UK adventurer ends epic 28-year trek across jungles and frozen sea
Summary
British adventurer Karl Bushby returned to his home city of Hull on Monday, completing a 28-year, roughly 50,000-kilometre trek that began in Chile. He said he made the journey without using transport to advance, crossing the Americas, the Bering Strait, and parts of Asia and Europe before swimming the English Channel to reach Britain.Key Facts
- Bushby began his trek in 1998, aged 29.
- He walked about 50,000 kilometres, or 31,000 miles, across four continents.
- His route included crossing the frozen Bering Strait from Alaska to Russia.
- He paused his trek several times, including during a visa dispute with Moscow, the 2008 financial crisis, and the Covid-19 pandemic.
- Bushby resumed after each pause from the exact point where he had stopped.
- He swam across the English Channel in early October to return to the United Kingdom.
- A crowd of up to 1,000 people welcomed him in Hull on Monday.
- Filmmaker Werner Herzog and a crew are accompanying Bushby; Herzog is making a documentary called “Walk of Life.”
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