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British adventurer back in UK after 28-year trek on foot around the world

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DER SPIEGEL
“Karl Bushby: Nach 28 Jahren kehrt der Weltumwanderer nach England zurück”

50.000 Kilometer legte er zurück: Der Brite Karl Bushby ist Jahrzehnte nach seinem Start in Patagonien nun in seiner Heimat angekommen – indem er den Ärmelkanal durchschwamm. Am Strand erwarteten ihn sein Vater und Werner Herzog.

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Al Jazeera English
“British adventurer back in UK after 28-year trek on foot around the world”
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France 24 English
“Brit adventurer back on UK soil after 28-year round-the-world walk”

British adventurer on a 50,000-kilometre, 28-year trek home from South America without using any transport has set foot on UK soil after swimming the Channel, his publicists said Tuesday. Karl Bushby, a 57-year-old former paratrooper, set off from Punta Arenas, Chile, in November 1998, vowing to reach his mother's home near Hull in northern England without travelling on planes, trains, boats, vehicles or other transport modes.

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