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.
It was the first rain of the season. It came with fistfuls of blown dust, and it barely wet the sand. The sand turned from pale yellow to yellow-ocher. From the waiting desert rose the aromatic smell of plants: a green breath exhaled. The monsoons had arrived.
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
Babu Lal Sharma and Puneet Mahender Jangid
Carpenter, 60, and grandson, 6
Who are you?
A normal man.
Where do you come from?
I’m from India.
Where are you going?
As I grow old, there’s only one way to go—to God.
A video showing the landscape around this Milestone
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