Dec 01, 2010 First Man To Walk The World
KARL BUSHBY IS MELAQUE’S MOST CURIOUS FULL-TIME RESIDENT. This small town on Mexico’s Costa Alegre has been the former British paratrooper’s base of operations for three years. Every morning he sits in an indoor-outdoor café two blocks from the ocean and nurses an orange juice, making use of a weak wireless signal from somewhere nearby. Karl opens his battered four-year-old Toughbook computer and checks his inbox, hoping to find an email telling him he can get back on track to become the first man to walk around the world with unbroken footsteps. Bushby was in his late 20s when he began this journey. If and when he arrives at his hometown of Hull, in the north of England, he’ll be in his late 40s to early 50s.
“It’s quite a long walk,” the 41-year-old says mildly. “But I’ve made it my mission, and, frankly, failure isn’t an option.”