- Barbara Moore (vegetarian)
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Dr. Barbara Moore (22 December 1903 – 14 May 1977)[1] was a Russian-born health enthusiast who gained celebrity in the early 1960s for her long-distance walking.
In December 1959, she walked from Edinburgh to London. In early 1960, she walked from John o'Groats to Land's End in 23 days. She then undertook a 46-day, 3,387-mile walk from San Francisco to New York City, where she arrived on 6 July 1960.[2]
She was a vegetarian and reputed to be a breatharian.[3] She walked with only nuts, honey, raw fruit and vegetable juice for nourishment.[4]
She died in a London hospital on 14 May 1977.
Her John o'Groats to Land's End walk caught the attention of Harry Griffin, who advocated a revival of the Bob Graham Round as possibly a much sterner test of fitness.[5]
Sources
References
- ^ "Dr. Barbara Moore, Who Walked Across U.S., Is Dead at 73". New York Times. 1977-05-15. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10E15FB3E5516778DDDAC0994DD405B878BF1D3&scp=6&sq=dr.+barbara+moore+walk&st=p. Retrieved 2008-03-26.
- ^ The Wheatgrass Book, Ann Wigmore
- ^ List of Breatharians
- ^ "Obituary: Robert Lamb, Conservationist with a warning for the world about deforestation". The Guardian. 2005-10-14. http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2005/oct/14/guardianobituaries.conservationandendangeredspecies. Retrieved 2008-03-26.
- ^ Roger Smith, forward by A H Griffin,(1982), 42 Peaks: The story of the Bob Graham Round
External links
- Arrival of British doctor Barbara Moore, vegetarian, (to celebrate Blacktown Centenary with a marathon walk from Albury to Blacktown), Mascot
- Arrival of British doctor Barbara Moore, vegetarian, (to celebrate Blacktown Centenary with a marathon walk from Albury to Blacktown), Mascot
- Barbara Moore (includes photo of Moore on her John o'Groats to Land's End marathon in 1960)
Categories:- 1903 births
- 1977 deaths
- British vegetarians
- Russian vegetarians
- Walkers of the United Kingdom
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