrating and you are an excellent narrator.
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"bad, bad, bad.. ok ok ok ok ok ok ok.... SUPER"
cracked me up!
@@WaynesStrangeBrain SUPER BAD hahaah
Seems like a description for "life"
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How incredible that you found these people, and that they took you in.
Please do more of there, your journey is so awesome to watch and I’m still salty I watched all your videos so quickly when I first found you.
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I wanted to see how do you use the another bottle .
My bad luck but your good luck.
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Brilliant mate. You have an ability to stay calm that not a lot of people have. I would've been terrified being that cold out there alone.
Agreed. It takes a completely different type of mindset to attempt a journey like this.
Another inspiring video. Thanks. Always a treat to watch.
I wonder how many times you gotta place the camera down, ride your unicyle pass it to get a good shot and get it it again.
ആഹാ കൊള്ളാലോ 😀😀
Great story! It almost never fails - strangers in "strange" lands provide generous support when you need it most. This video made me miss traveling - hoping 2021 provides the opportunity.
Bro I've always wanted to travel and I've always loved the freedom of bike riding honestly this videos inspired me to figure out somewhere to go and do just this man honestly what an amazing journey! thankyou for taking the time to share 💯👌
Every time I see those vids I am asking myself a question of how much time it took you to record your driving. I mean you were alone there right? So you were placing camera somewhere, then driving, then coming back for the camera. That's a huge thing when u don't have much time, woah.
He talked a bit about it in this video th-cam.com/video/yfBbNbq8-Ic/w-d-xo.html
@@bobmcbobbob1815 thanks
@@bobmcbobbob1815 seriously thanks mate for sharing the above video link.
No footage no money, they kinda have to record
I could just imagine being one of the locals seeing a random white guy come out of a non used road in the middle of nowhere....
reminds me of a kid just skating in saying "Hey guys.."
I've watched all the videos of this journey! I'd love to watch special clips like this video more!
Thanks ED for sharing such an extraordinary experience with us! You inspire!
1:09 Hey Ed, “word” ??? 😂😂🤣
There aren't many roads in Microsoft Word, so I guess this does qualify as the most remote road in there...
It's official, everythings been done.
Ed, you are that special mix of brilliant, fun, and nuts that makes finding videos such as yours so great to find!
My favourite things about your videos is that how nice the people you come across are, what a lovely group of guys those builders were.
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Love from India 🇮🇳 ♥
Loved this one Ed! Great story telling.
Love this video! It's amazing what we are capable of if we are willing to try. You are an inspiration.
Also, it's great that you met some great people along the way. Cheers.
I just have one concern about his unicycling that what if his cycle gets punctured?
They are not tubeless. In the Uni across US series he talked about tire repair. In one clip he had 8 patches in his tube. You gotta learn how to repair a tube and have a patch kit handy.
congratulations to these guys from Kazakhstan! These are the true patreons!
That last gulp you took from the cup, I could feel it going down my throat. What a climax for this video 👍
I unicycle this lonely road the only one that I have ever known
That comment is so underrated.
at 1:08 it says the most remote road in the word
I can't even beblieve how cozy it must feel to get warm food and shelter after 3 days on that muddy rainy road, lying down on that bed must have felt insanely good
Hey Ed...found your channel Friday night after work...and was completely awe struck w/ the 3 vids I watched (when you were going through China) that I decided to start from ep 1...and binge watch for the next 3 days (probably 42-48 hrs) and I got to you finishing the US!!! LOVE your channel...you are awesome & inspiring! Gonna finish everything on here before the week is out & comment & like every vid eventually! Keep being cool you crazy Brit!!!
Loneliest Road this guy has clearly never been through the road called my life.
Where's Elijah Lejander?
I was wondering the same thing... ah, Elijah Lejander I hope you're well.
Very happy to randomly see a video about my country in recommendations after searching for unicycle to buy. Great job!
Be safe out there dude. This is so impressive!
Am I the only one concerned about Elijah LeJander?
Ok ok ok ok ok ok ok. Super! Thats encouraging !
Your videos are always so fun to watch. Thanks for the new video.
shoutout to those kind workers who fed you and let you crash. that really warmed my heart
0:33 Sub minus temperatures?!
It's colder than cold, duh
Indian getting tan looks black
British people get tan looks red
That was a great watch, thank you!
Amazing video as always Ed. Your stories are inspirational!
1:06 in the word?
Oops! There's always something that slips past. Thank you VERY MUCH for making me aware of this mistake Yato!!! haha
Lmao
I'm sorry, I just really don't get WHY?
Do you ride a unicycle just because it's so uncomfortable to ride, since you can never stop pedaling and coast?
Jeff White there are one of a kinds in the world. He is one of them.
They’re not that bad. No hand discomfort, easier on the back, lighter weight, more reliable and arguably more mechanically efficient when at an ideal cadence. I used to ride them several miles at a time as a teen. I wouldn’t choose one for a long trip, but for distances of 10 miles or less they’re reasonably practical.
Absolutely brilliant, that was a welcome treat.
Lovely video mate. Really enjoyable dude.
Come to INDIA ... U can find humans instead lo camels... Dont waste u r time in desertsss....