{"id":269765,"date":"2026-08-21T21:26:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T21:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/269765\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T21:26:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T21:26:09","slug":"hmbl-zay-shares-plans-for-a-1000-mile-walk-through-canada-nbc10-philadelphia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/269765\/","title":{"rendered":"HMBL Zay shares plans for a 1,000-mile walk through Canada \u2013 NBC10 Philadelphia"},"content":{"rendered":"

After walking about 3,000 miles from Philadelphia to California, <\/a>community activist Isaiah “HMBL Zay” Thomas is already preparing for his next challenge: a 1,000-mile journey through Canada.<\/p>\n

Thomas, who returned to Philadelphia a few weeks ago, said he plans to begin the Canada trip in October. His goal is to complete the journey in 30 days, covering about 35 miles each day.<\/p>\n

“And Canada, that’s like my next mission, is to do 1,000 miles in Canada,” Thomas said. “Right back to it.”<\/p>\n

The new challenge comes after Thomas completed a cross-country walk that began in March. He crossed the Arizona border in late July and streamed the entire trip on Twitch.<\/p>\n

The journey took a physical toll. Thomas said he lost about 50 pounds during the walk, and at one point, a driver hit him, sending him to the hospital<\/a>. Still, he continued the trip.<\/p>\n

Now back home, Thomas said he’s feeling strong.<\/p>\n

“I feel good, I feel amazing. I got energy,” Thomas said.<\/p>\n

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Thomas began the cross-country mission to inspire others and raise $200,000 for a trade school he plans to call “Humbl University.”<\/p>\n

“In the next two to three years, I would like Humbl University to be built from ground up,” Thomas said. “So that’s the timeline for me. So I’m going to work super hard.”<\/p>\n

His efforts earned him one of Philadelphia’s highest honors this week, when the mayor presented him with a key to the city Monday.<\/a><\/p>\n

“It put a lot of pressure on me, cause I\u2019m the type of person who likes to live up to the expectation of whatever type of title or whatever I\u2019m doing,” Thomas said.<\/p>\n

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For Thomas, the walk was about more than reaching California. He said he hopes the journey encourages children and adults to believe in themselves.<\/p>\n

“Be ready to walk on faith in this journey. And that’s what I brought back to the city of Philadelphia,” Thomas said. “Really just trying to help kids, and even adults believe in themselves.”<\/p>\n

This story was originally reported for broadcast by NBC Philadelphia. AI tools helped convert the story to a digital article, and an NBC Philadelphia journalist edited the article for publication.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After walking about 3,000 miles from Philadelphia to California, community activist Isaiah “HMBL Zay” Thomas is already preparing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":269766,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[69,71,70],"class_list":["post-269765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=269765"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269765\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/269766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=269765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=269765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=269765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}