Talk:Self-propelled travel

For all I know, the meaning is completely different
...at least, according to all dictionaries:


 * → http://www.answers.com/self-propelled

It seems that the word means no more and no less than automobile (synonym), or automotive if you will.

—6birc, 02:28, 11 November 2007 (UTC)


 * I'm aslo puzzled by this name which I've never come accross in this context. I would have thought that this subject is adequately covered under human powered transport and its references--Theosch (talk) 15:24, 14 August 2008 (UTC)


 * The important differentiation between self powered travel, and the definition from answers.com above is that it is the traveller who is self propelled not the vehicle. The differentiation between this and the  human powered transport article, is that self powered travel is specifically recreational, a type of adventure travel.  While there may not be consensus on what to call it, there is growing popularity with this sort of travel.  Self-Propelled travel is the best term I've come across for it.--Keithonearth (talk) 22:09, 19 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Agree with Keithonearth. In addition, for the traveller to be self propelled, wouldn't that require using his/her own power? Certainly a passenger sitting in a rickshaw while the other guy runs in the front is not self propelled...  Göran Kropp was self propelled from Stockholm to Everest base camp except for the ferry ride that he took across the Baltic; he was not self propelled on his return trip. The other two names mentioned in the article, Angus and Harvey were partners across the Bering Straits, taking turns to row a modified sailboat. So at any given time, this was not much different than a rickshaw where one worked, other rested being moved by the efforts of "the other" and not "the self"... Later Angus took a partner to row the Atlantic, Harvey was a passenger on a sailboat, which would be wind powered and have an engine by law, further diluting a selfpropelled mention. Forresttravels (talk) 13:48, 28 February 2009 (UTC)