UK adventurer returns home after 28-year trek around the world
The ex-paratrooper covered 31,000 miles on foot, crossing jungles, deserts and the Bering Strait before reaching his mother’s home, officials said.
- On Monday, adventurer Karl Bushby arrived in his hometown of Hull, completing his 50,000km 'Goliath Expedition' after 28 years, with crowds greeting the former paratrooper as he crossed the Humber Bridge.
- Bushby began his trek in Chile 28 years ago, originally expecting the journey to last only 12 years, and has traversed 29 countries while pushing his cart, 'The Beast.'
- The former paratrooper survived extreme conditions, including trekking the Darién Gap, walking the Bering Strait, and swimming 184 miles across the Caspian Sea, while enduring visa restrictions and the 2008 financial crash.
- Feeling 'absolutely overwhelmed,' Bushby spoke to BBC Radio Humberside on Sunday, calling his cart 'The Beast' his 'Wilson,' and will be met by his mother, son, and granddaughter in Hull today.
- Reflecting on his achievement, Bushby told ITV, ' feels good to have UK soil under my feet after all these years,' emphasizing that proving his own capability was the primary goal.
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KCRA 3'Sorry to keep you waiting': Man completes 28-year walk around world and returns to mother's house
Karl Bushby completed his 28-year, 31,000-mile odyssey to walk around the world by returning to his mother's home in northern England, where he left in 1998.
Karl Bushby set off for his Goliath expedition in 1998. He expected to be back home after twelve years, but due to setbacks along the way, his world tour on foot ultimately took 28 years.
After traveling more than 80,000 kilometers for almost three decades, former British paratrooper Karl Bushby completed his journey on foot as he arrived at Hull, his hometown.The 28-year expedition begun in southern Chile crossed 29 countries and included complex challenges such as swimming across the Bering Strait and the Channel of La Mancha.
28 years after he began his world tour, British adventurer Karl Bushby is back home in his hometown of Hull, in the northeast of England. He was received at City Hall with loud applause by a large group of supporters. This marks the end of a journey of more than 50,000 kilometers across four continents.
He's back home! Karl Bushby completed on Monday a twenty-eight year tour of the world. From Chile, the British adventurer was welcomed to his home town of Hull. The former soldier crossed 29 countries in about 50,000 kilometers on foot... And even a little more swimming. - Nearly 50,000 km of walk in 28 years: a British adventurer back home after a tour of the world (International).
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