# 410 man walks across the US - Fat man walking - interesting story & site

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**Created:** [March 23, 2006, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/410-man-walks-across-the-us-fat-man-walking-interesting-story-site/349596 "2006-03-23T15:11:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/410-man-walks-across-the-us-fat-man-walking-interesting-story-site/349596/1 "2006-03-23T15:11:25Z")

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[Obese man walks his weight (off) across U.S. - Pound by pound, California man has trekked 2,300 miles so far](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11966499/)

His site [Fat Man Walking](http://www.thefatmanwalking.com/page/65947/index.v3page;jsessionid=1cnx590ajyocv)

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> “When I first started this walk, I weighed around 410 pounds, and I was carrying an 85-pound backpack,” Vaught wrote on his Web site earlier this month as he crossed Ohio.
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> “Now I weigh 296 pounds, and I am carrying a pack that weighs only 30 pounds. That is an overall reduction of almost 175 pounds off of my feet. So it will only get easier from here,” he said.
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> Vaught, who lives in San Diego, is about 600 miles from New York, with freezing Midwestern winds snapping at his back. He expects to finish the trip in about six weeks.

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> “It is amazing how hard it is to find good, healthy food while on the road,” he wrote. “Most restaurants, fast food and sit-downs, offer limited choices, and usually you are relegated to a small variety of beef products with potatoes.”

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**Author:** ![Sal\_Ammoniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/410-man-walks-across-the-us-fat-man-walking-interesting-story-site/349596/2 "2006-03-23T16:36:55Z")

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You’ve got to admire his gumption. It’s one thing to say, “You know what, I think I’ll walk across the United States,” but quite another to do it when you weigh 410 pounds. Hell, I’d be impressed if a guy like that walked to the post office.