Scott Stoll profile picture avatar. Holding his fully-loaded touring bicycle over his head in a triumphant pose on top of Table Mountain, Cape Town, South Africa.
After finishing his 4-year bicycle ride around the world Scott Stoll holds his fully-loaded touring bicycle over his head in a triumphant pose on top of Table Mountain, Cape Town, South Africa.

World bicycle touring videos

If pictures are worth a thousand words, videos must be worth a million. Unfortunately, I don’t have very many videos from my trip because I didn’t bring any digital devices with me until the very end when my film camera broke. That being said, I think you will find the following representative of cycling around the world.

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Falling Uphill: The Movie

Quest for happiness around the world on a bicycle

New widescreen HD version with never-seen-before footage. A montage of photos and videos from Scott’s 4-year, 26,000-mile bicycle tour around the world. Previously a YouTube feature video and specially requested for the Boston Bicycle Film Festival and showcased on many more.

The short version:

The long version:

I nearly cried watching this video. Just a normal guy and look what he has achieved. ~ Ingrid K.

Outdoor Wisconsin Interview

Watch my segment with Outdoor Wisconsin on Milwaukee Public Television. It begins at minute 9:00, and the crew did a great job filming, interviewing and editing. Thanks!

It was almost a year ago, the crew filmed me riding around Kohler-Andrae State Park for 3 hours. I was getting tired as I was still wearing my winter coat and was running low on blood sugar. (A “winter coat” is what us Wisconsinites call those 10-20 extra pounds we gain over the holidays.) The interview only lasted about 15 minutes.

Unfortunately, this video was archived. I’ll keep an eye out if it returns.

Highlights of my trip to Argentina as the Cultural Ambassador.

I worked with the US Embassy and 12 elementary schools to create “Cayendo Hacia Arriba”. It was another adventure of a lifetime! Read all about it.

The first video is about my trip to the Chaco and Corrientes, back where I got stuck in the mud so long ago. The second video is about the making of the book at a school for deaf children. The third video was one of my favorite days at an extremely poor community known as “Fort Apache”. The fourth video is about the “bicicleteada”. The fifth video is a TV interview partially in English. And the last video is my favorite. The Ambassador and Deputy Ambassador are distributing the books to all the kids. I love minute 1:44.

A couple videos from the book tour

Mini bicycle tour of Wisconsin.

Part 1: If you could do anything, what would you do?

Highlights from Santa Barbara to San Francisco

Part 2: Free Hugs

Meeting some fun people at the Seattle Fish Market and joining the viral hug sensation. Why not!?

Below are couple sneak peeks of the book

Falling Uphill Chapter 25:
Would you please visit my family?

Dennis and Scott visit Machu Picchu, Peru, during their bicycle ride through the Bolivian Alto Plano and share a meal with an indigenous family in a mud hut.

If you would rather read this story, I have the full text and pictures here.

Flip through Falling Uphill: The Young Adult Edition

This is the young adventurer’s edition. The first book looks similar, but only has 132 photos and illustrations.

Scott’s Survivor Audition Tape

Here I am hoping to grow my trip into a new adventure. I love this show. Read my Survivor application.

Falling Uphill Anniversary Edition: One man's quest for happiness around the world on a bicycle. By Scott Stoll.

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Every chapter answers a question that people asked me while I traveled the world, but unlike this matter-of-fact article, Falling Uphill is told as it is happening. You’ll feel like you’re riding a bicycle right alongside me, and reliving all the literal ups and downs.
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