Karl Bushby Completes 31,000-Mile Walk Home to Hull After 28 Years
Karl Bushby, a 57-year-old former British paratrooper, has successfully completed a monumental 31,000-mile walk from the tip of South America back to his mother's home in Hull, England, a journey that spanned 28 years. Bushby began his trek on November 1, 1998, from Punta Arenas, Chile, with the self-imposed rules of no transportation and no returning home until he had walked the entire distance. His incredible journey included traversing the Andes, hacking through the Darién Gap, crossing the frozen Bering Strait, and swimming the Caspian Sea and the English Channel. He arrived in Hull on November 2, 28 years and one day after he started, to a civic welcome and a reunion with his mother, son, and granddaughter.
