List of People Who Have Walked Across The United States - A.J. Goodrich and Mark Metivier

A.J. Goodrich and Mark Metivier

A.J. Goodrich, a 27-year-old documentary filmmaker, walked from Venice Beach, CA to New York City, with a small crew, including Mark Metivier, John Conway, Satinder Kaur, Leonora Anzaldua Burke, Michael Cox, Matthew Chester and Andres Pacheco. They started on February 1, 2011 and ended on August 20, 2011, taking 201 days (including rest days). They covered approximately 3,800 miles (6,100 km), going south through New Orleans and the Bible Belt and up the East Coast. They walked in shifts, living and working out of an RV that would drive ahead while they walked. Goodrich and Metivier were the only ones of the crew to complete the whole journey, from start to finish. The walk was part of a documentary A.J. was making to finish his graduate degree in film production at the University of Southern California. The team's goal was to document people's feelings on same-sex marriage in the United States, and to profile queer issues and identity in America. The film is called "The Road Less Travelled By" and is currently in post-production.