British adventurer completes 28-year, 31,000-mile walk around world

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Karl Bushby, a British ex-paratrooper, has completed a 28-year walk covering 31,000 miles across four continents and 30 countries.

Karl Bushby completed his 28-year walk around the world on Monday, arriving at Hull City Hall in Northern England to greet his mother. Hundreds of people cheered his arrival as he returned home after more than quarter of a century away.

Bushby, an ex-paratrooper, was 29 years old when he left his home for a Royal Air Force base near Oxford and flew to South America. He set out from Punta Arenas, Chile, on 1 November 1998 and has walked 31,000 miles across four continents and 30 countries. Now 57, he is softer, grayer and weathered than when he left, but far more worldly.

To complete his journey without using motorised transport, Bushby navigated shifting ice over the Bering Strait and swam across the Caspian Sea and English Channel. 'They say it takes a village but literally it took a world to get me here,' Bushby said upon arrival. 'The kindness of strangers, so many, from individuals to nation states to get me back here today. I didn't do this alone.'

How it is being reported

• Karl Bushby returns home to northern England after a 28-year, 31,000-mile walk around the worldKarl Bushby is completing his 28-year journey to walk around the world, returning to his mother's home in Northern England.News4Jax · 2 Nov, 12:58
• Karl Bushby returns home to northern England after a 28-year, 31,000-mile walk around the worldKarl Bushby is completing his 28-year journey to walk around the world, returning to his mother's home in Northern England.Clickorlando · 2 Nov, 12:58

In this story: Karl Bushby · Hull · Northern England · Chile · Bering Strait · Caspian Sea · English Channel

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