- Bridget McCutcheon: I grew up on a farm in northern Wisconsin.

I like to joke I was raised in a field by cows and a dog.

Part of it's a joke and part of it is reality.

- Angela Fitzgerald: In August 2022, Bridget McCutchen set out from Ashland... - Jeff McCutchen: Goodbye, Bridget!

- Angela: ...attempting to set a world record as the youngest person to circumnavigate the world on a motorcycle.

[bright guitar music] - Bridget: I mean, it's a beautiful world, and I wanna go see it.

That's a big part of it, is just wanting to go see the world.

- Angela: Bridget took with her an abundance of curiosity and ambition.

- Bridget: Riding a motorcycle, to me, is the best thing in the world.

And it gives you a sense of freedom and independence.

- Angela: Fourteen months later, [motorcycle revving] with her newfound freedom and independence, Bridget throttled back into the town where the journey began.

[people applauding and cheering] - And we're so happy you're here to celebrate Bridget's return.

- Oh, my goodness!

Okay, well, I'm alive, I'm fine.

I'm excited to rest, and honestly, eat food that is very familiar.

- Angela: At the starting line, no one could have predicted the outcome.

Least of all Bridget, who rewatched the interview she recorded just prior to leaving.

- I think it's going to start out with completing the trip and getting the record, and I would not be surprised by the end of it if it is completely different, because I guarantee you, I will not be the same person when I come back, and my values would have changed.

So, that's gonna change.

[chuckling] Wow!

[upbeat electronic music] - Angela: After logging about 50,000 miles and traversing 45 countries, Bridget did come back a changed person.

- Bridget: The riding for long hours gave me a lot of time to think.

I think I've become a lot calmer.

I think a lot of things don't bother me the same way they used to.

I am in the desert.

This is the desert I am in.

I feel way more certain of myself than I did previously, and I think that's a big, big deal.

So I've stopped for the night, and this is my camp spot.

- Angela: That's not to say she wasn't uncertain or frightened during the trip.

- There were times when I was scared.

I think fear is very healthy.

It tells you when your situations are dangerous.

- Angela: When asked the driving factor that got her through it all... [Bridget grunting] - Bridget: Stubbornness, mostly.

[laughing] I think that was a huge part of it, is once I get ahold of something, I'm a hold of it and it's not going anywhere.

So, I think just holding onto that idea really kept me going.

[laughing] - Angela: The gravity of her accomplishment is still setting in.

I just thought about that.

Um...

Pretty cool.

Y'know, I'm very happy I'm going home, but I'm gonna miss this.

I am going to miss this a whole bunch!

And that I did that was pretty awesome.

I am in Nepal!

For the rest of the winter, sort of be figuring out what I'm doing next.

And, y'know, sort of getting things done.

I wanna go back to working on boats and, like, doing other stuff like that.

I'm not exactly sure, but I have some things in mind.

No big adventures planned yet.

- Angela: Driven to succeed on an adventure that took her to all corners of the world.

- I am in the forest in Germany.

And I really want to inspire other young women like myself to ride motorcycles.

- Angela: Mission accomplished, Bridget!

With an inspiring story that landed her in the Guinness Book of World Records.

[motorcycle engine roaring]