On a Monday afternoon, I met up with “The People Walker” Chuck McCarthy at his usual meeting spot at Griffith Park to go for a walk and find out exactly what a “people walker” does.

Meet Chuck McCarthy, the Hollywood People Walker offering exercise and companionship one step at a time.

Need motivation to walk? Don't like walking alone? "The People Walker" by Chuck McCarthy is here to help. It'll only set you back $7 per mile.

A new service is being offered to Los Angeles residents, The People Walker.

Chuck McCarthy's walking service provides fresh air, exercise and companionship for $30 an hour -- but peeing on trees is an absolute no-no. The Los Angeles-based entrepreneur works with humans, not ...

Chuck McCarthy's walking service provides fresh air, exercise and companionship for $30 an hour -- but peeing on trees is an absolute no-no.

People walker Chuck McCarthy, left, chats with his client Anie Dee as they walk in the Hollywood Hills in Runyon Canyon Park in Los Angeles on Thursday last week.

Hollywood’s Chuck McCarthy was looking for a way to make some cash between acting gigs, so he created The People Walker. “I walk people,” Chuck said, while on a walk in his neighborhood.

Chuck McCarthy's walking service provides fresh air, exercize and companionship for $30 an hour -- but peeing on trees is an absolute no-no.

A service in car-dependent LA is attracting lots of clients. Chuck McCarthy is an actor who started a people walking business. For $7 a mile, he'll take humans on walks. He chats but mostly listens.

The People Walker started as a one-man operation two years ago. But demand was so high that McCarthy now has a roster of 35 walkers, and a website where people can choose routes and walking partners.