Brit finishes walk around the world but critics work out average miles a day
Critics have slammed a British man who is due to arrive back home after a 28-year-walk around the world. Karl Bushby, 57, is to make his final stop in Hull this morning following the trek from South America. He set off from the southern end of Chile in 1998, when he was 28, vowing to walk all the way home without using any form of motorised transport. He crossed the notorious Darien Gap in Central America and traversed the Bering Strait between Alaska and Russia on the frozen sea on the way back to Britain. The adventurer more recently swam the English Channel.
TL;DR
- Karl Bushby, 57, is completing a 28-year, 31,000-mile walk around the world, returning to Hull.
- He began his journey from Chile in 1998, vowing to use no motorized transport.
- Critics have slammed Bushby, with some calculating his average daily travel at only three miles.
- Online commenters criticized him for abandoning his family and questioned how he funded his travels.
- Bushby himself called the journey "selfish" due to the emotional price paid by loved ones.
- His spokesperson noted his emotional state about the journey's completion and uncertainty about the future.