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  • Description: On 17 March 1999 Kevin Thomson departed Vancouver, British Columbia, pulling a self-built running cart he named "RoadRunner", with the goal of crossing Canada on foot from coast to coast to deliver greetings to the 50,000 Canadians gathered in St. John's, Newfoundland, to celebrate the new millennium. He completed the run on 31 December 1999, covering approximately 8,000 km in just over nine months. The journey was self-supported and undertaken without charitable sponsorship
  • Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Coyote Kevin
  • Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Canada
  • Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
  • Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: On foot, A piedi, À pied
  • Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Americas, Americhe, Amérique
  • Internet: https://kevinthomson.com
Precursori, Forerunners, Précurseurs
Viaggi stravaganti, Weird travels, Voyages insolites
Globetrotter contemporanei, Contemporary globetrotters, Globetrotteurs contemporains
Personaggi fittizi, Fictional character, Personnages de fiction

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