British adventurer returns home after 28-year walk around the world

What BBN said about it

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorHere's the one-sentence version: a British adventurer has finished walking around the world, and it took him twenty-eight years.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorTwenty-eight years. I've had a gym membership that lasted eleven weeks.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorHis name is Karl Bushby, and he began in Chile and walked about thirty thousand miles to reach England.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorThirty thousand miles. On foot.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThe last stretch was the English Channel, which he swam, and Fox News reports he celebrated afterward with fish and chips.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorSo after twenty-eight years of walking, the finish line was a cold swim and a paper cone of chips. Splendid.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorFox calls it a remarkable solo walk and an extraordinary human achievement, and the numbers back that up.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorWhat's the catch? There's always a catch. A man doesn't walk for decades without somebody losing a deposit.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThe report doesn't give us the details of how he funded it, so that part is not clear yet.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorNot clear. Fine. I'll file it under suspicious.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThink of it as the longest commute ever recorded, starting in Chile and ending at home in England.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorAnd nobody told him about trains.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorWho does this affect? Mostly him, his family, and anyone who has ever quit a diet in March.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorThat's everyone. We're all affected.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThe competing views are pretty thin here. The coverage we have treats it as pure good news.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorI'd argue the swim was showing off. The man had walked thirty thousand miles and still wanted a dramatic finish.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorOr the water was simply in the way, and he's a man who doesn't go around.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorThat's annoyingly inspiring.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorWhat happens next isn't in the report, but I'd guess a long sit-down and a very comfortable pair of slippers.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorSlippers. The first shoes he's earned.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorSo the short version again: Karl Bushby walked from Chile to England, swam the last bit, and ate fish and chips.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorAnd it's the one story this week with no disaster in it. I'm furious. Were the chips at least cold?

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorBrock, is it chip weather out there, or is it raining on the parade again?