Jean Béliveau began his epic walk on August 18, 2000, and completed his walk-around-the world journey on the 16th of October 2011.
The website documenting his effort is at http://wwwalk.org/en/.
A Thai writer and universality lecturer named Pramual Pengchan also enjoys walking and finding out what life is. His books are best-selling ones, and one of which is called Walking for Freedom'