I really don't understand Americans and their racial stuff. Why white?
this post was submitted on 23 Mar 2025
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Americans (especially non white Americans) tend to speak very frankly about race in a way that can make Europeans uncomfortable. In this context "white" is simply meant to conjure an image of someone with disposable income.
(See "black twitter")
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I think it has to do with the very high number of "van life" vloggers who overwhelmingly seem to be white American couples. Google van life vloggers and take a look at the image results.
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If I can average v km/hr with gear at x hr/day this hike will take 22387/v/x/365 years.
As long as you film it and put it on the internet, why not!
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You can see their shadows wandering off somewhere, they won't make it home, but they really don't care...
Could it be a Fastball reference...? Hmm...
If I can average 1.5km/hr with gear at 9hr/day this hike will take 4.5 years.
Post a link to your GoFundMe I'll kick in a few bucks.
1.5km/h is super slow, no?
That's an average over the 9 hours, so including breaks.
You aim for 50km a day when you’re backpacking (5 an hour, 10 hours a day)
But there are some pretty hot climates you are walking through and water will be scarce
You have to allow for the countries where you'll be jailed for spying (because fuck you) which will lower your average.
I occasionally do long walks, but I know, when I do 30km that day, I need 2 days to recover and 3 months to be willing to do that shit again.
50km a day? Call an ambulance at 40km.
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you have to consider that humans need rest sometimes
I think that was taken into account in their calculation and the 1.5km/h wasn't an average including rest hours but only the speed while actually walking.
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Yeah, it is. Average walking speed is like 4 - 5 km/h. 30km/day is a good marching speed. So, 2.4 years, assuming 30km a day, 6 days a week.
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Bruh fuck no, I'm gonna die in South Sudan if I walk this.
Fucking impressive to make it that far tbh
Depends which end you start.
...or maybe that doesn't matter.
I was assuming cape town, still impressive to walk through multiple countries.
That whole middle east area is getting fucked by Israel. They will target you for fun, regardless of skin color.
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In their 250k Mercedes maxed rigged van
Where they practice yoga, meditation and raw vegan cooking. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
If the goal is to go straight there, yeah. If the goal is longest, you'll have a hell of a lot of detours
I got curious. The map/path is real.
BUT
The map begins and ends pretty arbitrarily. Both roads keep going before and beyond those points.
It assumes a ferry ride across the Suez canal (although there is seemingly a new-ish floating bridge that allows pedestrians to cross the canal, but it is only floated out at certain times (and maybe doesn't exist anymore after a boat collision incident?))
On the map it just crosses the red sea, how is this a continuous road?
Who do they think can walk this, Moses?
I think it's a misrepresentation. This is probably the two most distant places by Google Maps trip duration.
If you keep reading they introduce a new skill that just let's you walk on top the water.
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How do you cross the Meme Zar?
What’s the road?
Smith Street
187 days, if you're walking continuously 24/7
This route is for sleepwalkers only.
In the very loose meaning of "can walk". This road crosses several dangerous areas for multiple reasons, from war and jungles, to deserts and tundra, not to mention all the visas you'd need.
There's a guy on Youtube who crossed the entire length of Africa on foot. Got kidnapped twice IIRC.
Russ Cook.
i can think of much more exciting things to do if i had a death wish tbh
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What is this a reference to?
Moses crossing the red sea? I don't know but the route on the map definitely crosses from Africa to Asia too far south.
Also, you can't walk across the Suez canal.
Your can if you're a zombie. But you can't use either a phone or a paper map underwater, so you might end up wandering around the Indian Ocean. Unless you can navigate by the stars, idk how clear that water is.