The Walk of Life

Don’t judge a man until you’ve walked 31,000 miles in his shoes. “It was the mid-1990s and Mr. Bushby was a paratrooper in the British Army, obsessed with endurance tests. He was trying to find the longest distance he could travel by foot, but none of his options felt challenging enough, maxing out at a few thousand miles. Then his father suggested in the card that he look into traversing the Bering Strait between Alaska and Russia when it froze in the winter — unlocking a path across four continents … ‘That was when I realized that that’s the kind of thing I’ve been looking for,’ he recalled in an interview. ‘Now we had the ultimate journey.’ Mr. Bushby flew to South America and started walking home. Nearly 28 years later, he’s almost done.” NYT (Gift Article): After 28 Years Walking Across the Globe, He’s Almost Home. “Karl Bushby has walked 31,000 miles, crossing some of the world’s harshest landscapes. He plans to reach his mother’s house in England next week.” (When he hears what he’s missed, he’ll probably immediately go out for a walk…)