Karl Bushby Completes 31,000-Mile Walk in Hull After 28 Years
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Updated · The New York Times · Nov 2
Karl Bushby Completes 31,000-Mile Walk in Hull After 28 Years
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Nov 2
Summary
Hull marked the end of Karl Bushby’s 31,000-mile trek on Monday, when the 56-year-old walked the final miles to his mother’s house after starting in Chile in 1998.
Bushby finished only after swimming the English Channel in October, a last hurdle created by his self-imposed rules against using transport or setting foot in Britain before the journey ended.
The route took him across the Bering Strait, Asia and Europe and through the Darién Gap, with arrests, deportation and getting lost among the setbacks.
The homecoming also ended years of family separation: Bushby had not met his 12-year-old granddaughter before Monday because he would not return to Britain mid-journey.
Werner Herzog welcomed him in Hull and is making a documentary, while Bushby said he expects to spend the next year on that film and a planned book.