Sarsenbay Kotyrashov is 76 and comes from Kazakhstan. He makes things from iron. In 2022, he walked 8,000 kilometers across his country. The trip took six months. Later, he also traveled on foot to Russia, Turkey, and China.
In 2026, he walked through five countries in Europe. He went from Belgrade to Paris. He covered about 3,000 kilometers 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 bigger goal is to walk more than 40,000 kilometers after age 75. He hopes this will put his name in Guinness World Records. He says he does not think of himself as old.
