Karl Bushby completes 28-year walk home to Hull
Summarised from 2 outlets · 4 reports · Updated 31 Oct, 14:02 · Archive
Adventurer Karl Bushby arrives in Hull on Monday after walking 31,000 miles from South America over 28 years without using transport.
Karl Bushby will arrive in Hull on Monday 2 November after 28 years walking from South America. The former paratrooper, now 57, set off from Punta Arenas in Chile on 1 November 1998, aged 29, having left Hull the previous month. He imposed two rules on himself: not to use any form of transport to advance and not to return to the UK until his mission was complete.
Bushby has walked 31,000 miles across four continents, traversing the Bering Strait and swimming across both the Caspian Sea and the English Channel. He pushed 'The Beast', a custom-built trolley, to carry his belongings throughout the journey. He originally expected the trek to take 12 years. Upon arrival, he will receive a civic reception in Queen Victoria Square before walking to his mother's home in east Hull.
A free exhibition at the Monocle building will display his personal belongings, photographs, diary excerpts and maps from the journey. The exhibition runs from 3 November until early 2027. Bushby is also planning a theatre tour to deliver talks about his adventures. As he approached the finish line, he told the Hull Daily Mail that adjusting to life after the journey would be 'difficult', saying his 'purpose and reason for living is about to end' and he was struggling with 'blending back into a society that you just don't know anymore'.
How it is being reported
- Hull's Karl Bushby says adjusting to life after his 28-year global trek ends will be 'difficult'Karl has walked 31,000 miles across four continents on his Goliath Expedition – but as the Hull adventurer approaches the finish line, he says he is anxious about blending back into society and faces a profound identity crisisHull Daily Mail · 31 Oct, 13:30
- ‘There is no way I can know who I will be when I come back’ - The last words of Karl Bushby as he departed Hull on his global trekKarl’s mum said he was ‘emotional but trying not to show it’ as he set out 28 years agoHull Daily Mail · 31 Oct, 05:00
- Free exhibition celebrating global explorer Karl Bushby's 28-year epic journey to open in HullThe exhibition will showcase Karl's personal belongings, images and diary entries from his incredible journeyHull Daily Mail · 30 Oct, 08:40
- Exhibition charts Karl Bushby's 28-year trek homeAdventurer Karl Bushby returns to Hull on Monday 2 November after leaving Chile in 1998.BBC Humberside · 29 Oct, 16:13
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