Name: Man prepares to finish walk around the world that took 27 years
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A man from the UK is taking the phase phrase "the long way home" to a whole new level.

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Setting off on his epic journey from Chile 27 years ago, he's now nearing the finish line.

CBS News foreign correspondent Ramy Inocencio has more.

And this guy, Carl Bushby, really is the ultimate globetrotter, if you will.

Walking across continents, but walking also across time, sponsored by a lot of outdoor brands.

I mean, what have you been doing since the year 1998?

He couldn't use any mechanical transport and he would not go home until he got there on foot.

Since Carl Bushby started walking non stop across the planet in 1998, the world has changed.

Since his first few days on the road in Chile.

These indigenous folks just brought me in.

They sat me down, put plates of food in front of me,

and then, you know, tea and thank you very much, and then left.

Found nothing but the best in those 27 years, which has just been remarkable.

In that time, Bushby has walked about 30,000 miles.

From the age of 29, he's marked a generation of birthdays on the road and turned 56 this year.

Traversing up the Americas, across the US to Russia, then Asia and, and now Europe.

Our lives are short, and I've always wanted to live it to the fullest that I can.

Bushby has lived more than most of us might ever dare.

One of the scariest things happened early on.

In 2000, he crossed the dangerous Darien Gap, the only way to pass from south to Central America.

Through the middle of a war zone, and there's a whole layer above that of cartels and plantations and then really, really tough jungle.

He later traversed the Bering Strait from Alaska to Siberia, becoming the first Brit to do so.

You're in a very serious world that will kill you in 20 minutes if you mess up.

Barred from walking through Russia or Iran, he swam the Caspian Sea, the first person to do so.

And now to get home, he may have to swim again.

Physical challenges aside, Bushby says there were emotional ones, too.

Circumstances just hard to do that on the road like this.

Was there ever a time with family or close friends where you thought, you know what, I gotta go back.

So it was understood that if they, if any of them died, I wouldn't be there at the funeral.

Technological adaptations were needed as well.

In 2013, he bought his first touchscreen device.

In the early days, you are pretty isolated now.

Karl started his TikTok just this summer and has more than 350,000 followers as he hits his home stretch.

Uncomfortable. Realizing that, you know, it's like anyone who's had a lifetime career and you have any time to retire.

That first step will open a world of possibilities and opportunities.

Only about, well, only about 2,000 more miles to go until he gets here in England at the end of next year.

Michael, his second passion, you told me, is STEM, teaching science, technology, engineering and math to more people.

And he said he sees himself doing that for the rest of his already very fulfilling life.

I'd say if you see him on the road, say hi, maybe buy him a coffee so that he keeps on going.