from press release
Published: February 27, 2009
Former Mooresville resident Carl Zwingli, 83, recently completed his goal of walking 1,000 miles within a year, in fact, he reached his goal in less than 11 months.
Zwingli has been walking, for pleasure, for exercise, and sometimes to clear his mind for most of his life. In fact, he currently walks 7 days a week, regardless of the weather.
Zwingli is a hiker, has hiked in the wildness of the Catskills, belongs to the 3500 Club, which means he has climbed 35 peaks, each being 3,500 feet high, he has also hiked in the Adirondacks and the Appalachian Trail.
Currently, Zwingli lives in Newton at Abernethy Laurels. When Director of Life Enrichment, Greg Rossidivito, joined Abernethy Laurels, he noticed Zwingli walking through the community every day and told him that the average person walks 800 miles per year. Greg then encouraged Zwingli to set a goal of walking 1,000 miles within a year, and Greg is sure Mr. Zwingli will set a much higher goal for the next 12 months.
Zwingli, just out of curiosity, got out his atlas and drew lines to other parts of the country that are 1,000 miles from Newton. Those points, just as a frame of reference, reach the very top of Maine, above the northern most part of the Great Lakes and to the Dallas/San Antonio areas.
