>>> LATE LAST YEAR HARRY SMITH
INTRODUCED US TO THE MAN WHO IS
WALKING MORE THAN 14,000 MILES
FROM THE SOUTHERN TIP OF
ARGENTINA ALL THE WAY UP TO
NORTHERNMOST ALASKA ON A VERY
PERSONAL JOURNEY.
IN OUR SUNDAY CLOSER HARRY MEETS
UP WITH HIM AGAIN AT THE END OF
A LONG ROAD.
>> Reporter: MILES ABOVE THE
ARCTIC CIRCLE NEAR THE EDGE OF
THE CONTINENT WE SEE A MAN
DETERMINED TO REACH HIS
DESTINATION.
>> YEAH, WALKING HERE.
IT'S A LONG, LONG WAYS.
YOU CAN'T STOP WALKING UNTIL YOU
REACH PRUDHOE BAY.
>> HOLLY HARRISON, AKA CARGO,
HAS BEEN WALKING FOR A YEAR AND
A HALF.
MORE THAN 14,000 MILES.
SOMETHING LIKE 28 MILLION STEPS,
SOME OF THEM ON CRUTCHES.
AND THE FINISH IS IN SIGHT.
>> MY BODY'S GOING TO BE SO
RELIEVED AND SO HAPPY TO BE
DONE.
EVERY OTHER PART OF ME, YOU
KNOW, IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE
BIT SAD.
>> Reporter: WE FIRST
ENCOUNTERED CARGO IN NEVADA.
THIS IS THE MAN WATCHING FROM
USHUAIA, ARGENTINE 2345 TO
PRUDHO BAY, ALASKA.
>> WHY?
>> NO ONE'S EVER DONE IT.
>> Reporter: NOT LONG AFTER WE
SPOKE WITH HIM HE HAD A HEART
ATTACK AFTER THE INSERTION OF A
STENT, CARGO WAS ON THE ROAD
AGAIN.
>> 1,000 MILE MARK TO PRUDHOE
BAY.
>> Reporter: WE KEPT TRACK OF
HIM ON FACEBOOK.
>> CHECK THIS OUT AS THIS TRUCK
BLOWS BY ME, THIS BIG LOGGING
TRUCK.
BAM!
>> Reporter: FINALLY, THE HOME
STRETCH.
>> WELCOME TO ALASKA.
ALL RIGHT, MAN.
>> Reporter: AS THE MILES PILED
UP THOUGH, HIS BODY WORE DOAN.
A FORELOREN CARGO SPOKE OF A
TORN TENDON IN HIS FOOT.
>> WALKING IS NOT FUN AT ALL.
>> Reporter: BUT THERE'S NO
QUITTING IN CARGO.
SOON, HE WAS AGAIN POSTING ABOUT
THE WONDERS OF THE ROAD.
A FRIENDLY FOX.
>> WHAT DO YOU CALL IT?
>> Reporter: A HUNGRY BEAR.
HE CAME AT ME AND I HAD TO FEND
HIM OFF WITH MY CRUTCH.
>> WHEN HE TURNED I WAS POOPING
EVERYWHERE.
I THINK I SCARED THE CRAP OUT OF
HIM.
>> Reporter: ACROSS THE LAST FEW
MILES ACROSS PROPERTY OWNED BY
BP WHO GRACIOUSLY GRANTED CARGO
ACCESS TO THE FROZEN EDGE OF
PRUDHOE BAY.
>> I GUESS THIS IS IT.
>> Reporter: THERE WAS NO
GREETING COMMITTEE.
JUST US.
>> THANK YOU.
WHOO!
THANK YOU.
YES!
>> Reporter: FOR CARGO,
COMPLETION WAS HARD TO
COMPREHEND.
>> DOESN'T SEEM LIKE A FINISH
LINE.
I CAN KEEP WALKING.
IT'S ICE.
>> Reporter: I WOULDN'T ADVISE
IT.
>> I'M NOT GOING TO.
I'M DONE.
I'M FINISHED.
>> Reporter: WE WONDERED IN THE
END WAS THIS MORE THAN A VERY
LONG WALK.
WHAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING
YOU'VE LEARNED IN THE LAST YEAR
AND A HALF.
>> IT'S GIVEN ME A LONG TIME TO
THINK ABOUT THE MISTAKES I'VE
MADE IN MY LIFE.
I THINK I'VE ACCEPTED MYSELF A
LITTLE MORE.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE'LL SEE IF
OTHER PEOPLE CAN ACCEPT ME.
>> Reporter: TURNS OUT THE
ACCEPTANCE HE SOUGHT WAS FROM A
CHILD HE WALKED AWAY FROM 20
YEARS AGO.
HE REACHED OUT TO HER AND SHE
AGREED TO MEET AND THEN HE
POSTED THIS.
SHE IS JUST A BEAUTIFUL PERSON
WITH A WARM AND ADVENTUROUS
HEART.
WE HAVE A BEGINNING.
THAT'S WHAT I HAD HOPED FOR.
FOR CARGO, HIS QUEST COMPLETE.
FOR "SUNDAY TODAY," HARRY SMITH,
DEADHORSE, ALASKA.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
CARGO, BY THE WAY, IS THE FIRST
PERSON TO EVER COMPLETE A WALK
OF THE PAN AMERICAN HIGHWAY
NONSTOP.
HE LIKELY SET A RECORD IN DOING
SO.