Who has walked the furthest , ever

[EternalOptimist]

I was wondering, there must be someone, in all the history of humanity, who has walked further than anyone else.

I was thinking about someone like Marco Polo , or a soldier in Alexanders army who probably marched from Greece to Egypt to India and back again

or some hunter gatherer who had to walk for a thousand miles following his dinner.

I reckon it must be about 10k miles, whoever it was

[Pondlife]

The proclaimers did 1K IIRC

[Churchill]

I was wondering, there must be someone, in all the history of humanity, who has walked further than anyone else.

I was thinking about someone like Marco Polo , or a soldier in Alexanders army who probably marched from Greece to Egypt to India and back again

or some hunter gatherer who had to walk for a thousand miles following his dinner.

I reckon it must be about 10k miles, whoever it was

Al Jolson - A million miles.

[EternalOptimist]

Al Jolson - A million miles.

ok. only dead serious answers from now on.


and i mean that

[Churchill]

ok. only dead serious answers from now on.


and i mean that

Moses?

Menelaus?

[d000hg]

I was wondering, there must be someone, in all the history of humanity, who has walked further than anyone else.

I was thinking about someone like Marco Polo , or a soldier in Alexanders army who probably marched from Greece to Egypt to India and back again

or some hunter gatherer who had to walk for a thousand miles following his dinner.

I reckon it must be about 10k miles, whoever it was

Someone who spends their working day walking could cover vast distances over their lifetime, yet never travel far. A farmer in a pre-industrial country who walks with his ox-pulled plough for instance.
12 hours a day at 3mph for 50 years easily surpasses 500,000miles.

[Churchill]

Someone who spends their working day walking could cover vast distances over their lifetime, yet never travel far. A farmer in a pre-industrial country who walks with his ox-pulled plough for instance.
12 hours a day at 3mph for 50 years easily surpasses 500,000miles.

Why, is he ploughing 365 days a year?

[Spacecadet]

I was wondering, there must be someone, in all the history of humanity, who has walked further than anyone else.

I was thinking about someone like Marco Polo , or a soldier in Alexanders army who probably marched from Greece to Egypt to India and back again

or some hunter gatherer who had to walk for a thousand miles following his dinner.

I reckon it must be about 10k miles, whoever it was

West Lancs postman celebrates 40 years in the job - Skelmersdale Advertiser

Postmen probably walk the furthest - this guy has probably done well over 100,000

[wobbegong]

Someone who spends their working day walking could cover vast distances over their lifetime, yet never travel far. A farmer in a pre-industrial country who walks with his ox-pulled plough for instance.
12 hours a day at 3mph for 50 years easily surpasses 500,000miles.

Conversly, others who walk a relatively short distance, could travel many thousands of miles e.g. aircraft cabin crew.

[minestrone]

Someone who spends their working day walking could cover vast distances over their lifetime, yet never travel far. A farmer in a pre-industrial country who walks with his ox-pulled plough for instance.
12 hours a day at 3mph for 50 years easily surpasses 500,000miles.

If farmers were ploughing all day every year we would have all starved to death.