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Ron Brownsberger, 68, passed through Oakville Tuesday afternoon as part of the final leg of a charity walk that has seen the Stouffville, Ont., resident march through Pennsylvania, New York and southern Ontario. The journey, which he has dubbed the `Trail of the Susquehanna,' mimics the path Brownsberger's great, great grandfather took from Manheim, PA to Ringwood, Ont. in 1826. The great trek is something Brownsberger had contemplated recreating for a long time. However, his health did not permit it until recently. "I had this crazy notion when I retired from teaching a few years ago, but at that time my angina was so bad I could barely get from the house to the car, let alone think about walking somewhere," said Brownsberger. "I had heart surgery a year and a half ago and it was just incredible after the recovery -- the energy I've got." So great was this new-found energy that Brownsberger asked his wife Margaret what she thought about him walking from southern Pennsylvania to Stouffville. "When are we leaving?" was the response he received. With his heart surgery experience still a recent memory, Brownsberger also decided to use the walk as an opportunity to raise funds for the Schulich Heart Centre at the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto. "The artificial hearts that they use cost $22,000. It goes inside the body and pumps the blood after the human heart has been removed and works as long as needed, a cou* ple weeks, a couple months, even a year," said Finance rates starting from Brownsberger. "So, it costs $22,000 to save a person's life." 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