The journey began with an ambitious idea, a few hundred dollars in his pocket, and a determination to accomplish something that had never been done in quite the same way before.
In November 1998, Karl Bushby, a former British Army paratrooper from Hull, England, set out from Punta Arenas, at the southern tip of South America, with a remarkable goal: to make his way around the world and eventually return to his hometown without using motorized transportation to advance his journey.
He expected the adventure to take approximately 12 years.
Continue on the next page:
