The Great New Zealand Walk for HOPE

The Great New Zealand Walk for HOPE

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On January 1st, 2016 at Picton, New Zealand, heading East counter-clockwise on foot, solo and unsupported, an endurance-defying attempt by veteran and World Record holder Christopher Neil Linton (53), aka The Earth Walk Man, to become the first person in recorded history to circumambulate [walk] the entire picturesque North and majestic South Islands of beautiful New Zealand will commence - no less than 6,500km ( 3,500 miles ). Stewart Island and Chatham Island are included on the schedule, making this epic walk a historic first.

This history-making long-distance charity-walk is planned to take a minimum of 11½ months of walking, through unforgiving weather extremes ( 50-weeks or 350-days ), will take 1,200+ walk-hours, require 7,350,000 steps, and burn an estimated 1,000,000 calories.

The aim of the walk is to raise funds, bring awareness to, and combat the stigma associated with 'Mood Disorders’ such as Depression and Bipolar Disorder. In addition, it is with enthusiastic conviction that Chris also supports our servicemen, woman, and his fellow veterans who suffer the affects of ‘Stress Disorders’, especially PTSD.

Chris is an expat and average New Zealand-born kiwi bloke. He is an educator, trainer, published author, and cross-cultural psychologist, a lifelong survivor/thriver who lives daily with the symptoms of debilitating Bipolar II Disorder and mild Post Traumatic Stress Disorder ( PTSD ). He also struggles daily with degenerative Diabetes II.

It all started on June 16th, 2015, when Chris, on a Bipolar manic-high, accomplished his first two World Records: The first father-son team to walk across Tasmania, Australia, and The first person in recorded history to circumambulate Tasmania, Australia, a distance of 1,400 km ( 870 miles ), 300 walk-hours, over an agonizing snow-blizzard plagued 46-days.

Chris hopes to raise at least $250.000 for each of the organizations he represents:

• The Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand,
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• The Green Project - Supporting the health and well-being of our servicemen, servicewoman, and veterans who live with the symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder ( PTSD ), and a special request to support his walks with a compassionate donation to, and
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• The Earth Walk Community Support Fund ( Chris’s wellbeing fund ).
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We are confidant that you will support Chris, those New Zealanders in need, and our servicemen, women, and veterans.

• FOLLOW The Great New Zealand Walk for HOPE on The Earth Walk Community Facebook page at: www.facebook.com/earth.walk.new.zealand
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• READ Chris’s daily blog, with stories and pictures covering his day-to-day adventures, as they unfold at:http://www.earthwalkcommunity.com/blog-nz
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• DONATE and SUPPORT Chris and the causes he represents at: http://www.earthwalkcommunity.com/donations
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To support Chris with an offer of a nights accommodation, meal/s, or to schedule to walk with him for a day, a few days, a week, or more, email Chris at: earthwalkman@gmail.com

MEDIA may contact Chris at earthwalkman@gmail.com

C. Neil Linton ( Chris )
The Earth Walk Man

Educator, Trainer, Author
Cross-cultural Psychologist,
Desert Storm Veteran ( SGT-P, 71MC, NCOIC ), and
Double World Record Holder.

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Without your kind financial support for The Earth Walk Man ( Mr. Christopher N. Linton ), events such as The Great New Zealand Walk for HOPE can’t occur. Chris is dedicated to walking the earth for the purpose of raising funds, bringing awareness to, and combating the stigma associated with 'Mood Disorders' such as Depression and Bipolar Disorder.

Your kind donations help make the upcoming walks for HOPE possible. Please donate today at: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=997LMZ8JM6NEA

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