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Reminds me of Karl Bushby, who's walking from Chile to England. He made it to at least Kazakhstan so far. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Bushby https://en.

Reminds me of Karl Bushby, who's walking from Chile to England. He made it to at least Kazakhstan so far. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Bushby https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Bushby

beretguy 2y ago
> They were detained by Russian border troop officers while they were crossing the Russian border near the Chukotkan village of Uelen, for not entering Russia at a correct port of entry. They were threatened with being banned from Russia, which would stop the journey. You can always trust russia to be a pain in the neck, to put it mildly.
- exe34 2y ago
  I'm sure the US would just let anyone in at any point along their border...
  - anonzzzies 2y ago
    if i have to believe musk, there is no issue at all doing that.
    - exe34 2y ago
      concerning if true.
      - borski 2y ago
        Luckily, it isn’t.
        anonzzzies 2y ago
        What? The almighty musk is lying about this? His whole presidential campaign is around needing more kids and illegal immigration. You didn't hand over your country to some criminals & grifters did you? Or maybe it was always in the hands of these people.
        exe34 2y ago
        Elon Musk lie? he would never.
- lionkor 2y ago
  What a terrible take. Go outside and touch some grass, and then throw away your documents and try to walk across any border on the globe.
  - beretguy 2y ago
    Just yesterday/past few days russia bombed Ukraine on a Christmas Day, downed Azerbaijan Airlines plane and cut power cables between Finland and Estonia. My take is good. Your turn to touch grass and stop defending fascists.
    - lionkor 2y ago
      Check out the history of Papua, Mr. CIA ;)
    - briandear 2y ago
      The Ukraine side has fascists of their own, see the Azov Battalion. Also recall, Ukraine suspended elections until after the war. While that’s following Ukrainian law, that still sounds pretty undemocratic to me. Ukraine possesses Lviv which was Polish since the 1400s. Crimea was Russian from the 1700s as a result of a war with the Ottomans — a war started by the Turkish because they were made that Russia was interfering with Polish internal affairs. Russia has a much stronger claim on Crimea than Ukraine, historically speaking. Lviv was stolen from Poland by a Soviet-Nazi agreement during World War II. If the Russians should leave eastern Ukraine, then certainly the Ukrainians should give Lviv back to Poland right? My point is that the Ukraine conflict isn’t as black and white as people make it out to be. This entire conflict is based on overlapping and often contradictory versions of history. Claiming it’s a battle against fascism is glossing over the realities.
      - seabird 2y ago
        The grumbling about the Azov Battalion and martial law in Ukraine is deflection. Pretty much every nation has some amount of paramilitary nationalism, and it should surprise nobody that a country at total war is going to suspend civil liberties. The war in Ukraine has basically nothing to do with fascism and everything to do with Russian revanchism that NATO would never allow to go unopposed, and it's pretty clear what's in the best interest of Western Europe and the US in this situation. Letting a perennial bad actor walk all over you because there's a veneer of largely irrelevant historical legitimacy over what is pretty clearly a test to see what you'll let slide is just stupid.
tasuki 2y ago
Apparently he swam over the Caspian Sea and made it to Azerbaijan. > The swim covering 179 miles (288 km) was achieved in 31 days as part of his global expedition on foot. With the help of Azerbaijan's coast guard and some swimmers. Wow!
ThinkingGuy 2y ago
See also: Paul Salopek, who's walking from Ethiopia to Patagonia, tracing the path of human migration out of Africa. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Salopek https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Salopek https://outofedenwalk.nationalgeographic.org/ https://outofedenwalk.nationalgeographic.org/
- alex_duf 2y ago
  See also, Nabil Islam who left France in 2023, crossed Europe, Asia, Oceania, and currently crossing America north to South in a single bicycle trip. Mastodon: https://masto.bike/@nabili https://masto.bike/@nabili Strava: https://www.strava.com/athletes/113690657 https://www.strava.com/athletes/113690657
pinkmuffinere 2y ago
Forgive my stupidity -- how is it possible to walk from the new world to the old? How does one walk over the oceans?
- aendruk 2y ago
  The linked article contains a map and written explanation.
- Thorrez 2y ago
  It's possible to walk from Alaska to Russia when the ocean there freezes over. Russia won't be happy if you do that though.

Reminds me of Karl Bushby, who's walking from Chile to England. He made it to at least Kazakhstan so far. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Bushby https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Bushby

beretguy 2y ago

> They were detained by Russian border troop officers while they were crossing the Russian border near the Chukotkan village of Uelen, for not entering Russia at a correct port of entry. They were threatened with being banned from Russia, which would stop the journey. You can always trust russia to be a pain in the neck, to put it mildly.

exe34 2y ago
I'm sure the US would just let anyone in at any point along their border...
- anonzzzies 2y ago
  if i have to believe musk, there is no issue at all doing that.
  - exe34 2y ago
    concerning if true.
    - borski 2y ago
      Luckily, it isn’t.
      - anonzzzies 2y ago
        What? The almighty musk is lying about this? His whole presidential campaign is around needing more kids and illegal immigration. You didn't hand over your country to some criminals & grifters did you? Or maybe it was always in the hands of these people.
        exe34 2y ago
        Elon Musk lie? he would never.
lionkor 2y ago
What a terrible take. Go outside and touch some grass, and then throw away your documents and try to walk across any border on the globe.
- beretguy 2y ago
  Just yesterday/past few days russia bombed Ukraine on a Christmas Day, downed Azerbaijan Airlines plane and cut power cables between Finland and Estonia. My take is good. Your turn to touch grass and stop defending fascists.
  - lionkor 2y ago
    Check out the history of Papua, Mr. CIA ;)
  - briandear 2y ago
    The Ukraine side has fascists of their own, see the Azov Battalion. Also recall, Ukraine suspended elections until after the war. While that’s following Ukrainian law, that still sounds pretty undemocratic to me. Ukraine possesses Lviv which was Polish since the 1400s. Crimea was Russian from the 1700s as a result of a war with the Ottomans — a war started by the Turkish because they were made that Russia was interfering with Polish internal affairs. Russia has a much stronger claim on Crimea than Ukraine, historically speaking. Lviv was stolen from Poland by a Soviet-Nazi agreement during World War II. If the Russians should leave eastern Ukraine, then certainly the Ukrainians should give Lviv back to Poland right? My point is that the Ukraine conflict isn’t as black and white as people make it out to be. This entire conflict is based on overlapping and often contradictory versions of history. Claiming it’s a battle against fascism is glossing over the realities.
    - seabird 2y ago
      The grumbling about the Azov Battalion and martial law in Ukraine is deflection. Pretty much every nation has some amount of paramilitary nationalism, and it should surprise nobody that a country at total war is going to suspend civil liberties. The war in Ukraine has basically nothing to do with fascism and everything to do with Russian revanchism that NATO would never allow to go unopposed, and it's pretty clear what's in the best interest of Western Europe and the US in this situation. Letting a perennial bad actor walk all over you because there's a veneer of largely irrelevant historical legitimacy over what is pretty clearly a test to see what you'll let slide is just stupid.

tasuki 2y ago

Apparently he swam over the Caspian Sea and made it to Azerbaijan. > The swim covering 179 miles (288 km) was achieved in 31 days as part of his global expedition on foot. With the help of Azerbaijan's coast guard and some swimmers. Wow!

ThinkingGuy 2y ago

See also: Paul Salopek, who's walking from Ethiopia to Patagonia, tracing the path of human migration out of Africa. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Salopek https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Salopek https://outofedenwalk.nationalgeographic.org/ https://outofedenwalk.nationalgeographic.org/

alex_duf 2y ago
See also, Nabil Islam who left France in 2023, crossed Europe, Asia, Oceania, and currently crossing America north to South in a single bicycle trip. Mastodon: https://masto.bike/@nabili https://masto.bike/@nabili Strava: https://www.strava.com/athletes/113690657 https://www.strava.com/athletes/113690657

pinkmuffinere 2y ago

Forgive my stupidity -- how is it possible to walk from the new world to the old? How does one walk over the oceans?

aendruk 2y ago
The linked article contains a map and written explanation.
Thorrez 2y ago
It's possible to walk from Alaska to Russia when the ocean there freezes over. Russia won't be happy if you do that though.