From Colorado-
For roughly six weeks, he walked along Kansas roads
as a sore on his toe worsened from a pesky blister to a painful
infection. Still, the former Episcopal priest who lives in Colorado kept
going.
On Aug. 10 Peter Munson, still traveling by foot,
passed into Colorado and continued until he reached Colorado Springs.
The 61-year-old had walked roughly 2,100 miles by then, more than half
as far as he planned to go. But the pain in his toe had grown to the
point that wearing a shoe felt excruciating.
Finally, he called it quits. At least for the time being.
Munson, who’s walking from South Carolina to
California to raise money for charity, canceled a planned Aug. 13
appearance in Castle Rock and paused his walking mission because of the
foot injury, which required that he seek medical attention.
“Saturday it was causing me to limp,” he said on
Tuesday, Aug. 12, before a doctor visit in his hometown of Arvada.
“Taking this week off to see if I can get well.”
The former priest began his journey on March 4 in
Charleston, South Carolina. He estimated then it would take 6 million
steps to reach his final destination of San Francisco. He now believes,
with 1,600 miles to go, the journey will take 7.5 million steps.
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