Why a Minnesota Man Walked Around the World, Traversing 13 Countries and 14,450 Miles in Four Years

Francine Uenuma History Correspondent “Make no mistake, you are in some danger here; all adventurers ultimately are,” wrote an American diplomat stationed in Kabul, Afghanistan, in a 1972 letter to brothers David and John Kunst. “You can be killed by people who want your possessions or resent your presence or both.” Despite the envoy’s warning about this “fascinating, difficult and dangerous” land, he expressed…