Overview
- Recent reports place Bushby in Europe, with an estimated 932 to 1,000 miles remaining and a projected arrival in September 2026.
- He began the Goliath Expedition in November 1998 from Punta Arenas, Chile, vowing not to advance by vehicle and not to return home except on foot.
- The route spans about 31,000 miles across roughly 25 countries, including the Darién Gap and a push to the Bering Strait in 2006.
- Progress was slowed by financial setbacks, visa and political hurdles, a 57-day detention in Russia and a five-year Russian ban in 2013, as well as pandemic pauses.
- In August 2024 he completed a 31-day Caspian Sea crossing from Kazakhstan to Azerbaijan by swimming with support boats, then continued through Turkey into Europe.