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Catherine Turcich had a very understandable reaction when her son, Tom, told her he was going to spend five or so years walking around the world. She was scared. “I was very anxious about the whole thing,” Turcich said. “Not only are you concerned about their well-being, and their safety, but then you leap ahead to the future. This is going to take years. What is he doing? This is five years of his life. He’s going to have to pick up where he’s left off,” she said. Tom Turcich — his mother calls him Tommy — began his journey on April 2, 2015, the day before his 26th birthday, by walking out th…