The Climate Walker Press Kit

Jaydip Lakhankiya, known as The Climate Walker, is a 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

4,500 km walked.

Distance remaining

7,500 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

240 garbage bags in the latest public update.

Countries entered

Malta, Italy, Vatican City, San Marino, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Albania, Kosovo, Serbia, and Bulgaria.

Completed countries

Malta, Italy, Vatican City, San Marino, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Albania, Kosovo and Serbia.

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.

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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.

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Jaydip Lakhankiya is a 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

The daily walk

Jaydip combines walking with roadside litter collection and conversations with people along the route.

Route And Media Context

The public tracker shows only generalized and delayed location information. The latest public route status is Bulgaria; public updates delayed for safety. The public status record shows 4,500 km walked, and the public cleanup counter records 240 garbage bags. Countries entered so far: Malta, Italy, Vatican City, San Marino, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Albania, Kosovo, Serbia, and Bulgaria. Countries completed so far: Malta, Italy, Vatican City, San Marino, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Albania, Kosovo and Serbia. The Bosnia-to-Albania section includes Banja Luka area, Jajce, Travnik, Sarajevo, Foča, Hum / Foča border corridor, Orja Luka, Tuzi, Bajzë, and Shkodër. Exact live GPS and the next private route plan are not published for safety. Current route status should be checked at theclimatewalker.com/journey.

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.

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