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Anthony Roddy. Anthony "Silverback" Roddy is a retired USDA Forest Service worker who, at age 56, walked from Wells Beach, Maine, to Imperial Beach, California, between April 19 and December 15, 2015. A US Army veteran of the war in Iraq, he crossed 13 states in 244 days, walking approximately 3,073 miles.
978-0060-9595-55. OCLC. 48168396. A Walk Across America is a nonfiction travel book first published in 1979. It was the first book written by travel author Peter Jenkins, with support from the National Geographic Society. The book depicts his journey from Alfred, New York, to New Orleans, Louisiana. While on his journey of self-discovery, he ...
Barbara Jo (Pennell) Jenkins. . . ( m. 1976; div. 1987) . Peter Jenkins (born August 7, 1951) is an American travel author known for walking from New York to Oregon between October 1973 and January 1979 while writing a bestselling book, A Walk Across America .
It’s been 10 months and led him through 3,4000 miles across 11 US states. ... Ringer hopes his walk will help inspire people to get involved in their local communities to create walkable spaces.
In 1952, she became the first woman to walk the entire length of the Appalachian Trail in one season. Starting on January 1, 1953, in Pasadena, California, she adopted the name "Peace Pilgrim" and walked across the United States for 28 years, speaking with others about peace. She was on her seventh cross-country journey when she died.
April 20, 1942. (1942-04-20) (aged 81) Nationality. American. Known for. suffragist. Helga Estby (May 30, 1860 – April 20, 1942) was an American suffragist [1] most noted for her walk across the United States during 1896.
States Where People Walk The Most The makers of the popular device Fitbit have revealed that, according to their user data, walkers in New York state trump all other places in the winter and summer.
A Walk of the People – A Pilgrimage for Life. Length: 7,000 miles (11,000 km) Date: March 1984 – November 1985. Miles walked per month: 368 miles (592 km) Details: A Walk of the People – A Pilgrimage for Life called for an end to the Cold War with better relations between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.