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William Ton

Adventurer embarks on next leg of long trek to legacy

Lucy Barnard resumes a trek that will make her the first woman to walk the length of the Americas. (Lucy Barnard/AAP PHOTOS)

Some may call it destiny but for an Australian woman trekking the length of the Americas, the legacy of being the first woman to achieve the feat is not all that profound.

Brisbane-born adventurer Lucy Barnard is set to continue on a path trodden by only a handful of men before her, which started while drinking in the broad and open Argentinian landscape on a boring bus ride.

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