You’re correct, the article really does say that. I just think it is a strange statement. http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Transportation claims walking speed is 15 km/hr, for example, which would mean it would take him less than 1,000 hours of playing time to get there. Initially he was doing this in his spare time, but the claim that this is now his livelihood suggests he could walk 8 hours per day and make it in 125 days. Or ride a horse and make it in under 50. Or go through the Nether (possibly on a horse) and make it in about two weeks to a month.
