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Dave Kunst (born July 16, 1939) is the first person independently verified to have walked around the Earth. [1] The walk was intended to be achieved along with his brother John, but during the event John was shot and killed by bandits, and Dave wounded; Dave resumed and completed the walk with another brother, Peter.
Final steps of the Longest Walk (1983) In 1976 Meegan retired from the Merchant Navy , beginning a several-year odyssey: walking from the bottom of South America to the top of North America. He documented his journey in his self-published book The Longest Walk: The Record of Our World’s First Crossing of the Entire Americas ( Xlibris ).
He primarily followed Route 50 from west to east, covering a distance of 3,234 miles (5,205 km). [140] Wardian aimed to log around 50 miles (80 km) a day and planned to be on his feet for around 11 to 15 hours a day. He documented his run on Strava and spent his days running with other local runners or listening to audiobooks when running alone.
Length: 6,500 miles (10,500 km) Date: April 1982 – December 1983 Distance walked per month: 342 miles (550 km) Details: This peace walk of about 20 core people started from Seattle and walked across the U.S. to Washington, D.C. Members then flew to Ireland and walked through much of Europe, taking a boat from Greece to the Middle East.
Eberhart was born in a village in the Ozarks with population of less than 400. [2] He grew up in Russellville, near Jefferson City, Missouri. [4] As a young man, Eberhart attended optometry school, got married, fathered and helped raise two boys, and made a six-figure salary working with cataract patients while living in Titusville, Florida.
Newman's walk took four years, spanning 21,000 miles (with flights done to get him from Boston to Ireland and other flights to Yugoslavia and Australia) and 40 million steps. His father, Edwin, died in 1984 while Newman was walking in India. Upon completing his walk, city officials in Bethel declared the day of his return an official holiday. [8]
He walked across Australia since he was unable to obtain permission to walk across China. Australia was selected since its widest point (2,500 miles) is comparable to the average width of China in miles. Date June 20, 1970 – Oct. 5, 1974 Duration 4 years, 3 months, 16 days Distance 23,250 kilometres (14,450 mi) Name Steven M. Newman
Farmer departed the North Pole on 8 April 2011 [9] and finished at the South Pole on 19 January 2012, raising A$100,000 for his efforts. [10] Though the project is called "Pole to Pole" he had stages where he was allowed to take vehicles.