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Tough Girl PodcastVedangi Kulkarni - Round the World (Again): Records, Setbacks & Resilience on Two WheelsIn this candid and raw Tough Girl Podcast EXTRA episode, we reconnect with the unstoppable Vedangi Kulkarni — the youngest woman to have cycled around the world, who’s recently returned from doing it again. Now based in Inverness, Scotland, Vedangi opens up about her second attempt at cycling around the globe — this time not just for the journey, but in pursuit of a Guinness World Record. From racing Lael Wilcox to navigating border delays, funding pressures, and the relentless physical and mental toll of riding across five continents, Vedangi doesn’t hold back. This conversati...
2025-09-3053 min
Tough Girl PodcastVedangi Kulkarni - Adventurer and endurance athlete moving into mountain biking and crossing Svalbard on skies.Vedangi Kulkarni was born and raised in India and currently lives in the UK. She’s an adventurer, endurance athlete, writer, expedition/project manager and a business owner. She loves organising mountain biking and bike-packing events, managing a million projects simultaneously and talking to a ton of new people. In 2018, she rode 29,000km around the world in 160 days, mostly solo and unsupported, at the age of 19/20, becoming the youngest woman to circumnavigate the globe on bike. She’s always keen for an adventure, be it cold water swimming, long distance hiking or cycling, climbing, mountain biking, skiing or travelling through remote pla...
2022-10-2743 min
Tough Girl PodcastVedangi Kulkarni - The youngest woman to have circumnavigated the world on bicycle. 160 days to pedal 29,000km, across 14 countries!Vedangi Kulkarni recently became the youngest woman to have circumnavigated the world on bicycle. It took her 160 days to pedal 29000km, across 14 countries. She was 19 when she started, and 20 when she finished, celebrating her 20th birthday around the halfway point in Canada. Most of her journey was solo and unsupported. Vedangi in her own words: My childhood was a lot about my parents and I travelling out and about through every summer/winter break. I used to write poems and short stories. My father encouraged me to explore the outdoors- mountains and sea, from his own travel experiences. From tying a...
2020-09-221h 01