{
  "id": 17794894,
  "title": "Global pedestrian Karl Bushby returns home to UK after 28-year trek",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/global-pedestrian-karl-bushby-returns-home-to-uk-after-28-year-trek",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-02T12:31:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "DW News",
    "slug": "dw-news",
    "url": "https://www.dw.com/en/global-pedestrian-karl-bushby-returns-home-to-uk-after-28-year-trek/a-79829564?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "British adventurer Karl Bushby, 57, returned home to Hull, England after a 28-year, 50,000 km trek that traversed four continents. The journey, which began in Chile in 1998, saw him crossing the Bering Strait with French explorer Dimitri Kieffer and swimming the English Channel. Bushby, a former paratrooper, was met by a crowd of 500 people upon his return. He attributed the success of his incredible journey to the support of a massive team, likening it to \"the biggest team, Earth.\" Bushby adhered to two rules during his trek: avoiding all forms of motorized transport and not returning until he had completed his goal. His final leg of the journey brought him back to his mother, Angela, son Adam, and 12-year-old granddaughter in north Hull. Bushby's adventure was interrupted multiple times, including visa refusals and time spent in jail, as well as delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The famous filmmaker Werner Herzog is currently working on a documentary about Bushby's remarkable journey titled \"Walk of Life.\"",
  "summary": "Karl Bushby, a British man who traveled 50,000 km without transport over the past 28 years, has come home. Starting in Chile, he crossed the Americas, Russia and parts of Central Asia and Europe — almost all on foot.",
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    "Karl Bushby, 57, returns to Hull, England after 28-year trek",
    "Crossed four continents, traversed 50,000 km, began in Chile 1998",
    "Met by 500-person crowd, attributed success to massive support team"
  ],
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Karl Bushby returns home to northern England after a 28-year, 31,000-mile walk around the world",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/karl-bushby-returns-home-to-northern-england-after-a-28-year-31-000",
        "published": "2026-11-02T12:59:21.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Jerusalem Post",
        "title": "UK adventurer Karl Bushby returns home after 28-year trek around the world",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/uk-adventurer-karl-bushby-returns-home-after-28-year-trek-around-the",
        "published": "2026-11-02T15:28:52.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "British adventurer Karl Bushby returns home after 28-year walk around world",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/british-adventurer-karl-bushby-returns-home-after-28-year-walk-around",
        "published": "2026-11-02T17:42:05.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}