There\u2019s a group on Facebook that\u2019s been around for a few years. It was started by an Acoustic Neuroma patient who lives in New South Wales, Australia as part of an annual awareness event of the International Brain Tumor Alliance in 2007.
Suu Blundell sent out an invitation through another group of Acoustic Neuroma survivors, inviting others to create our own walk. I was one of the first dozen to sign up in the \u201cWalk Around the World for Acoustic Neuroma Awareness\u201d group. We checked in daily (or weekly) and reported our steps which were diligently logged in by a handful of volunteer administrators. And Suu, the spearhead of the group, acknowledged every step reported.
There were more than 150 participants who collectively and successfully amassed enough steps to make it around the world more than five times.
How many steps does it take to walk around the world once?? There are far better mathematicians in the world than I but I\u2019ll give it a math-nerd shot. Google says the circumference of the Earth at the equator as 24,901.55 miles. As there are 5,280 feet in a mile, this equates to 131,480,184 feet. If a regular person takes a step of approximately 2 feet, then it would take a person 65,740,092 steps. That number will have lots and lots of variables
considering the number 24,901.55 is assuming that the earth is completely flat. Going up and down hills\/mountains would change the amount of steps by a lot. The World Walk target of circling the Earth at the Equator equals (24,901 miles or 40,075 kms) = 52,590,912 steps!!!!!
There are days where I get between 2 and 4000 steps. Honestly, that makes me feel bad about my level of participation. I bet I\u2019m not the only one..I see when others say \u201cso and so walked for me\u201d I got pushed in a wheelchair\u201d They don\u2019t understand that EVERY STEP COUNTS\u2026from when\/if you get out of bed until you go back to bed. I personally walked over 1000 miles, more than 2 million steps in the past year.
I jokingly once asked Suu how many steps it would take to reach the moon.
Be careful what you wish for\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This<\/a> group is now open to ALL brain tumor patients and their friends and family. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Thank you Suu and all of the other administrators. I\u2019m looking forward to the beginning of an amazing journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Happy New Year!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There\u2019s a group on Facebook that\u2019s been around for a few years. It was started by an Acoustic Neuroma patient who lives in New South Wales, Australia as part of an annual awareness event of the International Brain Tumor Alliance … Continue reading