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Mildly Interesting

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[–] aviationeast@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Welp there you have it. If you want to challenge his conclusion you must walk long and hit more countries than he did.

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Damn, I don't think that's mildly interesting at all. That's a book I want to read

[–] SlippiHUD@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/413371.Worldwalk

The book in question. He was housed by over 400 families while on his walk.

[–] dogsnest@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Did the families take turns, or did they all walk with him?

[–] EvacuateSoul@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Their bodies formed the structure which housed him.

[–] tetris11@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

On that sombre note:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairngorm_Plateau_disaster

It was only on Monday afternoon, when the parents were gathered at the school, that the news came that five of their children were dead. The father explained that the boy who survived was the smallest student in the party; maybe the others (two women leaders, four girls and one boy) had been huddling round him to protect him from the cold