Press kit · The Climate Walker

Jaydip Lakhankiya is walking 12,000 km from Malta to India and picking up one bag of garbage where practical each day.

Jaydip Lakhankiya, known as The Climate Walker, is a 25-year-old walker and outdoor instructor from Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India. He is walking roughly 12,000 km across around 20 countries, meeting people on the road and using daily cleanup to keep the message visible.

Fast Facts

Mission

Walk from Malta to India with daily cleanup and road conversations.

Distance

Approximately 12,000 km.

Route

Around 20 countries over roughly 18 months.

Distance walked

3,283 km in the latest public estimate.

Distance remaining

8,717 km of the planned route.

Daily action

One bag of garbage collected each day where practical.

Public location

Delayed and generalized for safety.

Support

Support goes to The Climate Walker LLC and helps Jaydip Lakhankiya keep the walk, cleanup work, route logistics, and documentation moving.

Cleanup logged

161 garbage bags in the latest public update.

Countries entered

Malta, Italy, Vatican City, San Marino, Slovenia, Croatia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Completed countries

Malta, Italy, Vatican City, San Marino, Slovenia, and Croatia.

Biography Options

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Jaydip Lakhankiya, The Climate Walker, is walking roughly 12,000 km from Malta to India while collecting one bag of garbage where practical each day.

Short

Jaydip Lakhankiya, known as The Climate Walker, is from Bhavnagar, Gujarat and is walking from Malta to India across around 20 countries. He picks up one bag of garbage where practical each day, talks with people on the road, and documents the route through his own channels.

Medium

Jaydip Lakhankiya is a 25-year-old long-distance walker and outdoor instructor from Gujarat, India. After a 182-day walking and hitchhiking journey across India and later study in Malta, he began The Climate Walker: a roughly 12,000 km walk from Malta to India. Along the route, he documents progress, speaks with communities, visits schools and organizations when possible, and collects one bag of garbage where practical each day.

Story Angles

A farmer's son from Gujarat walking from Malta to India to connect climate change with crops, water, heat, work, and waste.
One bag of garbage a day: why cleanup keeps the walk honest.
A 12,000 km route across around 20 countries, with only required ferry crossings.
From Malta localities to Bosnia and Herzegovina: how the public route now includes Malta, Italy, Vatican City, San Marino, Slovenia, Croatia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
How schools, NGOs, local hosts, translators, and media can turn a pass-through route into public education.
What happens after India: cleanup, environmental education, speaking, documentary work, and long-term mission growth.

Quotes

I pick up one bag because responsibility should be visible.

The road makes people ask questions. The bag gives the answer.

Walking makes climate a local conversation.

Route And Media Context

The public tracker shows only generalized and delayed location information. The latest public route status is leaving Bosnia and Herzegovina, delayed for safety, with an estimated 3,283 km walked and 161 garbage bags logged in the latest public update. Countries entered so far: Malta, Italy, Vatican City, San Marino, Slovenia, Croatia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Countries completed so far: Malta, Italy, Vatican City, San Marino, Slovenia, and Croatia. Exact live GPS and the next private route plan are not published for safety. Current route status should be checked at theclimatewalker.com/live.

Approved Assets And Usage

Use only Jaydip-owned, The Climate Walker LLC-approved, or explicitly licensed assets. Do not copy public news photos or third-party media without permission. Current approved web previews include the official logo, official mission photo, and stills from Jaydip's own videos.

Logo: official web logo
Media page: theclimatewalker.com/media/press-kit

Media Contact

Email: theclimatewalker@gmail.com
WhatsApp: +356 9949 8547

Last updated June 28, 2026. Public route data is delayed and generalized for safety.