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George Meegan is a british exploreer and holder of 8 world records. He has served as a seaman in the British Merchant Marine and is a Fellow of the Royal Geographic Society . 1. The longest continuous foot journey in history (19,019 miles.) 2. The most degrees of latitude ever crossed on foot. 3. The first foot crossing from the equator to the Arctic circle 4. The first foot crossing of the western hemisphere 5. The first foot crossing of central and southern America 6. The first foot crossing of latin America 7. The first foot crossing from the tropic of Capricorn to the tropic of Cancer 8. The first foot crossing from the Southern Ocean to the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean to the Arctic Ocean . George Meegan was twenty-five years old and an elementary school dropout, a British merchant seaman when he decided to take the longest walk in human history, without any special equipment, foundation bankroll, or backing of any kind. Leaving his ship in South America he made his way to Tierra del Fuego alone and just began to walk. Seven years later (1977-1984) after crossing the Andes, making his way through the trackless Darien Gap, and after taking a long detour on foot to see Washington, D.C., he arrived at the Arctic Ocean with a wife he met and married along the way, and their two children. George now lives in Japan with his wife Yoshiko and his children Ayumi, and Geoffrey, ( both conceived on his walk !! ) and is a lecturer at Kobe University . He is the author of the book 'The Longest Walk' |
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