Karl Bushby finishes walk around world
The gist
British adventurer Karl Bushby finished a roughly 31,000-mile walk across four continents in 28 years, ending at his mother's Hull home.
The former paratrooper left his family behind at 29.
How it unfolded
- Nov 1, 1998Bushby, then 29, set out from Punta Arenas, Chile, on his Goliath Expedition, aiming to walk home to Hull without motorised transport.
- Sep 2024He swam across the Caspian Sea from Kazakhstan to Azerbaijan.
- May 2, 2025With special permission, he crossed Istanbul's 15 July Martyrs Bridge from Asia to Europe.