Henk goes the extra mile or two, or 3,700, to help children

Tomorrow a Cork-based Apple employee gives up a highly paid tech job to embark on a 6,000km trek without cash, credit cards, or a backup plan.

Apple technical adviser Henk van der Klok, who has been working at the tech giant’s Hollyhill plant since 2016, leaves his desk to begin a walk through 13 countries to Jerusalem, without any form of money or support.

One of Henk’s aims is to raise funds to help abandoned children on the border of Thailand and Myanmar, who have been left orphaned by civil war.