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07-29-2016, 09:32 PM
From the Pacific to the Atlantic: One man's 3,000 mile walk across America
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Motivated by a sense of adventure, Ben Davis (http://benwalksamerica.com/), 30, just made a five-month, cross-country trip from Los Angeles to Boston – all by foot.
He finished the trip on July 23, and ever since then has been doing a victory lap around the internet, which was such a big part of his experience. He has shared videos, pictures and stories of the huge, impressive trek.
"I was doing it because it was there. To see if I could," Davis said in a Reddit AMA (https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/4v22dd/last_we_talked_i_was_at_50_im_happy_to_report_i/) this week. "Humans have an innate desire to explore and adventure and that's what I was tapping into more than anything."
Davis, who catalogued his journey on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/bendoeslife/), told Mashable his favorite part of it all was the people he met. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/29/five-months-walking-across-america/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Motivated by a sense of adventure, Ben Davis (http://benwalksamerica.com/), 30, just made a five-month, cross-country trip from Los Angeles to Boston – all by foot.
He finished the trip on July 23, and ever since then has been doing a victory lap around the internet, which was such a big part of his experience. He has shared videos, pictures and stories of the huge, impressive trek.
"I was doing it because it was there. To see if I could," Davis said in a Reddit AMA (https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/4v22dd/last_we_talked_i_was_at_50_im_happy_to_report_i/) this week. "Humans have an innate desire to explore and adventure and that's what I was tapping into more than anything."
Davis, who catalogued his journey on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/bendoeslife/), told Mashable his favorite part of it all was the people he met. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/29/five-months-walking-across-america/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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