How Long Would It Take To Walk Around The World?

Ben explains what goes into calculating how long it would take to traverse the globe on foot, and tells us about some intrepid explorers who've tried to do it.
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[@mattlm64]

It would take me a couple of seconds... at the poles.

[@BrainStuffShow]

+Matthew Mitchell 8/10, chuckled aloud. Thanks for watching! -Ben

[@elimalinsky7069]

+ .Matthew Mitchell less than a second if you stand exactly at one of the poles and make a 360 turnaround

[@SimonVelazquez]

He definitely ate the dog.

[@offjvlone8969]

Same thing I was thinking

[@TheTrulynice1412]

dog said fuck u nigga I'm out in Brazil.......big booty bitches out there!

[@RexiousX]

+Simon Velazquez At least he didn't have to turn to cannibalism to survive. Poor Dog :-(

[@restinpeace1228]

no doubt bro

[@NamiduIndunel]

Damit late 3 years

[@cancerousmonkey6522]

man the furthest ive walked is from my computer to the toilet and back

[@lastshadow2542]

Ha I walked to my living room (I play in my bedroom)

[@rolerbo9101]

Ha! Weak! I've walked, wait for it To my front lawn and back.

[@contingenceBoston]

I legit walked down the street today. Not even fucking around.

[@kierad479]

CancerousMonkey I walk to my school

[@nickinthecave]

@@kierad479 watch out we got an atlethe over here

[@nsowers194]

I will walk 500 miles, and I will walk 500 more.

[@jaystic7993]

The Proclaimers

[@Shahyan008]

Nicole S. with you I'll walk 501 miles

[@littletimmy5654]

Nicole S. you have walked 1000 miles

[@Matt-zy1qw]

reminds me of car trip, ted and Marshall

[@BigDogsDangler]

But will you Haver?

[@jayneutron]

"The man who attempted to walk around the Earth drowned today" - George Carlin.

[@AkeN996]

I was surprized that a Romanian guy managed to walk around the world, even if it took 13 damn years to do that, taking in consideration that he was a normal villager with no much knowledge, but with great adventurous temper. :D

[@DanDC1]

I'm Romanian! (Sunt român!)

[@AkeN996]

Dan The Troll Well, I'm also Romanian mate! ;)

[@firasalboni3787]

I am Romanian too!

[@AkeN996]

firas alboni Good for ya mate!

[@GrayShark09]

+Alexandru Nan Ernest Români din toate zările, uniţi-vă! :D

[@ant420]

Damn those bandits, go back to Skyrim!

[@Master_Therion]

+Anton Markovskis (TGFAnton) "You picked a bad time to get lost, friend." "You'll be so much easier to rob when you're dead!" Famous last words ^_^

[@ant420]

Master Therion Damn son

[@CaptainHeadcrab]

+Master Therion j Bandit: *getting decapitated* Bandit: Ha! like the bite of a flea! Bandit: *drops dead*

[@CaptainHeadcrab]

+Master Therion j Bandit: *getting decapitated* Bandit: Ha! like the bite of a flea! Bandit: *drops dead*

[@aznbboy17]

second question. how many calories does it takes?

[@stemm09]

+Brian Pham How many dogs would one have to eat?

[@CosstaJR]

you loose 1kg per 100 kilometres just by walking. p.s: you can do that in a few hours. Edit: also 1 kg or two pounds is about 7700 calories.

[@charlotteflipsalot9904]

I did the tongiriro crossing is New Zealand in one day 23km, and I have also done the Abel Tasman which was 45km in 3 days 😁

[@akashdeepdas9340]

Yesterday I met a 68 y/o man Kuno Jakob from Germany who is walking all the way. I am from Assam,India he was on his way to Nagaland and to Myanmar According to sources he covered 15 countries and 20 states of India. Great spirit

[@JakeTheHuman_]

I'm actually really happy that you mentioned what happened to the dog and didn't just leave it in the open

[@Rofl890]

3:32 If you read the Wikipedia article it says the dog stopped in Florida with the guy who died there. Presumably either the dog was adopted by someone in Flordia or became a stray there, or was eaten by alligators there.

[@TheProfessorTolkien]

Dave Kunst is actually from my hometown. There is a large mural in town depicting him and his group the Earthwalkers. It's nice to see them getting some recognition outside of their hometown.

[@MrWobble666]

There is someone attempting this right now. You should search (including KZbin) for Karl Bushby. He's been attempting the longest walk possible to bring him back to his home town of Hull (UK). He started at the tip of South America (just like the walk shown in the video), and figured out how to cross the Bering Strait to go from America to Russia. It's an amazing story, and he published a book, Giant Steps, about it up to the point of getting to Russia. And that's were he hit problems. He's still doing the walk, after finally getting permission to stay long enough in Russia (especially Siberia) to complete that section.

[@WalkorBikeinCities]

Awesome and beautiful video

[@geojelly9830]

I'm attempting to walk across my country; Flanders. I've done 28 kilometers so far from my home to Brussels. So i got a long way to go still

[@codywilliams7702]

When I was 21 I walked from San Francisco to St.Augustine it took 8 months and I've since biked from New York to Seattle which was accomplished in under 2 months.

[@young_fella]

This is pretty impromptu, but Im planning on doing something similar, though to a far lesser extent over this summer break. Is there any advice you can give me? Where did you sleep each night, and what would you /would you not recommend doing while traveling?

[@nextlevel5265]

I walked almost 20 miles one day in Southern California. I was exhausted!

[@davoodjalili7825]

Thanks for the video. The longest I have walked is 12 hours of non-stop hike with an hour for breakfast (after 3 hours of hike) and lunch (after 4 hours of hike post-breakfast). From Hong Kong Gold Coast to Shek O. You may google and see the amazing hike.

[@quagmire4469]

It’s still on my bucket list

[@armanhadi777]

If I ever say that to a friend ( let's step up and walk the earth around), I am to be provided immediate medical attention!!

[@CMZneu]

Opium overdose! well seems like they took their time.

[@1234qwer9315]

Very nice

[@Mr-DNA_]

Walking around the earth is now officially on my bucket list.

[@USMCKong0311]

My unit did a 15 mile hike every Friday in the Corps. We also did an 80+ mile hike on the mountains of Bridgeport, CA. We got lost. I hated it. lol.

[@pointlessvideoslover427]

my unit(saudi arabian army) we hike 120 mile in the fucking desert with G-3 gun in my hand

[@negativeindustrial]

Damn those peaceful people of Afghanistan!

[@abuk2670]

Neg Ative lol I’m from Afghanistan

[@abuk2670]

But seriously Afghan people are peaceful there is good and bad everywhere u know

[@Dbambini]

abuk same but I was born in belgium, so I only have he blood

[@k1ngN0rk]

@@abuk2670 some places more then others. I would not advise tourism or traveling the country right now

[@rowanmoormann9532]

Right on Man

[@M9Egyptian]

You can't stop me science man!

[@scrappychildhood6633]

It is possible to Drive Around world there is Shallow ocean water bridge between Alaska & Russia that does freeze completely solid sometime durning the winter.

[@awepossum1059]

How long did humans take to migrate to every continent? Tens of thousands of years? I find it amazing that you could walk around the entire globe in a single lifetime if you wanted.

[@jaleencopeland6919]

that interesting

[@grannysvids]

I walked to the shops once!

[@tapxynman]

What about from the north to the south poles? How much time would that take?

[@JustWasted3HoursHere]

[:50] "It's about 24,901 miles across at the equator". "Across" makes it sound like diameter, which is about 7917 miles. What you should probably have said was "24,901 miles AROUND at the equator" or "...in circumference at the equator." JW3HH

[@storyshiftchara1154]

time to try!-

[@mithra2396]

thank you...

[@BrainStuffShow]

+Sachin ^___^ You're welcome!

[@NiSM0pt]

mount and blade 1866 mod music, nice one.

[@dibden99]

just walk around the north or south pole! lol

[@timfoinc.6879]

Like your Post. We should walk to feel and see our earth before the last day of our lives. Instead of depressed and struggling. any nonprofit groups support your Project? We can leave in a group for safety purpose.

[@animeopening8924]

just ask ibn battuta

[@xjorgecorrea]

I really appreciate the fact you also used km measurement. As European I can now understand what you said before. thanks :)

[@bababoey6523]

Baba boey

[@IronheadOfScroteus]

I've hiked 20 miles in one day and bicycled about 100. I never was big on running.

[@ulz_glc]

What about two people riding an animal like a camel or something like that, and they regularly switch places, so that the person behind can sleep and the person infront rides the camel, and after a while they reverse the roles. thats not walking anymore, but I still find this fascinating. This could have been done in the past aswell without technology (except depending of the time, people didnt know much about other continents).

[@upconverter4616]

Length between ear and shoulder angel Israfel (who blow a trumpet on the dooms day) is about 70 thousand day a walk.. Can you imagine how big is it ?

[@GlobalCitizenUK]

Walk Forrest !! Walk!!

[@sudhirchoudhary4823]

Everyone who had this question in their head n searched n Google n found this are genuises and creative people 😊

[@bretthorting9400]

Search Karl Bushby. Walking 38,000 from Chile to Alaska, to Russia, to Iran, and eventually back to his in England. He started 1998. Still not done yet.

[@dollarmanandhaza]

I walked 16.5km in Mallorca from Magaluf to Palma centre

[@catflix_472]

there's a man walking from Indonesia to Saudi Arabia for less than a year. he's not rich tho. I think it's not imposible~

[@Shhehwhsi24]

who?

[@KittyThaliaX23]

That dog bark scared me so much I commented on a 5 year old video

[@DanDC1]

I'm Romanian and my name is Dan too!

[@The0007rishabh]

i have never left the shire frodo. One step more and it'll be the farthest i have ever been. *stares at the scarecrow*

[@cocomunga]

Taking into account inevitable injuries ( you are going to get hurt %100 ) sickness and needing to sleep more after more difficult treks I’d say it would take anyone a very long time. 13 years sounds pretty acceptable to me. They probably stopped for months at a time just for their own sanity.

[@sihlemaholwana7555]

In 2001 my uncle from drc walked from drc to South Africa he made it to South Africa in 2004 why borders animals and military were a major problem as he had to pass through 5 counties oh yeah and civil war was taking place in the region at the time it would end just a year later 2005 he stayed in south Africa for 15 years he soon went back to drc in 2012 he is still there today

[@edim108]

It would be kinda hard for me to go across my continent given that Europe Asia and Africa are kinda one and the same continent and Asia alone is the largest continent. It would be fun though :)

[@Macsk8ing]

That would be a trip I'd definitely take part on, as long as it was paid by some company or something. Just imagine having nothing to do so long just to walk? that being your only goal, so awesome

[@houseofspadesamoderngarden6425]

You realize humanity used to do this chasing hunting living life

[@CiderDivider]

John Hugh Gillis was the first person to cross Canada by foot about 110 years ago. So while it's definitely not impossible, I don't think I could make it. Wishfully thinking... with training I could cross the prairies.

[@hazarsandakly2253]

well my friend actually travels on bicycle from a country to another by resting 10 hours a day he's truly amazing.

[@daultonbaird6314]

bengots thathow thing 's work voice

[@CodyRushDriving]

TLDW: By direct distance, 334 days nonstop, 502 days if you sleep.

[@hoobi052]

Isn’t there like a line on the world that doesn’t have mountains crossing it and then there are bridges to cross throw the oceans or seas. There should be a line like that.

[@geared2cre8]

I thought to myself today "how long would it take to walk around the world"¿?

[@ganon779]

2 months ago someone actually completed this

[@macumbeiro_xx]

I would like to walk from coast to coast in the U.S., maybe from N.Y. city to somewhere in California, but in an alternate life.

[@theraider222]

NOOOO! The perfect repeating order of of brain stuff hosts has been broken! If I can not depend on knowing who will host the next brain stuff episode what can I depend on!?!?

[@keraptisblackrazor2658]

I lost the remote once and had to walk across the lounge to change channels

[@hesham932]

Why on your map .... Only egypt have borders? 00:30 just wondering!!!

[@myusernameissoobnoxiouslyl1466]

Skip to 4:27 for your answer. You're welcome!

[@momussss]

I've just walk to my fridge and already got tired. Maybe start walking around the world tomorrow.

[@ErwinSniedzins]

People seeking goals can get fixated on outlandish objectives. Spending 11 years for Jean from Montreal and 13 years for the Romanian sure took up a lot of Forrest Gump mindless moments. Others spend 11 years getting a PhD or building a business, working in a factory, raising a family and so. Everyone has 1000 minutes everyday to run, walk, sit and think of what to do with the 1,000,000 hour in their life. Me, i climbed Mt. Everest, wrote 12 books, traveled to 102 countries, invented the Knowledge Generator and so on

[@KydaIndie]

I'm disappointed that there were no Forrest Gump jokes. I expected better of you guys :(

check out going coastel on facebook a guy walked new zealand

[@kevinramirez8479]

I walked from my school to my house and my school was 4.5 mi away from me it took a hour and 30 mins

[@salfromjersey2197]

Cheers to everyone else high as hell who made there way here 🍻

[@wallflower15875]

Longest I've ever walked is not very far. About 4 miles. I've biked almost 15 miles before though, and I used to bike 6 miles every day from home to school until I stopped after 4 weeks.

[@moovendiranmoovendiran5104]

Can we get out of earth by walking or traveling by car

[@KushDaddys]

Just keep runnin forest!

[@DieDie]

I am thinking walking around world but I think I can't do it alone

[@jake6111]

Or you can walk coast to coast then once you hit the ocean, hop on a cruise liner with a gym and hop.on the treadmill, start walking again once you get to whatever country you're in now. Haha. You're technically still walking.

[@WCGwkf]

furthest I've gone in one day is like 16 miles round trip up 3000 feet

[@randomguy8181]

These guys are from Romania to and they've walked throughout their country facebook.com/piratiimuntelui/

[@neutronstar6739]

remain me of around the world in 80 days novel

[@zackhariasblucher1515]

I have walk a cross sweden, and thats like 150 mils!

[@madanana2380]

I think normal walking ability is 4 hour a day so it takes almost 7 years to across the earth in straight line .. by using horses it takes maybe 2-3 years .. the earth is big for 1 man but it small for 7 billion of them

[@fatqueer6166]

could i do it without money ?

[@issacvalenzuela5816]

I walked from my room to get a glass of milk from my kitchen. That's about it.

[@LiamFordCr395ash]

The longest walk lve done was walk from Narellan to Campbelltown

[@ccrpalex]

Furthest I had to walk was when I couldn't find parking around my house and I had to park 5 blocks and walk home.

[@Thephil-rr6el]

this is the guy fro stuff the dont want you to know

[@IveGotABulletproofHeart]

the most i walked was when i visited france. holy shit i was so tierd.

[@amunra3111]

Using magnetic North it takes just over a year and that is at a good pace and little sleep. If you was to walk in a straight line, you would never reach the end. "I am the wisest man alive for I know one thing and that is that I know nothing at all " ^plato3-616

[@110584aaaaaa]

It s possible in like half a year if there would be a straight line and perfect conditions. Though you have to speed up, like attending in a marathon...I guess😏🙄

[@HamzaBaghlani]

hey i want to go in the year walking around the world...27/12/2017 in my birthday....becaus i hait this fucking life i want be alon

[@ccghosts8513]

All I know is that I'm gonna have Pokémon go on XD

[@daultonbaird6314]

10 miles ben. 1986 . gettin car parts

[@LunaticLime1136]

The furthest I walked was to the Kitchen and back to the living Room :)

[@chrisgonzcgcg]

This video is adjunct to a quick Google maps search...

[@davidcampbell667]

I walked all the way from my bed to the fridge and back

[@davesaenz3732]

Why would anyone do that?

[@daultonbaird6314]

my brane's tuff