Hiking the Glenn Highway through Alaska. Published in Asphalt Pilgrims.
Paul Salopek
Every hundred miles Salopek pauses to record the landscape and a person he meets, assembling a global snapshot of humankind. Milestones reflect straight-line distances, but his walked distances are generally much longer. More on these waypoints here.
Every hundred miles Salopek pauses to record the landscape and a person he meets, assembling a global snapshot of humankind. Milestones reflect straight-line distances, but his walked distances are generally much longer. More on these waypoints here.
There had been no camel food in the rock badlands. The camel men, Mohamed Aidahis and Abdoulkader Yarri, sucked on candy, opening the wrappers with a crinkling sound in the heat. Guide Ahmed Alema Hessan shouted into his cell. Trucks boomed on the Ethiopia-Djibouti highway. Something was finished here, over. It was the asphalt.
A wraparound soundscape at this Milestone
This Milestone’s location on a map
Photos of the ground under Paul’s feet and the sky above at this Milestone
A brief question and answer with the first person Paul meets at this Milestone
Ali Dille
District administrator, Age 35
Who are you?
I am the administrator from Hadar wareda. I run that district. (He stopped his vehicle on the highway to ask if I needed a lift.)
Where do you come from?
I am from Hadar. The American scientist Johansen works there. And Bill. They are famous. Big scientists. It is where Lucy was found. All people come from there — from Hadar. All the world’s people — they moved from here. After that we went to other African countries.
Where are you going?
I am going to Dalifagi. Where everyone else is going, I don’t know.
A video showing the landscape around this Milestone
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