Global pedestrian Karl Bushby returns home to UK after 28-year trek

Deutsche Welle · Timothy Jones · 2026-11-02 12:31 UTC

Karl Bushby, a British man who traveled 50,000 km without transport over the past 28 years, has come home. Starting in Chile, he crossed the Americas, Russia and parts of Central Asia and Europe — almost all on foot.

November 2, 2026

British adventurer Karl Bushby, 57, arrived back his hometown in England on Monday after crossing four continents on foot.

He was met by a cheering crowd of about 500 people in the northeastern city of Hull at the end of his 50,000-kilometer (31,000-mile) journey, which began in the far south of South America in 1998.

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