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Traveling Companions Have Trekked Hundreds of Miles to the District for 9/11 Anniversary

Source: washingtonpost.com

By Dan Morse
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, September 9, 2007; Page C04

Elliott Nesch has walked more than 1,600 miles in protest of the Iraq war since he set out from Denver six months ago.

At 3 p.m. Friday, he came across an annoyance that Washingtonians see all the time.

"We were walking faster than the cars," Nesch said yesterday, describing the crawling traffic along Route 1 in Beltsville as the worst he'd seen on the journey.

And it had its advantages.

"They had more opportunity to read our signs," he said.