At SXSW i caught up with the Twitchhicker- a man who attempted to travel from Newcastle to Antarctica – using only the power of Twitter.
The mission- a first of it’s kind using the micro blogging service – attracted worldwide media coverage, the BBC said he’d gained celebrity status http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7944590.stm and he featured in a number of TV reports.
The Twitchhiker fell only a tiny bit short of his target- The Antarctic- due to lack of communication services in remote places, but he ended up very close, in Stewart Island, and exceeded his target of money raised for Charity: Water.
We don’t care that he fell short- what a wonderful story and an amazing example of the power of Twitter and it’s community.
