An a adventurous man, a determined man, perhaps the only human-being to bicycle across stretches of the world where no man or woman ever attempted. Ian did not look to breaking records or times. He just wanted to be with nature and feel the earth. He bicycled over 240,000 miles over 40 years until at age 74 a reckless driver struck and killed Ian Hibell. Ian Hibell obituary is a great tribute by the Economist.