Karl Bushby Completes 28-Year Walk Around World
English adventurer Karl Bushby ends his historic 28-year, 31,000-mile trek around the globe, concluding the journey at his mother's home in England.
POLICY WIRE — London, England — English adventurer Karl Bushby has officially completed his extraordinary journey, finishing a 28-year trek that covered approximately 31,000 miles around the planet.
The final steps of his global circumnavigation ended in England, where he was welcomed home by his mother, marking the emotional conclusion of a decades-long expedition.
Major international news outlets, including the New York Times and Reuters, have confirmed the milestone, highlighting that Bushby’s return home brings to a close one of the longest continuous walking efforts in modern history.
The feat stands in stark contrast to theoretical estimates, which suggest non-stop walking at three miles per hour would take roughly 346 days to circle Earth, whereas Bushby’s real-world journey spanned nearly three decades due to necessary rest, border crossings, and varied routes.
While other modes of travel, such as air travel at approximately 44 hours or sailing for about 40 days, offer quicker circumnavigations, Bushby’s persistence on foot has solidified his status as a record-breaking explorer.
Reporting by Policy-Wire (PW)
