Not to make a competition out of it but since Guinness Record was mentioned in the article, I thought I might point out that there is at least one hiker who has

Not to make a competition out of it but since Guinness Record was mentioned in the article, I thought I might point out that there is at least one hiker who has hiked more miles: Brian Tansman, who is mostly known on trail as Buck-30. He has hiked over 45,000 miles so far. Not sure if he's ever featured in a similar article but he has appeared in several hiking podcasts such as The Trail Show and Backpacker Radio: https://backpackerradio.libsyn.com/190-buck-30 https://backpackerradio.libsyn.com/190-buck-30 https://thetrailshow.com/show108/ https://thetrailshow.com/show108/ Fun fact (that I learned from interviews with Buck-30): being an accountant might be the perfect job for long distance hiker as the busy season is the tax season, namely - deep winter and early spring. Some employer would be happy to keep you employed for that season only.