Reply to: Who has walked the furthest , ever

[d000hg]

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

They probably clock up a few miles but spend much of the flight sitting down.

You want a job with lots of walking and minimum stopping to do tasks. What about a parking official, who spend all day traipsing the streets? Postmen maybe too, in places they still walk.

[JoJoGabor]

What about the guys who used to carry red flags, walking in front of cars. The ones who worked for IT salesmen must have clocked up a few miles!

[d000hg]

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

He's still out walking. That was an example only, thought you'd be bright enough to realise. Silly of me.

[PAH]

What's the guinness book of records say?

[doodab]

I read somewhere that an averagely active person walks about 5 miles a day, so 100,000 miles in a lifetime would be fairly normal.

[Churchill]

<pedant>Both the Proclaimers and Al Jolson say that they would be prepared to walk a certain distance for a menial reward. However, neither of them have been recorded as actually completing the expedition.</pedant>

Fair point but <pedant>nowhere does it say that they didn't!</pedant>

Ha! pick the bones out of that one!

[TheFaQQer]

The proclaimers did 1K IIRC

Al Jolson - A million miles.

<pedant>Both the Proclaimers and Al Jolson say that they would be prepared to walk a certain distance for a menial reward. However, neither of them have been recorded as actually completing the expedition.</pedant>

[TheFaQQer]

Menelaus?

Nah - he went everywhere in a Tornado, eating spaghetti.....

[Churchill]

Who has walked the furthest?

Not this fella BBC News - Marathon runner hands back medal after taking shortcut

[EternalOptimist]

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

thats true. and he didnt take the ploughmans lunch into account either.

[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.

[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.

[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

[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?

[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.