Kilted trekker halfway

A 22-year-old man from Paisley says he has reached the halfway point of a 3,000-mile walk across the United States, wearing a kilt the whole way. (aol.com) Craig Ferguson set off from Santa Monica Pier in California and said he hit the 1,500-mile mark in Kansas on Tuesday, April 21. He told reporters a “nice cold pint” at the finish is part of what keeps him moving. (aol.com) Ferguson is making the trip ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup and has said he wants to be the first person to trek across the U.S. in a kilt. Earlier coverage said he was also using the walk to raise money for Scottish mental health charity SAMH. (msn.com) His route sits inside a larger U.S. long-distance walking culture built around coast-to-coast crossings, including the American Discovery Trail, a network that stretches 6,800 miles with northern and southern cross-country options of about 4,844 and 5,008 miles. (discoverytrail.org) The trail society says those routes pass through remote areas, extreme weather and roads shared with motor vehicles, which helps explain why cross-country walks are usually planned as logistics projects as much as athletic ones. (discoverytrail.org) Walking across the United States has been a public challenge for more than a century. A compiled list of notable crossings traces publicity walks back to Edward Payson Weston in 1909 and includes modern charity and endurance efforts by walkers and runners. (wikipedia.org) Ferguson’s kilt gives the walk its hook, but the format is familiar: a long road, a support plan, and a finish line far enough away to turn every state into part of the story. For now, his marker is simple — 1,500 miles down, about 1,500 still to go. (aol.com)