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He Started Walking In 1998 And Still Hasn’t STOPPED

Karl Bushby set off from Chile in 1998 hoping to become the first person to complete an unbroken round the world walk, and now 27 years later the former paratrooper from Sutton Park has less than 2,000 miles left before he arrives at his home city of Hull. Since starting the Goliath Expedition, Bushby has walked across American and Asian continents, swam 186 miles across the Caspian Sea in 31 days, and fought off ice lumps and polar bears through the Bering Strait, all without using any form of transport. The adventure was meant to take 12 years, but his global voyage has transcended more than five prime ministers, the Covid pandemic, and numerous wars as he faced complications with visa problems, financial crises, and life threatening encounters that he was mentally prepared for but never expected would delay him for nearly three decades.

Currently waiting in Mexico for a visa to continue through Turkey before entering Europe, Bushby hopes to resume his trek in August and expects to arrive on home soil by September 2026 after walking what will total 36,000 miles by the time he completes the uncompromising route he’s stuck to his guns about. The traveler admits returning home will be a very strange place to be, saying “suddenly your purpose for living will have a hard stop” and he’s hoping to transition into other things as quickly as possible to keep mind, body and soul on the move. Reuniting with his family after being away for 27 years will involve getting to know each other again, a bittersweet homecoming for a man who looked down at a 36,000 mile road with no idea how he’d do it but refused to compromise even when he feared for his life on a few occasions. Bushby’s nearly three decade journey proves that the most extraordinary human achievements aren’t always about speed or efficiency but about the stubborn determination to finish what you started no matter how long it takes or how many obstacles the world throws in your path.

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