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George Meegan
George Meegan (born 2 December 1952) is a British adventurer and alternative educator best known for his unbroken walk of the Western Hemisphere from the southern tip of South America to the northernmost part of Alaska at Prudhoe Bay. This journey on foot was of 19,019 miles (30,608 km) in 2,425 days〔Guinness World Records, "Officially Amazing," http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records-1/fastest-journey-on-foot-pan-american-highway/〕 (1977-1983) and is documented in his book ''The Longest Walk'' (1988).〔Meegan, George, ''The Longest Walk: The Record of our World's First Crossing of the Entire Americas'', Xlibus, 1988, ISBN 1436327385〕 He received substantial media coverage (including appearances on the ''Today Show'', ''CBS Morning News'' and ''Larry King Live'') and was featured in numerous public speaking forums.
In the course of his walk and subsequent worldwide residencies, Meegan developed a profound interest in indigenous cultures; he sought innovative ways to teach native peoples how to flourish in modern technological society while retaining their language and identity. In 2014, he authored ''Democracy Reaches the Kids'',〔Meegan, George, ''Democracy Reaches the Kids: Rekindling the joy of learning'', Free Man Publishing Company, 2014 (http://www.amazon.com/Democracy-Reaches-Kids-Rekindling-learning/dp/1496135237/)〕 a book about how persons of all cultures may best learn what they truly want to know in life, naturally and joyfully, without centralized government compulsion. Meegan lives internationally and has a wife, Yoshiko, in Japan. They have two children.
==Early life==
Shortly after George was born, his father left and his mother died from cancer. He was raised by his mother's older brother, Geoffrey Meegan, a former Royal Engineer, and Geoffrey’s wife, Frieda, who was an auxiliary nurse at Keycol Hill Hospital. Legally adopted at age three, George’s name was changed from Killingbeck to Meegan. He grew up in Rainham, Kent, England, attending schools: Meredale, Wakeley Road, and Orchard Street. At 16, he signed on as a cadet aboard the T.S. Worcester, under the Thames Nautical Training College at Greenhithe. From there he went to sea in the Merchant Navy, first, on the MV ''Trecarne'' (1970), then the other tramp freighter ''Hain-Nourse'', which was then a part of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P&O)—embarking on his childhood ambition for a life of ‘high adventure.’
Seafaring took him to more than 100 international ports of call, including Hong Kong, Bombay, Calcutta, Melbourne, Port Elizabeth, Cape Town, Antwerp, Dar es Salaam, and Mombasa. A crossing from Japan to Chile took over 30 days. A notable incident (during his anchorage off Lagos, Nigeria) in which Meegan played an important role—maintaining order aboard his ship, the Omar—is now called The Great Cement Scandal of 1975.〔Keeley, George Meegan: ''The Longest Walk Companion, A Biography'', Free Man Pub., 2013, ISBN 978-1493731435, Appendix- ‘Nigeria Great Cement Scandal,’ Letter, 18 Sept. 2013〕 Meegan’s career at sea spanned six-and-a-half years, serving in eleven ships. He finished in 1976 as second mate in navigation.
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