Stuff, New Zealand
‘I sold my house and just started walking.’ As Dutchman Tom Boerman regales his hiking buddy with tales of hairy border crossings, Croatian prisons and camp cook-ups, it’s clear he is enamoured with his mission.
His mission is to be the first person to walk across all seven continents, yes – even Antarctica. As of Friday, he’s on day 557 of his adventure, which has taken him through Western Europe, down the Balkan peninsula, across the steppes and archipelagos of Asia and across the Australian outback.“I started on May 8, 2021,” he chuckles. In the midst of the pandemic and with some restrictions being lifted in Europe, Boerman said: “well you had to do something!”
