120 teenagers walked nearly the entire distance of the London Underground, raising more than £5,000 for an anti-knife crime charity.
The “Tubeathon” teens were split into 27 groups and allocated a route with stations to cover. The groups walked the entire distance by foot, never stepping on the Underground.
“I wanted to raise money to solve knife crime”
Organiser Eitan Orient, 17, arranged the fundraiser for London-based charity Knives Not Lives.
“What inspired me to do it was I wanted to raise money to solve knife crime.
“I’ve got this weird nerdy obsession with the Tube and I’ve always been a bit of an activist. I do a lot of charity fundraisers and Lives Not Knives is a really great one.”
The charity works to prevent youth violence by offering mentoring and school exclusion support for young people in London.
More than £6,750 has since been raised by the walkers.
Setting a new record
The teenagers are thought to be the first to walk the entire length of the London Underground map in a single day.
Another man, Mark Mason, attempted the challenge in 2011, but spaced his journey over multiple days, and did not cover the new Battersea and Nine Elms stations.
The teenagers’ route covered every station except Heathrow Airport’s terminals 2 and 3, which are not accessible by foot.
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120 teenagers walked nearly the entire distance of the London Underground, raising more than £5,000 for an anti-knife crime charity.
The “Tubeathon” teens were split into 27 groups and allocated a route with stations to cover. The groups walked the entire distance by foot, never stepping on the Underground.
“I wanted to raise money to solve knife crime”
Organiser Eitan Orient, 17, arranged the fundraiser for London-based charity Knives Not Lives.
“What inspired me to do it was I wanted to raise money to solve knife crime.
“I’ve got this weird nerdy obsession with the Tube and I’ve always been a bit of an activist. I do a lot of charity fundraisers and Lives Not Knives is a really great one.”
The charity works to prevent youth violence by offering mentoring and school exclusion support for young people in London.
More than £6,750 has since been raised by the walkers.
Setting a new record
The teenagers are thought to be the first to walk the entire length of the London Underground map in a single day.
Another man, Mark Mason, attempted the challenge in 2011, but spaced his journey over multiple days, and did not cover the new Battersea and Nine Elms stations.
The teenagers’ route covered every station except Heathrow Airport’s terminals 2 and 3, which are not accessible by foot.
