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Dave Kunst

Dave Kunst (born July 16, 1939) is the first person independently verified to have walked around the Earth. The walk was intended to be achieved along with his brother John, but during the event John was shot and killed by bandits, and Dave wounded; Dave resumed and completed the walk with another brother, Peter. His walk was officially stated to be .

Kunst's walk may not have been the first circumnavigation by foot; ''Guinness World Records'' mentions George Matthew Schilling as being reputed to have circumnavigated the globe between 1897 and 1904. Provided by Wikipedia