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British adventurer Karl Bushby completes 28-year walk home to Hull
Karl Bushby, a former paratrooper, has arrived at his mother's home in Hull after walking 50,000 kilometres from Chile without using motorised transport.
Karl Bushby, 57, has completed a 28-year walking journey from the southern tip of Chile to his hometown of Hull, crossing four continents and 29 countries without using any motorised transport. He set off in November 1998 aged 29, initially expecting the journey to take 12 years. Hundreds of well-wishers welcomed him in Hull's city centre on Monday before he walked the final stretch to his mother Angela's house, where he reunited with his family including his 36-year-old son Adam and 12-year-old granddaughter, whom he had never met in person. Bushby adhered to two self-imposed rules throughout: not to use transport and not to return home until he had completed the full journey. His trek included crossing the Darién Gap, traversing the frozen Bering Strait, swimming the Caspian Sea and the English Channel, and facing obstacles including visa restrictions, a spell in Russian custody, and the 2008 financial crisis that cost him major sponsors.
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