This is the story of a non-motorized circumnavigation of the earth. The author made his way around the world in stages over several years using whatever means of forward progress were appropriate to the terrain and season. En route he walked, ran. bicycled, mushed dogs, climbed, kayaked, sailed and swam, and in the process became the first person to swim from Russia to Alaska.

This is a biographical dewscription of six decads of long distance running all over the world.