India, Dec. 6 -- Karl Bushby has been walking home for almost as long as some people have been alive. The British adventurer set off in November 1998, a 29-year-old ex-paratrooper with an almost absurd goal: to circle the planet on foot and eventually step back into Britain without ever using motorised transport. As per Geo News, he is now 56 and only about 1,000 miles from finishing what has become one of the longest human journeys ever attempted.

If all goes to plan, he will reach home in September 2026 - 27 years after leaving the tip of South America.

According to the Washington Post, born on March 30, 1969, in England. Karl Bushby grew up far from the kind of life he eventually chose. A former member of the Parachute Regiment, he c...