How do you know this, though? I do sympathize with not having sources at your fingertips. I read a lot, online and off, so having info rattling around between my ears with no easy hyperlink for a source does happen. But extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. Sure, in the end, we're both working from hearsay when it comes to distances and travel, but the preponderance of evidence I have seen which people support with data (whether dubious or not) does not match your unsubstantiated claims.