59-year old man walking from North Cape to Alaska

Indian2003 · 3rd December 2022, 20:13

Meet Chilean/Swede Hans. He is 59 years old. He decided he wanted to walk from Stockholm to Alaska but he was in bad shape and weighed 117 kilos.
He rigged up with a home made cart which he attached to his waist and went on a practice run to the North Cape in the North of Norway. 5000 km in 122 days. His daily walks are 50 km.
He returned back to Stockholm through Norway.

From Stocholm he walked back to Norway when I met him when a wheel fell off. After a few days he walked in snow and rain and now he is in Denmark while he rebuilds his cart to a sleeper so he can get rid of his tent
From Denmark he walks through France to Spain where he will board a cargo shop to Ushaia in Argentina

From there he will walk the length of South America, Mexico and the US.
My concern is how he will manage to cross the Darien Gap.

Shreyans_Jain · 3rd December 2022, 20:36

I’ve always wondered how people cross the Dariens Gap on such expeditions. There are no roads, infrastructure is non existent and the area is infested with all kinds of nefarious actors. And, it is not exactly small.

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Indian2003 BHPian Join Date: Apr 2021 Location: Sarpsborg Posts: 431 Thanked: 3,630 Times View My Garage	59-year old man walking from North Cape to Alaska Meet Chilean/Swede Hans. He is 59 years old. He decided he wanted to walk from Stockholm to Alaska but he was in bad shape and weighed 117 kilos. He rigged up with a home made cart which he attached to his waist and went on a practice run to the North Cape in the North of Norway. 5000 km in 122 days. His daily walks are 50 km. He returned back to Stockholm through Norway. From Stocholm he walked back to Norway when I met him when a wheel fell off. After a few days he walked in snow and rain and now he is in Denmark while he rebuilds his cart to a sleeper so he can get rid of his tent From Denmark he walks through France to Spain where he will board a cargo shop to Ushaia in Argentina From there he will walk the length of South America, Mexico and the US. My concern is how he will manage to cross the Darien Gap. Attached Thumbnails Last edited by Indian2003 : 3rd December 2022 at 20:20.
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3rd December 2022, 20:36	#2
Shreyans_Jain Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: HR51/HR29/HR26 Posts: 2,762 Thanked: 21,291 Times	re: 59-year old man walking from North Cape to Alaska I’ve always wondered how people cross the Dariens Gap on such expeditions. There are no roads, infrastructure is non existent and the area is infested with all kinds of nefarious actors. And, it is not exactly small.
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