The man who walked the world

Karl Bushby, 57, a British ex-paratrooper who left the tip of South
America in 1998 to walk around the world without using motorised
transport, has returned to his hometown of Hull after 28 years

GOLIATH EXPEDITION

START
Nov 1,
1998:
Punta
Arenas,
Chile

2001:
Spends two
months
navigating
dangerous
Darién
Gap

Mar 2006: Walks for two
weeks across frozen
Bering Strait

Oct 2024: Swims
across Caspian
Sea in 31 days

Swims English
Channel

FINISH
Nov 2, 2026:
Hull, UK

SOUTH
AMERICA

U.S.

CANADA

GREEN-
LAND

CHINA

RUSSIA

AFRICA

EUROPE

Bushby walks
towards Humber
Bridge, Nov 1, 2026

DID YOU KNOW?

When Bushby
set off, smartphones,
social media and
Google Maps did not
exist, and singer Billie
Eilish hadn’t been
born yet

Bill Clinton was U.S.
president, Boris Yeltsin
was president of Russia
and Tony Blair was
British prime minister

Adventure was meant
to last 12 years but has
instead taken 28 years

Journey
distance:
50,000km*
(31,000
miles)

Steps taken:
75 million*

Cart: Pushes it
along with him –
holds tent and
belongings

Sources: BBC, AP, karlbushby.world *Estimate Picture: Getty Images
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