While I would not wish to belittle this achievement, can someone enlighten me on what constitutes a definition of "round the World" for these purposes?
If one does not have to pass through two diametrically opposite points, or even, it seems, pass through the Equator then "round the World" could be literally as short as you wish.
No doubt there are important technical / meteorological reasons why the last two round the World records were set in entirely in the Southern Hemisphere (while the first circumnavigation was in the Northern Hemisphere), and I realise that an Equator crossing by balloon may not be feasible . Shouldn't "round the World Northern Hemisphere" and "round the World Southern Hemisphere" constitute separate records?