I Walk for Love: 1 person, 100 days, 2,000 miles

Full Name:
Jordan Dibb

Living in:
Minneapolis, MN

Listening to:

Earth For Foxes

Eating for Breakfast:
Eggs & Toast

Where does your story begin? (Set the scene)
I graduated college in the spring of 2009 and for 6 months attempted to find a job that was worthwhile. After thousands of resumes sent out and countless interviews with nothing to show for it, I decided I wanted to do something constructive with my time. Then the earthquake in Haiti hit and I decided I wanted to go down there to aid in relief efforts. But after calling many non-profits I learned that I needed background experience in Disaster Aid - which I didn't have. When I asked one of the organizations how I was supposed to get down to Haiti to help then, she simply replied, "Well you could always walk". That put the idea in my head that I could fundraise on my own and ended up planning and completing a 2,000 mile journey, where I walked from Minneapolis, MN to Miami, FL in 100 days, raising nearly $40,000 for Action Against Hunger, a non-profit who was supplying disaster relief in Haiti.

Within days of creating my walk's fan page on Facebook, I had thousands of followers. During the 100 days that I walked across the country I gained nearly 12,000 followers, which helped me spread the word about my cause. A lot of the donations that I raised for Haiti came from those Facebook followers. Facebook also allowed me to better plan my walking route. People saw that I would be walking through their town and messaged me, inviting me for dinner as I passed through or even giving me a place to sleep for the night. Of the 100 nights during my walk, I spent more than 80 nights with families I had never met, a lot of them hearing about me through Facebook.

If the story doesn't end there: Did this event spread to impact the lives of other people?
It definitely did! In 3 months my friends, family and Facebook followers raised nearly $40,000 dollars for Haiti! Those donations helped feed and water men, women and children in Haiti. I just couldn't believe so many people could come together and make such a difference for others who they had never even met before. LINK

Gorilla walks like a man!

This is Ambam, a bachelor Western Lowland gorilla at Port Lympne Wild Animal Park in Kent, England. He loves to walk around like this!
The video was taken by Johanna Watson whilst she was working for a project on great ape locomotion. LINK, Via: Youtube

Time Lapse of Guy Walking Across America

[YouTube - Link]

From New York across Indiana, Illinois, South Dakota, Colorado, Utah, Nevada to California, a film crew with a Canon 5D followed a guy on a long walk across the U.S. Thanks to some amazing stop motion photography, you can see the journey that took just a couple of weeks in under two minutes.
- Via: frequency, Via: Neatorama

Tightrope walker breaks world record

A man has broken a Guinness World Record for tightrope walking after living above Beijing's Bird's Nest Stadium for 60 days.

Adili Wushouer came down to the ground to cheers from hundreds of spectators.



He spent five hours every day on a 60-metre high steel wire, measuring just 3.3cms in diameter.

Adili, who has already held five Guinness World Records for various stunts, is the most famous tightrope walker in China. LINK, Via: Youtube

Walk on water (Liquid Mountaineering)

Liquid Mountaineering is a new sport which is attempting to achieve what man has tried to do for centuries: walk on water. Or to be more precise: running on water. We are developing the sport from scratch. By accident we found out that with the right water repellent equipment you can run across bodies of water, just like a stone skimming the surface. http://www.liquidmountaineering.blogs... Via: Youtube

Coon Rapids Dam (HDV) March 2010

Rapid waters at the Coon Rapids dam along the Mississippi River. Loved the sound and watching the different waves in the water.

Took this while I was out for my walk. LINK: Youtube

Coon Rapids Dam (HDV) March 2010

Rapid waters at the Coon Rapids dam. Loved the sound and watching the different waves in the water.

Took this while I was out for my walk. LINK: Youtube

Giant walking stick insect

“They’re masters of disguise and are so fascinating!” LINK, Via: Youtube

Stop-motion journey up Yonge Street

Atiev and D.J. Pataeve walked the a long length of Ontario's Yonge Street, that originates at Lake Ontario and stretches all the way up to the Arctic Circle (depending on how you define the street), taking stop motion images all the way. It's a really lovely bit of video.

Stopping to Take in Yonge Street, Via: Vimeo, Via: Boingboing

Salvador Dali Taking His Anteater for a Walk

Surrealist Salvador Dalí is best known for his twisted sense of reality and striking paintings. However I had no idea he was an anteater fan as well. LINK

Source: thisisnthappiness.com

Boston Dynamics PETMAN predicts the future of man as pet

At this stage of its development, PETMAN is here to assist mankind. However, it's clearly fated to be weaponized as an AT-ST walker in support of Imperial ground forces. For the time being anyway, this biped humanoid is being built by Boston Dynamics to test military suits used to protect soldiers in chemical warfare. As an evolutionary advance from its four-legged BigDog platform, PETMAN does the ol' heel-toe at a healthy 3.2 MPH (5.14 KPH) and packs enough balancing intelligence to remain upright even when given a shove from the side.



LINK, Via: Make, Via: Youtube

Max Knight’s Walking Bike

Can you walk your bike and ride it at the same time? You can with Max Knight’s "Walking Bike." Instead of tires, Max uses 8 pairs of sneakers, complete with black ankle socks!

Link - Via: Make, Via: Neatorama