Karl Bushby
Karl Bushby is a 36 year old British ex-paratrooper, currently attempting to be the first person to walk around the world. His trek is known as the Goliath Expedition.
The journey will take over twelve years to complete, and will cover over 36,000 miles. It will test one man's ability to go it alone and walk around the world, in one non-stop journey. It is under way now.
He set off from Punta Arenas, Chile, on November 1, 1998, and has completed over 17,000 miles (as of April 2006). With over 19,000 more miles to walk, maintaining his current speed, he should return home to Hull, England in 2009. Karl has already walked through South and Central and North America.
In March 2006, Bushby and French adventurer Dimitri Kieffer crossed the Bering Strait on foot, walking across a frozen 56 mile section in 15 days. (BBC) They were detained by Russian border troop officers while they were crossing the Russian border near the Chukotkan village of Uelen, for not having the proper documentation to cross the international border between Russia and the United States.
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