British adventurer completes 28-year walk around the world

Karl Bushby, a British former soldier, has finished walking around the world after 28 years. He started in southern Chile in November 1998 and arrived home in Hull, England, in 2026. He covered around 50,000 kilometres on foot, using no motorised transport at any point.

Bushby originally expected the trip to take about 12 years. However, visa problems, the 2008 financial crisis, and Covid-19 all caused long delays. He crossed the Bering Strait on sea ice and swam across the Caspian Sea. In Alaska, temperatures dropped to minus 40 degrees. In Montana, someone stole his cart, which he used to carry his equipment.

He is believed to be the first person in modern history to walk an unbroken path around the entire world.