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| A walk. Through time, In time, And beyond time. |
| History of the Walk |
| See the Logistics of the Walk. |
| Original Departure Date: August 28, 1983 From Arlington, Texas. Finished the Fifty States of America in February of 1987 (3 years and 6 months). After a five year Hiatus... During The Walk of the Fifty-States of America: I mailed 142 self-addressed postcards from every State, for verification purposes. Collected over two thousand names in all Fifty -states. Gave two hundred newspaper interviews.
Interviewed by 100 plus Television Stations for the Nightly News.
Gave twenty Radio interviews. Spoke in all Fifty- states to various Colleges, Universities, Elks, Rotarians, Kiwanis, Lions, Professional Clubs, High Schools, Primary Schools, Mountain and Hiking Clubs, Boy Scouts and the Girl Scouts.
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| The Fifty-State Walk Of America Logistics of the Walk |
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| 248 days or Eight months per. year of walking to and in between Villages, Communities, Towns and Cities.
In walking the Fifty-states of America, plus the length of British Columbia. The Yukon Territory via The Chilkoot Trail, on into Whitehorse then into Dawson. Then down into Alaska. |
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| Translates into: 248 days x 3.5 years 868 days x 15 miles per. day |
: 868 days 13,020 miles |
| Approximately four months out of the year for Sight-seeing, Miscellaneous Time and a little R&R in the Villages, Towns and Cities of the World. And keeping in condition, when I am not on the road. You know what they say; 'All huffing and puffing and no play, makes Hawk a dull boy'. | |
| Translates into: 409 days x 5 miles per day |
..2,045 miles 13,020 miles 15,065 Total miles in 3 years |
| Walking the Rest of the World up to this point. 53 Countries. | |
| 248 days x 7 years 1,736 days x 15 miles Four months each year for the Miscellaneous... |
..1,736 days 26,046 miles |
| 117 days x 7 years 819 days x 5 miles |
.....819 days .4,095 miles 26,046 |
| Total Add the Three and a half years |
30,191 in 7 years 15,065 45,256 Total Mileage/10 and a half years
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Stage #1 |
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Walked all Fifty-States Dates: August 28, 1983 - February 10, 1987 |
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Stage #2 |
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Rest of the World Dates: March 16,1992 - Europe Ireland - Scotland - England Belgium - Luxemburg - Netherlands [Note] November of 1992, winter set in, retreated down into France and Spain. France Spain [Note] Returned to France in the spring of 1993. Then up into Germany and the Scandinavian Countries Germany - Denmark - Norway Sweden - Finland - Estonia Russia Belarus Poland Morocco - Algeria - Tunisia Italy - Vatican City- Switzerland - Liechtenstein Austria - Czech Republic - Slovakia Croatia - Slovenia - Yugoslavia Hungry - Romania - Bulgaria - Albania Turkey - Greece - Mt Athos Cypress - Jordan - Israel Northeast Africa Egypt - Sudan - Chad - Ethiopia Kenya - Tanzania - Zanzibar Malawi - Zambia - Zimbabwe Botswana - Namibia - South Africa India - Nepal - China Vietnam - Thailand - Cambodia Malaysia - Singapore - Indonesia New Zealand
South America
Argentina Uruquay Bolivat
Chile Peru Ecuador Colombia Panama Costa Rica Nicaragua Mexico.
The Eighteen an half year backpacking trek is finished. The Hawk has landed. The last border was crossed between Mexico and Texas, (September, 2011). Seventy-two Countries and Seven Continents; a continous self-supported trek. No employment along the way. No returning home for 18 plus years. Documentation; two Passports filled with supplement pages. Plus ATM withdrawals records of the countries visted. The second passport was issued in Chengdu, China in the year 2002. Finances: Two Government checks; World War ll Disability check and a Social Security check. Total $916.00 per. month. The World Trek was well covered by the media (newspaper, television and radio). I spoke by invitation too; schools, universities, social organizations and professional groups. Where possible; 'English Conversational Corners' were established on campus and off. Student translators were used when necessary.
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