History of the Walk: Original Departure Date: August 28, 1983; From Arlington, Texas. Finished the Fifty States of America February of 1987 (3 years and 6 months).

George Meegan is an adventurer, lecturer and world traveler.  He holds the most official world’s records of any European (including the Longest Unbroken March of All Time) earned from his epic walk from Tierra Del Fuego, South America to Prudhoe Bay, Alaska; 19,019 miles in 2,425 days from 1977 to 1983. Later he completed his walk to Barrow in 2000
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Cancer Council supporter walks more than 6,000km to raise funds. Melbourne teacher Michael Mitchell is a man who has really gone out of his way to help fight cancer - in fact, he's gone thousands of kilometres out of his way.

From 14 April 2004 to 29 July 2004, Ewan McGregor, Charley Boorman, motorcycle riding cameraman Claudio von Planta, along with director/producers David Alexanian and Russ Malkin, travelled from London to New York City via Western and Central Europe, the Ukraine, Western Russia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Siberia and Canada, over a cumulative distance of 18,887 miles (30,396 km). The only sections not undertaken by motorcycle were the 31-mile (50 km) passage through the Channel Tunnel, 580 miles (930 km) by train in Siberia to circumvent the Zilov Gap, several river crossings and a short impassable section in eastern Russia undertaken by truck, and a 2,505-mile (4,031 km) flight from Magadan in eastern Russia to Anchorage, Alaska.

Il 13 settembre 2013, sul balcone di casa mia, ho deciso di fumare l'ultima sigaretta, quella del “condannato a vita” e partire per il giro del mondo.