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WanderingEng  ·  3400 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The 34,000km, 7-year walk

One of my stories was last December when I had some vacation time I needed to use or lose. I consulted a snow cover map and found in the lower 48 states (US) there was snow in Yellowstone, the Rockies and upstate New York. After eliminating Yellowstone due to flight costs, I reviewed trail descriptions in Colorado and New York. I settled on New York because the Lake Placid tourism site was really good.

I didn't really know what I was getting into. This is what I found:

I think what he's doing is amazing on a personal level. It's one of those epic voyages that doesn't really solve anything or change anything, but it's no less awe inspiring.