Following the footsteps of humanity's ancestors: Paul Salopek

Paul Salopek is going for a walk. A very long walk. The Pulitzer prize winning journalist and National Geographic Fellow is about to set off on a seven year long stroll around the world. It's all in pursuit of something he calls "slow journalism":. In this age of blogging and tweeting and 24 hour news, Salopek wants to take the time, as much time as it takes, to tell the stories of the places he will travel to on this ambitious and almost certainly arduous trek across Africa, the Middle East, Asia and the Americas. Paul Salopek starts his epic journey next week and you can follow his progress at outofedenwalk.com.

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Following the footsteps of humanity's ancestors: Paul Salopek

If everything goes to plan, Paul Salopek is going to need a lot of shoes.
He plans to travel almost 34 thousand kilometers across three continents telling the stories of the people he meets along the way.

The path he'll follow is the presumed trail of the people who first marched out of Africa 60 thousand years ago. He calls it the Out of Eden Walk -- from Ethiopia, through Eurasia to the tip of South America. It's a seven-year long journey. And this is where the shoes come in -- he's walking all of it; about 30 million steps.

Paul Salopek is a two-time Pulitzer prize winning journalist and National Geographic Fellow and we reached him as he prepared for his journey.

Paul Salopek starts his epic journey next week. You can follow his progress at outofedenwalk.com

This segment was produced by The Current's Liz Hoath.

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