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[–] SlippiHUD@lemmy.world 122 points 1 month ago (2 children)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/413371.Worldwalk

The book in question. He was housed by over 400 families while on his walk.

[–] dogsnest@lemmy.world 31 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Did the families take turns, or did they all walk with him?

[–] EvacuateSoul@lemmy.world 32 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Their bodies formed the structure which housed him.

[–] tetris11@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

On that sombre note:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairngorm_Plateau_disaster

It was only on Monday afternoon, when the parents were gathered at the school, that the news came that five of their children were dead. The father explained that the boy who survived was the smallest student in the party; maybe the others (two women leaders, four girls and one boy) had been huddling round him to protect him from the cold

[–] KSPAtlas@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Surprised I've never heard of this, despite me going to the Cairngorms once

[–] tetris11@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

The boy who survived has never talked about the incident. Can you imagine coping with the guilt of feeling the warmth of your classmates cocooned around you fading gently away one by one, leaving you alone with only the memory of their sacrifice....

[–] SlippiHUD@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

Simultaneously, it inspired the Mortal Engines movie.