70-year-old Chiba man completes 500-km walk on stilts

70-year-old Chiba man completes 500-km walk on stilts

CHIBA, Japan - Susumu Iizuka, 70, a former junior high school principal from Yotsukaido, Chiba Prefecture, finishes walking on stilts around the prefecture, covering about 500 kilometers in a total of 47 days.

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