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Twelve Pairs Of Shoes Two Adventurers Walk 2300 Miles
Two California men Bill Tynan and Bill Bates quit jobs for a seven month hike from Los Angeles to Mexico City aiming for 2800 miles. They survived on a dollar a day, aided by Indians and jail stays, learning Spanish along the way. Tynan wore eight pairs of shoes and Bates four.
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Jack Rutledge
Mexico City
Bill Tynan
Bill Bates
Los Angeles
Fidel Castro
Act
Itynan
Walt Disney Studios
Sinaloa de Leyva
Sinaloa
Bates
Douglas Aircraft
Sierra Madre
Han
Mexico
Mojave Desert
Tynan