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  2. List of longest walks - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Peace Pilgrim - Wikipedia

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    Peace Pilgrim (July 18, 1908 – July 7, 1981), born Mildred Lisette Norman, was an American spiritual teacher, mystic, pacifist, vegetarian activist and peace activist. [1] [2] In 1952, she became the first woman to walk the entire length of the Appalachian Trail in one season. [3]

  4. Peace walk - Wikipedia

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    Some Walk to Moscow participants later met with other walks that crossed the U.S. and Europe, including Walk of the People - A Pilgrimage for Life, which occurred from 1984 to 1985. That project was also not allowed to walk in Russia, but some members rode a train to Moscow to meet with officials and ordinary people.

  5. George Meegan - Wikipedia

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    The Longest Walk – Odyssey of the Human Spirit, Dodd, Mead, 1988, 403 pp. Trade paperback by Paragon House. Translations into Japanese and Italian; The Longest Walk: The Record of our World’s First Crossing of the Entire Americas, Xlibris, 1983, 382 pp. Kodansha: The Optimistic Adventure, by Yoshiko Matsumoto with George Meegan. Asahi Press ...

  6. List of people who have walked across the United States

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    Walking or running across the United States has long been pursued as a way to bring publicity to social causes. Prior to the founding of the United States, Moncacht-Apé is believed to have been the first documented person to walk across the North American continent in the early 18th century.

  7. Long Walk of the Navajo - Wikipedia

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    A supposed remnant of the Long Walk from Bosque Redondo, a rug called Woven Sorrow, figures prominently as a valuable antique in the plot of The Shape Shifter by Tony Hillerman, published in 2006. Anne Hillerman mentioned the Long Walk in a subsequent novel in the series, Cave of Bones (2018).

  8. List of long-distance footpaths - Wikipedia

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    A walk around of the island of Bornholm (120 km (75 mi)). Camønoen A walk on the island of Møn (175 km (109 mi)). Sjællandsleden is a trail around Sjælland. Kyst til kyst stien A 140 km long hike across Jutland from Blåvandshuk to Vejle Map

  9. Darlene Ka-Mook Nichols - Wikipedia

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    The Longest Walk also symbolized the last major event of the Red Power Movement. [22] Organized by Nichols and then husband, Dennis Banks , the former organized over 30,000 Native Americans from 80 different Tribal nations in the city of Davis , California and marched 5,800 kilometers (3,600 miles) from Alcatraz to Washington, D.C. in a span of ...