Fascinating Facts and Figures

This is the first cross to be carried around the world on foot and the longest journey in the history of the world.

Length - 12 feet
Width - 6 feet
Thickness - 4" x 4"
Weight - 45 pounds
Tire - 12" inflatable
Average tire life - 2,000 miles

Miles carried the cross on foot - (Actual) 38,102 miles (61,319 k.m.)
Cross taken by boat - Estimated 20,000 miles
Air miles cross flown - Estimated 2,020,000
Miles cross carried on automobile(s) - Estimated 375,000 miles
Number of continents cross carried - Seven (North America, Europe, Africa, Asia, South America, Australia and Antarctica)
Average shoe life - 500 miles
Longest walk in a day - 72 miles in 24 hours (with help); 47 miles (alone)
Longest walk (timewise) - Africa (almost two years)

Number of different countries cross carried -315
Times arrested or in jail - 24
Most apt country to be arrested in - USA
Most apt city to be arrested in - Hollywood, CA

Most beautiful countries - Norway, Switzerland, Greenland, Antarctica
Most peaceful places - American Samoa and Manos Island (both in the Pacific), Maldives
Most modern city - Perth, Australia and Hiroshima, Japan

Worst traffic - Lagos, Nigeria; Istanbul, Turkey; India and Bangkok, Thailand
Most angry toward the cross - Amsterdam, Holland and Tetouan, Morocco

Greatest welcome to the cross - Papua New Guinea, Poland, Spain, India, Lithuania, Kiribati, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu & West Africa
Friendliest Armies - Israel and the Palestinian Liberation Army

Coldest city (reception) to the cross - New York, USA; Montreal, Canada and Sydney, Australia
Hardest road to walk - Pan-American Hy. Mexico City to Panama
Toughest jungle to walk - The Darien Jungle, Panama to Columbia
Best road to walk - Holland
Worst auto accident - Turkey
Worst poverty - Tchad; Mozambique, Djibouti, Ethiopia, India and Bangladesh
Worst war - Lebanon and Mozambique

Most beautiful views - Mount Kilimanjaro, Kenya/Tanzania; Mount Cameroon, Africa; Mount of Olives facing Jerusalem; Sea of Galilee, looking toward Mount Hermon; Mount Sinai; Norwegian Coastline; Antigua; Guatemala; a Swiss valley with lake and mountains beyond Tierra del Fuego (Chile); Penquins nesting in Antarctica; Iceburgs in Greenland, and Bronzal Pass in the Hindu Kush - Pakistan-Afghanistan border.
Most beautiful City - The city of Jerusalem
Smallest country (in size) cross carried - The Vatican City in Rome and Sovereign Knights of Malta

First step with cross - Hollywood, CA

A few historical places and moments with the cross - Washington, D.C. 1970, 1980; Olympic Stadium, Berlin, Germany; the Coliseum in Rome; The Pantheon in Athens, Greece; the pyramids of Egypt; Cebu City in the Philippines at Magellan's Cross; carrying the cross across the Panama and Suez Canals; the cross at the top of the world's biggest pyramid in Cholula, Mexico; October 31, 1987 Hollywood, CA completed the distance around the world at the equator 24,901.55 miles; China Wall and Red Square, Moscow; Cross above the walls of Babylon; North Korea; Completed every nation and major island group June 13, 2008 Zanzibar in Indian Ocean; Cross carried back to Hollywood to Grauman's Chinese Theatre for the premiere of the movie "The Cross"; Lifting the cross up at second base at Yankee Stadium,New York in front of 40,000 people.

Highest mountain climbed with the cross - Mount Fuji, Japan (12,388 ft) Bronzal Pass, Pakistan-Afghanistan border (18,200 ft - 5,547 M.)
Deepest into the earth cross carried - Carlsbad New Mexico (850 feet)
Lowest point below sea level cross carried - Dead Sea (1,200 feet)

Worst cold weather - Golan Heighs, Syria-Israel; Rome to Assisi, Italy; Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; Antarctica and Baltic Republics
Hottest temperature - Jordan Valley; Tchad; Yemen and Djibouti (135 degrees plus)
Coldest temperature - 20 degrees below in Nova Scotia, Canada

World's largest tree cross carried to - 3,000 year old tree in Mexico (163' high, 163' around)

Worst food - Squid in ink in Spain, monkey leg in Africa, Rat Soup in Belize and Pork Soup for breakfast in USSR
Best food - Freshwater shrimp in El Salvador and fresh salmon in Finland

Longest fast - 40 days Washington D.C. 1970

Worst dog - Israeli Army dog in the Sinai Desert
Worst mosquitoes - The Amazon River and Greenland

Best beds - St. James Club, London England; Livingstonia Beach Hotel, Malawi
Friendliest airline to the cross - Swiss Air

Highest cross has ever been - 60,000' on Concorde
Fastest the cross has ever flown - Mach II (1240 mph - twice the speed of sound on Concorde)

Longest time cross lost - one month (Alitalia Airlines)
Cross stolen - Christmas Day 1979, Assisi, Italy
Cross wheel stolen - Bordeaux, France
Cross overboard ship - Philippines
Cross broken - Joplin, Missouri; Nigeria; Guam, Turkey

Worst storm at sea - Philippines and Papua New Guinea and The Drake Passage to Antarctica
Best road pets - El Salvador del Mundo (parrot), Central America; Basco (rabbit), Spain; Belfast (dog), Northern Ireland; Loretta (parrot) South Africa - USA; HRH Windsor (dog) U.S.
Biggest animal scares - Green Mamba snake in Ghana; baboon attack in Kenya; elephant chase in Tanzania; crocodile attack in Zimbabwe

Worst jail - Concord, New Hampshire

A few memorable scares - Firing squad in Nicaragua: stoning and beating in Morocco; Civil Guardia attack in Spain; LAPD choking, Hollywood, California; pistol attack, Orlando, Florda; "to burn the cross," Birdseye, Indiana; man broke the cross, Nigeria; War in Lebanon crossing minefield, Belfast, Northern Ireland bomb blast.

Worst bed - The "Pig Hilton" (a pigpen in Columbia); a single narrow board at a blown up bus stop in the Golan Heights, Syria- Israel border area.

Biggest crowd preached to - Half a million, Atlanta Rock Festival, 1970; Washington for Jesus Rally, half a million in 1980

Wars - Carried the cross in 52 countries at war

The cross has been turned away from being left overnight at more than half the churches requested, but has never been turned away from spending the night at a bar or nightclub in 40 years around the world.