U. S. Soldiers Home, Mac: I am a compulsive reader and pick up any newspaper,
any printed matter I see laying around and start reading.

This is from January 14, 2003 issue of Examiner newsmagazine. Nick Jeffreys
write about a guy walking around the world. The walker is Karl Bushby
from Hull, England. He is a 33 years old ex-paratrooper. He began the
walk Nov l, l998 at the tip of Chile. Has walked 12,00 miles so far going
through Peru, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Guatemala and Mexico. He goes 20
miles a day every day and has nine years to go.

He started out with $500 sewn into his jacket (I would probably absent
mindedly lay the jacket down some place.) His mom and dad send money and
replace his boots every 1,178 miles. His website is www.earthtrekuk.net and there
is a lot of info on it, about Karl, why he is doing it, his Colombian
girlfriend and more.

He pulls a small aluminium cart with his gear tent, sleeping bag, food,
and water behind him When his provisions run out, he lives off the land.
A picture of the cart shows that it has large wheels. I always like large
wheels on carts as they pull easier and easier to pull up and down stairs.
He was in a Panamanian jail for l8 days “in a stinking cell with
crooks of all varieties,” for not having the correct visa.

When his journey is over in 2010 he is not sure what he will do next.
“But he has a lot of time to think about it. “ Maybe I will
just throw myself in front of the TV and never move again.” If I
am ever thrown out of the soldier’s home I live in, I hope he will
loan me his cart and I will try to follow in his footsteps, although,
at 79 I may just be dreaming!