Janne Corax (born 1967) is a

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and explorer. He has traveled in 110 countries and cycled more than 82,500 km. He lives in

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in southern

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. In 2003 he and Nadine Saulnier made a cycle crossing of the uninhabited and trackless 5,000-metre-high

Chang Tang The Changtang (alternatively spelled Changthang or Qangtang) is a part of the high altitude Tibetan Plateau in western and northern Tibet extending into the southern edges of Xinjiang as well as southeastern Ladakh, India, with vast highlands and ...

plateau of Northern Tibet. The crossing resulted in a short film, ''Too Tired'', which was part of the series "Into The Unknown" on

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's international channel. Corax wrote an article about his crossing in the ''Japanese Alpine News''.Japanese Alpine News 2007, Volume 8, pp.78-84. During later trips in Tibet, Corax claimed the first ascents of several 6,000-metre Tibetan mountains.

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Janne Corax's webpage
{{DEFAULTSORT:Corax, Janne 1967 births Living people Swedish male cyclists Ultra-distance cyclists Swedish mountain climbers Male touring cyclists Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century Swedish sportsmen