Kutztown resident Bob Scheidt has walked across America, and now his goal is to Walk Across Europe, in his battle to control diabetes.

“Living with diabetes is like living with a live dragon. Rather dangerous,” said Scheidt. “So I am on a quest, not to slay this dragon, but to control it and to use the power of that dragon to make the world a better place.”

At age 57, after suffering numerous diabetes-related health complications, including triple-bypass surgery, Scheidt is still able to walk 2,650 miles across a continent.