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"I didn't plan on killing people when I walked across America."
DEATH, DISCOVERY & CARNE ASADA
4.879 out of 5
the reviews are in...DD&CA is "a must read!"
"WTF?? did that really happen?"
"quirky, crude & an amazing read!"
Everyone who walks across America writes a book, but this is by far the most bizarre and most fun of the cross-country hike memoirs. I think that it’s satire meant to poke fun at modern ideas of masculinity, but it’s also possible that Curran has just murdered a lot of people.”
Tyler Coulson - Author By Men or By The Earth and How To Walk Across America and Not Be An Asshole
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I DIDN'T PLAN ON KILLING PEOPLE WHEN I WALKED ACROSS AMERICA
Murder was not on the list.
Yes, I killed people.
A lot of people.
When you kill people, any number of people, when does it become “a lot” of people? Is three a lot? Eight? A baker’s dozen?
And what is the definition of serial killer? Mass murderer? Spree killer?
se·ri·al kill·er noun a person who commits a series of murders, often with no apparent motive and typically following a characteristic, predictable behavior pattern.
mass mur·der·er noun The FBI defines mass murder as murdering four or more people during a single event with no "cooling-off period" between the murders.
spree kill·er noun The U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics defines a spree killing as killings at two or more locations with almost no “cooling-off period” between murders.
cool·ing off pe·ri·od noun The period of time within which a killer blends back into his/her seemingly normal life.
So, what am I?
I confess to many killings; however...
I'm going to tell you a story, a (somewhat) true story about two killers and a hunting adventure like no other. A story of how a woman I've never slept with and a frozen, floating head and balls turned my world upside down. A story of a man so broken he rescued a dog and set out across America on foot to mend his soul and hunt that bitch down. A story that should never, ever, encourage anybody to walk across America.
However, if my story does, for some sick reason, inspire you to lace up some sneakers and attempt to do what only a dozen or so people accomplish each year, I've thrown in some pointers to help you out.
I am a murderer, but I'm also a giver.
To-Do When I Walk Across America:
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Master the art of cold-soaked top ramen.
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Learn to dig a cathole and perfect my aim.
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Wrestle a bear.
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World’s largest ball of twine.
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My name is
WINK
and that's
Thomas
He’s not really a killer.
He just liked to play one in his book.
In 2019, just after Thomas turned 50, he did something wild—he walked away from 27 years as a chef, jumped in his car, and drove down to a dusty little town near the Mexico border… where he found me. I was a scrappy street pup trying to survive in Tijuana. He scooped me up, named me Wink (cute, right?), and told me we were going on an adventure.
What he didn’t tell me was that we were headed clear across the country—starting at the Atlantic Ocean and walking 3,235 miles back to the Pacific. Yep. Paw by paw, day by day, we crossed 12 states, averaging 21 miles a day for 231 days. By the end, we’d taken over 7.68 million steps and dove triumphantly into the Pacific at Newport Beach, California. He cried. I wagged.
Along the way, Thomas got so sick I thought I might be in charge of the whole operation. He had a gun pulled on him in Oklahoma (rude), and that same day, he took shelter from a tornado in the belly of a concrete bunker. He slid down a fire pole in nothing but a fire captain’s helmet (yes, I have the footage—DM me), got over his silly fear of body odor and dirty fingernails, and survived on a steady diet of Top Ramen, Slim Jims, and gas station glory.
Every night—whether we were in a cheap motel or curled up in our leaky tent—he wrote our story. And woven into it is a raw, not-so-fairytale tale of love, loss, and murder. I don’t know what comes next, but if it’s with Thomas, I’m in.
Oh, and we found the world’s largest dandelion!
Our journey raised over $20k for the Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation cuz kids should not have to deal with that crap!
THANK YOU
THE REAL WALK
This is my journey that inspired
Death, Discovery & Carne Asada
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I wrote the book in my tent, in coffee shops, sitting under bridges, in stranger's homes and inside volunteer fire houses.
This was my real journey across America.
When people read my book, they often ask,
"Dude, did that really happen?"
The line between fiction and non-fiction is a little blurry but I can honestly say that nobody died during my walk.
February 2, 2019 - September 21, 2019
North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Idaho, Oregon, California
3,235 Miles, 231 Days, 7.68M Steps, 12 States
the video
Shot and chopped by Sean O'Grady - Metrospecitve Media
This five-minute mini-documentary helped inspire hundreds of people to
donate over $20k to the Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation -
a charity near and dear to my heart.
