Karl Bushby Is Back in the UK After Swimming the Channel » Explorersweb
Bushby completed a 20-hour crossing over three days after French and UK authorities approved the swim, ending a 28-year journey home.
- On Monday, 57-year-old British adventurer Karl Bushby stepped onto Shakespeare Beach near Dover, completing his return to UK soil after a 28-year, 48,000km trek from Chile.
- Bushby opted to swim the English Channel after Channel Tunnel authorities vetoed his request in June, leaving him no option but to maintain his strict no-transport rule.
- After securing permission from French and UK authorities, Bushby spent 20 hours in the water over three days wearing a wetsuit, making landfall on Monday at 15:30 BST.
- Filmmaker Werner Herzog and family welcomed Bushby on the beach; however, his expedition remains incomplete as he must walk 400km north to his mother's home in Hull.
- Reflecting on his return, Bushby admitted apprehension about re-establishing himself in the 'grown-up world,' saying in September it was 'definitely time to call it a day.
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From Chile in 1998, the 57-year-old British explorer has just crossed the English Channel swimming to return to his native country after a trip of 50,000 kilometres across 29 countries After twenty-eight
In 1998, Karl Bushby started his tour, on which he did not want to use any means of transport. Now, 28 years later, he is back in his native England.
In 1998, Karl Bushby started his tour, on which he did not want to use any means of transport. Now, 28 years later, he is back in his native England.
After 28 years, British adventurer Karl Bushby returned to his home country swimming across the Channel, the key stage of his journey around the world without a means of transport, which he began in 1998, announced on Tuesday his entourage. The 57-year-old man, a parachuteist in the British army, proposed to ...
He travelled 50,000 kilometers: The British Karl Bushby has now arrived in his home country decades after his start in Patagonia – by swimming through the English Channel. His father and Werner Herzog awaited him on the beach.
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