Ever since I was a young boy I’ve wanted to walk the world. Walking is one of those ways to lose weight fast, and what a wonderful way to see the planet and experience all that this world has to offer. I’m married now and have a young daughter, so it’s kind of unrealistic that I will be able to do this now. Yet, I still don’t want this dream to die. This has lead to my new plan…to “virtually” walk the world. Here’s how it goes.
We all walk quite a bit in the run of a day. To the car, to the house, around the office, to the store. All this walking usually translates into some serious mileage. For example, only one mile a day would be 7 miles a week. I’ve decided to take a pedometer with me each day to record this actual mileage.
North Face Nuptse
Armed with this “total” mileage that I do each week, I’m going to measure off the actual distance I would go if I really did want to walk the world. From the starting point of my adoptive home of Cary, North Carolina, I’m going to go north through Raleigh. Say I go 14 miles in a week. I’ll plot out via Google maps exactly where that would take me and write about what I see around me.
The question is, where am I going to come up with all this information to write about? The internet mainly. Like I mentioned, Google maps will provide a lot of information. Google will also provide me with tons of information on restaurants to eat in and hotels to stay at. I’ll also be blogging about products that will make my walk very productive and enjoyable, like: a North Face Nuptse.
So, here we go. I hope that you will join me on my journey. Every Monday I will be writing a post updating you on my progress to date. If you would like to provide me with feedback or ideas please drop me a note via the contact form at www.VirtualWorldWalk.com
That’s it for now. Hope you will be able to join me….