‘It’s been a while’: hero’s welcome for UK man after 28-year walk across the world
Summary
Karl Bushby returned to Hull after a 28-year journey on foot that covered 36,000 miles and 29 countries. He was welcomed by a crowd in the city before planning to finish the final leg at his childhood home.Key Facts
- Bushby left the army in 1998, aged 29, intending to walk around the world.
- He walked about 36,000 miles across four continents during the journey.
- He crossed the Bering Strait over frozen sea and traversed Central America's Darién Gap.
- Bushby said he followed two rules: not to return home before completing the journey and not to use transport to advance it.
- He arrived in Hull on the same date he had set off 28 years earlier.
- A crowd welcomed him at Queen Victoria Square as he pushed his trolley, called Beast 2.
- The article says his return will make him the first person to walk continuously across the world, visiting 29 countries.
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