Geoff, I enjoyed your book very much. Its inspired me to try a long walk in the near future. I'm on a personal quest to do a 50-mile hike mindful of the 1963 walk done by Bobby Kennedy. I'm planning on trying this next month without much preparation, although I'm in pretty good shape for a 60 year old guy. I was one of the crazy 15 year old kids that walked the walk back then and I've been obsessed with this idea over the last year. Here's a website that provides a little background on my challenge http://50-milehikers.ning.com/ In doing research on walking, I came across a character named Plennie L. Wingo who is said to have walked backwards over 3,000 miles wearing periscope type glasses to see where he was going. It looks like he wrote a book "Around the World Backwards". I was wondering if you knew anything about this or have read his book I couldn't seem to find a reference in your book on him, but I'm pretty sure this would be a character you would appreciate. Anyway, thanks for a good and helpful read. Any information on Plennie or advice on a 50-mile walk would be appreciated. Paul
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Plennie L. Wingo
Geoff, I enjoyed your book very much. Its inspired me to try a long walk in the near future. I'm on a personal quest to do a 50-mile hike mindful of the 1963 walk done by Bobby Kennedy. I'm planning on trying this next month without much preparation, although I'm in pretty good shape for a 60 year old guy. I was one of the crazy 15 year old kids that walked the walk back then and I've been obsessed with this idea over the last year. Here's a website that provides a little background on my challenge http://50-milehikers.ning.com/ In doing research on walking, I came across a character named Plennie L. Wingo who is said to have walked backwards over 3,000 miles wearing periscope type glasses to see where he was going. It looks like he wrote a book "Around the World Backwards". I was wondering if you knew anything about this or have read his book I couldn't seem to find a reference in your book on him, but I'm pretty sure this would be a character you would appreciate. Anyway, thanks for a good and helpful read. Any information on Plennie or advice on a 50-mile walk would be appreciated. Paul