This 27-year-old is travelling the world in the coolest way

27-year-old Tom Turcich is on a new world record, he's spent 472 days traversing 6,300 miles across 11 countries. Turcich developed a penchant to explore the world after a close friend died at age 17.

“Her death reordered my understanding of the world," he recently wrote on Reddit. “I suddenly saw life as something fragile and fleeting. I needed to make the most of the short time I had.”

Turcich worked for a few years and worked to save money. Finally, in April 2015, he quit his job as a solar panel installer, gathered his gear, and set out on foot from his home in New Jersey.

After that he began documenting his travels on Facebook and Instagram and picked up a furry companion his dog along the way.