"I know the whole city by page number," he joked. Moose and owls and deer and a couple of times coyotes and that's always really fascinating.”Įach day is a new adventure for Shupe as he logs all of his travels in a City of Calgary map book by highlighting in pen every single street that he has completed. "And then of course there's been a lot of wildlife I've seen. "The mountains, the rivers, the views, and I really like all the ones downtown. From Hawkwood to Skyview Ranch, Woodbine, Fish Creek, Signal Hill and beyond, Shupe has just about seen it all. So far, he's travelled more than 10,000 kilometres with roughly 4,000 left to go. (supplied) "I KNOW THE WHOLE CITY BY PAGE NUMBER"Ĭalgary has more than 16,000 kilometres of roadway (all lanes combined), but Shupe isn't walking the main arteries like Crowchild, Deerfoot or Glenmore where it's too dangerous as walkways don't exist.
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Shupe is now working on writing a book called HA, HA (Heart Attack, Heart Attack): How to recover from two heart attacks with a sense of humour.Ĭalgarian Mark Shupe in hospital after suffering a heart attack. "He sees it as, you know, an exercise thing, and we see it as a life-giving goal." "The heart attacks were just a scary wake up call and we're just so grateful that he's here and that he is able to continue to do this. Shupe's wife Lana says she's extremely proud of her husband. He's also on beta blockers and unable to raise his heartrate past 142 beats per minute, but that still hasn’t slowed him down. His heart sustained some damage, but his regular activity has helped exponentially in the recovery process. Shupe says one of the original bypass grafts failed, resulting in a second heart attack in November of 2020. "I didn't foresee this happening when I set my original goal, but anyone who is interested in following my journey, I would request that they donate money to the Heart and Stroke Foundation, or Calgary's Foothill Hospital, which literally saved my life." I don't feel like I've had two heart attacks." "I don't mind doing that because it's what keeps me alive and I actually feel great. Once he recovered, doctors encouraged him to continue staying active. Some of Shupe’s arteries weren't deemed fit for the procedure, but a successful triple bypass was completed. "They said you need to have this bypass operation or you’re going to die." He started having chest pains and doctors informed him that he needed to have quintuple bypass surgery.
Shupe, a retired oil-and-gas employee who worked for more than 30 years, was a couple of years and thousands of kilometres into his journey when he had his first heart attack in February of 2020.
"I decided to walk every street in the city and thought that would help keep me motivated and make it interesting." "But I decided to start walking and needed to find something interesting for me to keep going.
"I used to run a lot and started having back problems when I turned 50 so it was a struggle," said Shupe. He set a goal back in 2018 to walk every one of Calgary's streets within five years and he's well on his way to achieving the milestone.
The 60-year-old Calgarian has a passion for staying active and regularly walks about 15 kilometres each day. Mark Shupe has 'been around the block' a few times to say the least.