◉ GPS · active 47,212 km walked ⚠ battery saver · ON 6 countries · 11 mountain ranges dragonite status · sighted once · 2019 · oslo current heading · north · scandinavia ◉ GPS · active 47,212 km walked ⚠ battery saver · ON 6 countries · 11 mountain ranges dragonite status · sighted once · 2019 · oslo current heading · north · scandinavia

👟 walking since 06 july 2016 · 47,000km

the phone died.
i kept walking.

july 2016. he downloaded the app to catch a pidgey near his flat. he caught the pidgey. then a rattata. then a squirtle two streets over. he kept walking. he has not really stopped.

join the walk → read the log

14:47 ⚡ 3%

DRAGONITE

DISTANCE47,212 km

POKÉDEX98.7%

MISSINGDragonite

BATTERY3%

oslo · screen went
dark. stood still
for 7 minutes.
— log entry, 2019

01 /

the log.

three chapters · one direction

6 july 2016 · london

the pidgey.

downloaded the app to catch a pidgey near my flat. caught it. then a rattata. then a squirtle two streets over. the sun was setting. i kept walking. i have not really stopped.

start

august 2019 · oslo

the dragonite.

the dragonite appeared on screen. phone at 3%. i watched the screen go dark. i stood still for seven minutes. this is the longest i have been still since 2016. i plugged in the portable charger. i resumed walking.

loss

now · somewhere in scandinavia

the walk.

47,000 km. six countries. eleven mountain ranges. one cracked phone. the community across europe leaves water at landmarks. i call these pokéstops. i mean it sincerely. my family send me socks.

ongoing

03 /

the pilgrim.

98.7% complete · pokédex · 100% complete · boots

six countries.
one app.
still walking.

the pilgrim.

"the phone died. i kept walking."

wants

to catch the dragonite — specifically the one that appeared at 3% battery in a park in oslo in 2019

needs

to understand that the walk was always the thing, not the catch

wound

the phone died at 3% battery. the dragonite was on screen. he watched the screen go dark. he has carried a portable charger every day since. the dragonite has not reappeared.

lie

"it's still out there. i just have to walk far enough."

truth

he's seen six countries, 47,000km of road, 11 mountain ranges, and the inside of every pokémon go community worldwide. the dragonite gave him his life. he doesn't know whether to thank it or resent it.

never says

grind · WAGMI · shill · moon

04 /

the sock drawer.

his family gave up trying to call him home

his family used to send letters. then postcards. then just socks. one pair from each country he passes through. he wears them in rotation. he does not write back. he does not need to.

🇬🇧

merino wool.
thick heel.
sent 2016.

france

🇫🇷

bamboo blend.
linen striped.
sent 2017.

germany

🇩🇪

hiking grade.
reinforced toe.
sent 2018.

netherlands

🇳🇱

cycling style.
ankle length.
sent 2019.

portugal

🇵🇹

cotton slub.
pandemic batch.
sent 2020.

norway

🇳🇴

thermal wool.
snow rated.
sent 2024.

05 /

the 2016 club.

five beings · never got the signal to stop

he is the walker.

five creatures from 2016. each never received the signal to stop. they convene annually — without moving — in a shared mental image of a breakroom with black beatles on loop.

pokewalk is the walker. he crosses the borders between the others geographically and spiritually. he has walked past mannq's building. he nodded through the window. mannq did not blink. he understood.

he has walked through a brexit result (in a park, catching a clefairy). he has watched a bottle flip land (wrong side, once). he has passed big chunkus's garden (the chunkus waved; he returned the wave; he did not stop).