Climbing the six Abels in the brutal Western Arthurs Range, located inside the World Heritage-listed Tasmanian Wilderness Area that covers 20% of the island, necessitates a walk through such difficult mountain terrain that it can take walkers up to two weeks to hike what is often described as the most difficult bushwalk in Australia.

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Fortunately, most of the time spent walking the Milford Track--a four-day, 33.5-mile walk on New Zealand's South Island--involves more marveling than worrying about the surroundings.

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And if you go across the river to Ham, only a matter of a few minutes walk away from Teddington, there is an island of council housing, cut-off from the commuter trains and upwardly-mobile cafe bars.

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John, I would not be a bit surprised if we walk out these doors today, every chicken on this island will be standing out there in the street waiting for their leader.

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These premises, plus the hangarlike 11, 000-square-foot workspace Wilner maintains for his brigade of restorers in Long Island City, are a far cry from the walk-up apartment where he first lived and sold frames back in 1983.

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"It's just a little walk, " said Carlos Diaz, 49, also of Staten Island.

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Scott took over a rinky-dink TV station on the island and beefed it up with a morning show from the Rope Walk, a restaurant in Nantucket Town.

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The walk allows views over the estuary, the boathouse, the Gower peninsula, North Devon, Caldey Island and Tenby.

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He was headed home to Staten Island, along with thousands of others who have been using stations up to a 10-minute walk away in the five months since Sandy.

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