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curiousBeginner2 min read10/16/2026

A 76-year-old traveller wants to keep walking

Sarsenbay Kotyrashov walked across Kazakhstan and through Europe. Now he plans to cross the United States.

Sarsenbay Kotyrashov is 76 and comes from Kazakhstan. He makes things from iron. In 2022, he walked 8,000 kilometres across his country. The walk took six months. Later, he walked in Russia, Turkey and China.

In 2026, he walked through five European countries. He started in Belgrade and finished in Paris. He walked about 3,000 kilometres in 53 days.

Now he plans to walk across eight US states in 2027. He wants to go from the Atlantic coast to the Pacific coast. His big plan is to walk more than 40,000 kilometres after the age of 75. He hopes this puts him in Guinness World Records. He does not think he is old. He wants to finish his plan.

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