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List of longest walks

List of longest walks is a physics topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand List of longest walks rather than just read about it. In short: This is a list of the longest walks that have occurred in groups and on solo or duo projects. Many have promoted social causes or medical conditions.

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Reference excerpt

This is a list of the longest walks that have occurred in groups and on solo or duo projects. Many have promoted social causes or medical conditions. Some have been done mostly for the experience. Groups consist of three or more people who walked at least most of the entire distance. Solo/duo walks are one or two people. The difference is that the former is tougher to organise logistically, especially when crossing international borders, since there generally needs to be greater accommodations and more thorough approvals for a group. There is also a tougher process of decision making with even a small group than with one or two people. Some people walking in groups say that the walking part can be easier than dealing with group politics and dynamics. The walks should be continuous, save for a few weeks to organise through other countries. There is a separate section for long runs and wheelchair expeditions that were not walks.

Longest group walks These were walks involving three or more long-distance participants.

A Walk of the People – A Pilgrimage for Life Length: 7,000 miles (11,000 km) Date: March 1984 – November 1985 Distance walked per month: 368 miles (592 km) Details: A Walk of the People – A Pilgrimage for Life called for an end to the Cold War with better relations between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. Walkers started at Point Conception, California, and went through Texas and the Deep South to New York City. A core group of eight flew to Dublin, Ireland, and walked to the border of the former East Germany. They obtained visas to Hungary and walked to that border before visiting several cities by train. Some walked to Geneva, Switzerland, then organised a trip to Moscow, Soviet Union, by train. The project attracted a wide range of support from across the political spectrum and was covered in the media by hundreds of newspapers and radio and television stations in those countries. It was the only walk from the U.S. to Moscow that went through the Deep South, Northern Ireland, and Hungary, which added to the mileage.

Bethlehem Peace Pilgrimage Length: 6,500 miles (10,500 km) Date: April 1982 – December 1983 Distance walked per month: 342 miles (550 km) Details: This peace walk of about 20 core people started from Seattle and walked across the U.S. to Washington, D.C. Members then flew to Ireland and walked through much of Europe, taking a boat from Greece to the Middle East. The project ended in Bethlehem in the West Bank. It was led by Jesuit Fr. Jack Morris and Fr. George Zabelka, the pastor for the airmen who dropped the atomic bombs on Japan in 1945.

San Francisco to Moscow Walk for Peace Length: 5,900 miles (9,500 km) Date: December 1960 – October 1961 Distance walked per month: 590 miles (950 km) Details: Organised by the Committee for Non-Violent Action, about ten core people started from San Francisco and walked to New York in six months. More people joined in Europe, and the project, led by pacifist leaders A.J. Muste and Bradford Lyttle, covered about 5,900 miles (9,500 km) in just ten months. Unlike numerous projects, they were able to walk through the Soviet Union, and the distance walked per month was significantly higher than most long group walks.

A Walk to Moscow Length: 5,500 miles (8,900 km) Date: March 1981 – October 1983 Distance walked per month: 275 miles (443 km) Details: This peace walk started from Bangor, Washington to Boston. Members continued in the United Kingdom, walking to the border of the former East Germany. Some stayed in a village for nine months to negotiate for visas to walk in Czechoslovakia and Poland. Some then traveled to cities in the Soviet Union by train and tried to walk to Moscow but were stopped and sent back to Minsk.

World Peace Walk Length: 5,500 miles (8,900 km) Date: April 1982 – August 1984 Distance walked per month: 190 miles (310 km) Details: Led by writer and activist C.B. Hall, participants walked from Seattle to New York and then across much of Europe. They were not allowed to walk in Eastern Europe but obtained visas to camp and meet people in East Germany for a few days. Some visited Moscow to meet with Soviet Peace Committee officials.

HikaNation Length: 4,286 miles (6,898 km) Date: April 1980 – May 1981 Distance walked per month: 330 miles (530 km) Details: HikaNation was a 14-month cross-country backpacking trip starting at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, California on April 12, 1980, and ending at Cape Henlopen, Delaware on May 27, 1981, after traversing over 4,286 miles and passing through 14 states and Washington, D.C.

Interfaith Pilgrimage for Peace and Life Length: 3,100 miles (5,000 km) Date: December 1994 – August 1995 Distance walked per month: 388 miles (624 km) Details: Led by Nipponzan-Myōhōji-Daisanga Japanese Buddhist monks, this walk started in Auschwitz, Poland, and ended in Nagasaki, Japan. More than 1,000 people from different nations joined at various times along the route that passed through war zones in Bosnia, as well as troubled parts of Israel, the West Bank, Jordan, Iraq, Cambodia, Vietnam and the Philippines.

Great March for Climate Action Length: 3,100 miles (5,000 km) Date: March 2014 – November 2014 Distance walked per month: 388 miles (624 km) Details: Led by former Iowa state representative Ed Fallon, the Great March for Climate Action called attention to the need for a more substantive response to climate change. About 30 people hiked most of the distance.

The Longest Walk Length: 3,000 miles (4,800 km) Date: February 1978 – July 1978 Distance walked per month: 600 miles (970 km) Details: Several hundred Native Americans and supporters marched from Alcatraz Island in San Francisco to Washington, D.C., to affirm American Indians' land and water rights. Some elders and organisers camped on the National Mall to end the Longest Walk. Similar projects were organised in 1980, 1984, 2008, 2011, 2013 and 2016.

United Souls of Awareness Walk Length: 3,000 miles (4,800 km) Date: April 2006 – April 2007 Distance walked per month: 267 miles (430 km) Details: Four musicians/artists in their 20s walked from Venice Beach, California to New York to encourage creative pursuits.

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In research: List of longest walks appears in physics research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses List of longest walks in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: List of longest walks is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Adventure, Hiking, Human geography lists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for List of longest walks outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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This is a list of the longest walks that have occurred in groups and on solo or duo projects. Many have promoted social causes or medical conditions.

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