People Argue Over The Longest Possible Route You Could Walk Across Earth

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Ally Perry • Writer and Editor
Mar 6, 2022 6:00 PM EST

It's hard to conceptualize in our tiny little brains just how vast Earth and all of its land is. If you've ever been on a long distance flight and watched the tiny plane on the screen inch its way across oceans and borders, you'll know just how strange it feels.

In most cases, it is pretty difficult to travel long distances without the assistance of some kind of transport that doesn't involve you moving your feet. This doesn't stop the occasional intrepid explorer from pushing the limits of how long a person can journey across the world unaided. How far these kinds of people tend to go can vary, but the absolute maximum is usually across a country or two. 

However, the realm of possibility extends much further than that. In case anybody is feeling particularly ambitious, somebody has decided to calculate the largest distance that a person could travel on foot using Google Maps. Stretching from the tip of South Africa to the top of Russia, @MarkTomasovic posted it to Twitter — and many were skeptical of the journey's credentials. Jokes and logistics aside, it's probably not something that most would try and attempt, even if they could part the Red Sea.


 

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    Map - Mark Tomasovic @MarkTomasovic This is the longest continuous path you can walk in the world Battin ty Arctic Ocean East Greenland Arctic Ocean Siberian Sea Lobrodor Sea Iceland Barents Sea Kara Sea O Magadan Sea of Okhotsk Sweden * 4,492 h 22,387 km Finland Ireland Denmark Poland France. Austria Spain Ukraine Mongolia Japan Italy Romania Kazakhstan South Korea Morocco Greece Tunisia Uzbekistan Kyrgyzstan East China Sea China Western Sahara Turkey Turkmenistan Algeria Mauritania Iraq Afghan
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    Ecoregion - Architects Against Humanity @arch_crimes Replying to @MarkTomasovic Fact check: False. Baffin Bay Arctic Ocean Arctic Ocean East Siberian Sea Greenland Labrodor Sea Iceland Barents Sea Kara Sea O Magadan Sea of Okhotsk Sweden Finland 4492 h 22,387 k Ireland Denmark Sp Monolia Japan Italy Romania Kazakstan South Korea Morocco Greece Tunisia Uzbektan Kyrgyzan East China Sea Western China Sahara Turkmenistan Philippine Sea Mauritania Libya Afahanistan Iran Mali Patan Nepal Guinea Miger
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    Map - SampleSimple - 2% @SampleSimpleTWT Replying to @arch_crimes and @MarkTomasovic checkmate
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    Ecoregion - TEST PARTON Bored ape # 7 @BUSH_FI JESUIS CHARE Replying to @MarkTomasovic hmmm...: 55 ef Tabuk Dahab تبوك Sharm El-Sheikh 80 Sharma Al-Disah 65 Duba Hurghada الغردقة 55 Bada Safaga phag سوها 60 AI Wajh Qena Quseer القصير Nagaa Hammadia نجع حمادي Luxor Gulf of Suez -- ----
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    Water resources - Sarmad @Yeeeezzzyyy Replying to @MarkTomasovic It's Japan ! * 182 d Finland eden Russia 'oland Ukraine Kazakhstan Mongolia Turkey an China Iraq Egypt Pakistan ibya India Thailand Sudan 182 d 10 hr a Chad Ethiopia Kenya DRC Indonesia Papu Tanzania GL gola nibia Indian Madagascar Ocean Australia Africa Google Ali Aboozia @picornav Unless you are Jesus you can't walk from Japan
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    Map - Will Ricketts @willricketts Replying to @MarkTomasovic I believe this is, being that it doesn't end Aectie do Greenland fe keland Russia Sweden Norway Finland United Kingdem Estonia Denmak North Korea Latvia Lahuania Netherlands Belgum Berine Poland Ooen SA Mongolie Belarus Wes K Wakee France Crechis Austria Slovaka Portugal Loben Madn Ukraine Moldova Romania Hungary Karakhetan Croatie Spain aly Serbia China Bulgaria Kyrgytan Uabekistan Tawan Moricne Georga Greece Anr Arerbajan Tajkistan T
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    Water - YZ ile Borsa + Kripto @BorsacYapay Replying to @MarkTomasovic Can you part Red Sea? gypt
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    Font - David Fry @frydave Replying to @MarkTomasovic Not really. Instead it looks like it might be the shortest path you can walk between the two points on land on Earth separated by the longest geodesic distance but that are still connected by a continuous path. There are infinitely many longer paths between those two points.
    via frydave
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    Map - Returned Expat @ExpatAftermath Replying to @MarkTomasovic You can walk across the Bering Strait when it's frozen Walking across the world 2006 He crosses the Bering Strait. FINISH: London Moscow, REMAINING ROUTE TO COMPLETE 2011 - Bushby accidentally strays into one of Far Eastern Russia's militarized security zones – without his wallet. After that, he is banned from Russia for five years. Los Angeles Washington, D.C. Sept. 2013 Bushby begins to walk from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C., i
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    World - Rune @reckoncraft Replying to @MarkTomasovic This is probably longer twitter.com/MarkTomasovic/... Batn siy Aretic Occan Easi Greenland Aretic Ocean Sibeion Labredo Da leeland Biete Sos Kana Cea owagadan Seso Inaland Fiolend Den re Rolind sance Ukrae RomaNs Japan Rgol zak ian Suuth Kareu Norocco Tuke Uzista j krin Chita Echna Ses Western Turkiner n Maurita Phitgpine Sa Atlaiisar Egypt Paktan Nea Guinne Nyarmár (Burina Philippinea Seud Aro sulf of Gui Yemen Bay o Benga and Gull of den Auo
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    Ecoregion - Matt Everson @matt_everson Replying to @MarkTomasovic Yours. For now. LONGEST ROAD 2 Victory Points! This card goes to the player with the longest unbroken road of at least 5 segments. Another player who builds a longer road takes this card.
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    Font - Arvind Gopalan @arvind_gopalan Replying to @MarkTomasovic My dad walked this everyday to get to his school . He also didn't have shoes.
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    Ecoregion - Jarod @JeepJarod PUCK FUTIN Replying to @MarkTomasovic Or...if you wanted to make it a slightly more challenging "leg day" and add an extra 2000kms, you could start just north of Provideniya. Bering Sea Pevek Anadyr CHUKOTKA East Siberian Sea (AOK) OSherskiy Koryakia AOk) CHU KOTKA AUTONOMOUS DISTRICT Kolyma Kamohatka Petropavlovsk NORTH ievero-Evensky Magadan Kamchatskiy O PACIFIC ОСЕAN Sea of Okhotsk Okhotsk Evensk KURIL ISLANDS Okha O hov SAKRAIN chatka sula Tunda o KHABAROVSK Ber
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