Receiving an amazing 70th birthday colkage made from multiple minuscule copies of 70 different photographs taken during his 20-year walk around the Mediterranean Sea.
The birthday collage given to The Idiot by his two creative children, using a photograph shot by his son Luke near Circe’s island in Italy in 2004, was produced using multiple reproductions of 70 different photographs taken during his 20-year walk around the Mediterranean Sea.
The MedTrek began when The Idiot was 50 and officially ended when he turned 70 on July 31, 2018.
The gift included a magnifying glass and an antique locket containing sand and sea shells from the beach where the walk began in the south of France in 1998.
About Joel
Joel Stratte-McClure has been a global trekker since the 1970s. He lived in France for over 30 years, working as a journalist, before he turned his attention to a unique life-time-project of walking the shores of the Mediterranean. The first 4,401 kilometers are explored in his inspirational and entertaining first book "The Idiot and the Odyssey: Walking the Mediterranean." The next 4,401 kilometers are covered in the gods-filled sequel, "The Idiot and the Odyssey II: Myth, Madness and Magic on the Mediterranean,” published on Valentine's Day 2013. The last 4,401 kilometers will be discussed in the last book of the trilogy currently entitled "The Idiot and the Odyssey III: Alexander the Great Walks the Mediterranean."