Morality is really a communal thing. If you live amongst people who believe suffering should be increased, you'll not be viewed as morally reprehensible.

There's a sense of adventure and there's walking into Iran.

When I heard that, I said to myself "so he's not really walking to Qatar then. Why not take a fucking plane?"

There's a Yoruba saying that goes: when a little kid is well-fed, they'll start engaging in dangerous play. This guy sees a country in the middle of civil unrest and he decides "yeah, I'm going to cut across this country on my trek from Spain to Qatar".