He is a futurist for the web site Futuristyx (formerly known as Future News Network) and information security expert at Risk Mitigate.
He contacted KZLA Radio in Los Angeles, then an adult contemporary format station, and told them about his idea.
He left in May 1979 from a Hollywood gas station,[2] converted to appear like a restaurant attended by stars from the movie, including Harvey Korman, to begin his trip across the U.S. and back.
He fell for the first time in the dangerous curve fronting the Pennsylvania restaurant Noah's Ark on a hill where you can view several states.
With only minor injuries, he headed to Washington, D.C., where he spent the day with Speaker of the House Tip O'Neill, presenting him with a pair of roller skates.
He headed south to Richmond, Virginia and then west into Missouri, where on September 13, 1979, he broke the world distance record in the small town of Mt.