Wheelbarrow Tourist
Reasoning that it was no longer news to' take a ’plane around the world, cowboy Larry Hightower, 47, |of Washington State, U.S.A., dej cided two years ago to tour the ! world with a wheelbarrow. 1 Now he has arrived at Baltimore j (Maryland), after travelling 7,250 ! miles by devious routes from the ' West to the East Coast. He was still pushing the barrow, weighing 1031 b, with equipment. | After pushing across England, he ! will take a ship to Burma and then travel across country to Persia, later visiting Central Europe, and returning to America by ship. ! Hightower can push his barrow 11 miles without stopping. He has an eight-hour rest after every 65 i miles. He realises that it may be six more years before he completes his tour.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 13, Issue 26, 29 November 1948, Page 5
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131Wheelbarrow Tourist Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 13, Issue 26, 29 November 1948, Page 5
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