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Longest walks (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 115 points 20 hours ago (6 children)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/413371.Worldwalk

The book in question. He was housed by over 400 families while on his walk.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 17 hours ago (4 children)

Did the families take turns, or did they all walk with him?

[–] [email protected] 24 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

Their bodies formed the structure which housed him.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

On that sombre note:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairngorm_Plateau_disaster

It was only on Monday afternoon, when the parents were gathered at the school, that the news came that five of their children were dead. The father explained that the boy who survived was the smallest student in the party; maybe the others (two women leaders, four girls and one boy) had been huddling round him to protect him from the cold

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago

Surprised I've never heard of this, despite me going to the Cairngorms once

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