George Meegan

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George Meegan (b. circa 1952) is a British long-distance walker best known for his unbroken walk of the entire Western Hemisphere from the southern tip of South America to the northernmost part of Alaska, 19,019 miles (30,608 km) in 2,425 days (1977-1983). The walk has been documented in his book The Longest Walk (1988). Meegan has appeared often in the press including the Today show three times, CBS Morning News and on Larry King Live. Meegan lives in both England and Japan with his wife, Yoshiko; they have two children.

[edit] Records

Meegan has the following records:

• First and only journey on foot crossing South and Central America
• First and only journey on foot crossing all Latin America
• First and only journey on foot crossing from Tropic of Capricorn, through the Equator, to the Tropic of Cancer
• First and only journey on foot crossing between Equator and the Arctic Circle
• First and only journey on foot crossing entire Western Hemisphere.
• Most degrees of latitude ever crossed on foot (125° 08')
• First and only journey connecting journey on foot, Southern, Atlantic, Pacific and Arctic Oceans

[edit] External links

• George Meegan, homepage
• George Meegan, blog