Imagine leaving home as a young man and not walking back through the door until nearly three decades later. For British adventurer Karl Bushby, that became reality on Monday, 2 November, when he finally returned to Hull after an extraordinary 28-year journey around the world. Share Bushby set off from Punta Arenas in southern Chile on 1 November 1998, determined to make his way home without using transport to move himself forward. He was 29 when the adventure began. Now 57, the former British paratrooper has covered around 31,000 miles, crossing four continents and dozens of countries in a journey few could imagine completing. This was never an ordinary long-distance walk. Bushby crossed the frozen Bering Strait between Alaska and Russia, battled through the dangerous Darién Gap and faced lengthy setbacks involving borders, visas and authorities. To remain faithful to his challenge, he even swam across the Caspian Sea and, during the final stret...
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