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Dr. Marc Abrams, 58, has been taking long walks through his Silver Lake neighborhood since moving there in 1980. He says he walks 5 miles an hour and logs up to 200 miles a week. The retired family practitioner, who takes five newspapers, likes to read on his walks. Along the way he's earned a few nicknames: the Walking Man, the Silver Lake Walker, the Walking Doctor and the Reader Walker.
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HenryW.Wong at 12:27 AM July 25, 2010
Another Times story on why he may have killed himself.
http://www.latimes.com/news/custom/scimedemail/la-me-0724-abrams-20100724,0,2399461.story
Charles Herman-Wurmfeld at 7:33 AM July 24, 2010
i feel our walking mans spiritual power - walking about, quietly championing (by example) a more pedestrian oriented, even car-free silver lake...john beresford, m.d. writes this on ancient tradition of walk-a-bouts:
"In common usage, walkabout refers to the aboriginal custom in Australia where a man breaks off from the daily grind and walks in solitude across desert and bush country on a spiritual quest. The distance covered on a walkabout may exceed 1000 miles, done without aid of compass or radio. The walker finds his way, it is believed, under the guidance of a spiritual power.
...the key ingredient is the idea of circumambulation Circumambulation ...walking around in the manner of and with the purpose of performing a ritual...
The ritual of walkabout is practiced worldwide and goes back a long way in time. In Mecca, in the days when there was room, the faithful circumambulated the Kaaba seven times. Buddhist devotees circumambulate a stupa, or monument containing sacred relics. Jewish and Christian scripture tells the story of the circumambulation of Jericho."
thank you walking man for leading the way. blessings to our dear silver lake. blessings to our lost walking man. let's all follow in his footsteps.
devinpaul at 2:35 PM July 22, 2010
Anyone know how he really died?
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