British adventurer Karl Bushby ends epic 28-year trek across jungles, frozen sea

British adventurer Karl Bushby enjoyed an emotional reunion with his mother and family on Nov 2 as he arrived back home after a 28-year, 50,000km trek from South America, crossing four continents on foot.
Cheers erupted as the 57-year-old former paratrooper was greeted in the street outside his mother’s house in the north-eastern British port city of Hull.
Bushby, who set off on his odyssey from Chile in 1998, had two golden rules for his journey – avoid all forms of transport to advance, and not return until he completed his challenge.
He was met in the centre of Hull by a crowd of up to 1,000 cheering people before being reunited with his mother Angela, 36-year-old son Adam, and a 12-year-old granddaughter he had never met.