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December 31, 2025
He's been walking around the world for 27 years. One of the biggest lessons he's learned is how to be happy
In 1998, Karl Bushby set off on the "Goliath Expedition," a mission to walk around the world. Here's the number one lesson he learned about happiness.
TL;DR
- Karl Bushby began his 'Goliath Expedition' in 1998 with the goal of walking around the world unassisted.
- The journey, which started in Punta Arenas, Chile, has spanned 27 years across the Americas, Asia, and Europe.
- Bushby's rules dictate he can only walk or swim and cannot return home until he arrives on foot.
- He has faced significant challenges, including visa issues, difficult governments, crossing controversial borders, the Darien Gap, detention by Russian authorities, being jailed in Panama, and near-freezing conditions in Alaska.
- Bushby emphasizes that the hardest aspects of his journey were not physical but emotional, particularly losing romantic relationships, while finding happiness in those connections and in the kindness of strangers.
- He expects to complete his journey and return to England in the upcoming year.
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