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Karl Bushby completes 28-year global walking trek in Hull

British adventurer Karl Bushby has arrived at his family home in England after walking 50,000 kilometres from South America over nearly three decades.

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British adventurer Karl Bushby arrived at his mother's home in Hull, northern England, on Monday, November 2, completing a 28-year journey across four continents. Euronews Election News, France 24 English, and Al Jazeera English all reported that the 57-year-old covered approximately 50,000 kilometres on foot without using conventional transport. [1][2][3]

Bushby set off from Punta Arenas, Chile, in November 1998, as reported by Euronews Election News and France 24 English. Al Jazeera English reported that his route crossed jungles, frozen seas, and international borders. Hundreds of supporters gathered in Hull city centre to cheer him before he completed the final leg to his mother's terraced house, where a banner read Welcome Home Son. [1][2][3]

Upon reaching his destination, Bushby reunited with his mother, Angela, according to Euronews Election News and Al Jazeera English. Euronews Election News reported that he also met his 36-year-old son Adam and his 12-year-old granddaughter for the first time during the homecoming. [1][3]

Bushby is an English walking adventurer, author, and former paratrooper. [1][9]

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In short

  • Karl Bushby completed a 28-year, 50,000-kilometre trek on foot in Hull, England.
  • The journey began in Punta Arenas, Chile, in November 1998.
  • Bushby crossed four continents without using conventional transport.

Sources

Every paragraph above points to the numbered items it rests on. Read the originals here.

  1. [1]British adventurer returns home after 28-year journey around the worldEuronews Election News, 4h ago (the report this story comes from)
  2. [2]British adventurer arrives back at mother's home after 28-year journeyFrance 24 English, 9h ago
  3. [3]British adventurer Karl Bushby returns home after 28-year walk around worldAl Jazeera English, 8h ago
  4. [4]British adventurer Karl Bushby returns home after 28-year walk around worldAl Jazeera, 8h ago
  5. [5]Video. British adventurer returns home after 28-year journey around the worldEuronews.com, 4h ago
  6. [6]British adventurer arrives back at mother's home after 28-year journeyFrance 24, 9h ago
  7. [7]British adventurer reunites with mother after 28-year round-the-world walkABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 11h ago
  8. [8]British adventurer Karl Bushby completes 28-year walkYahoo, 11h ago

Background

  1. [9]Karl Bushby on Wikipedia

Our newsroom writes these reports with the help of software, from the 9 sources listed and nothing else, and checks them against those sources. Facts can still be wrong or move on; the originals are the record. Spotted a mistake? Write to daniel@monsterkong.com.

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