HULL (The Thursday Times) — British mohimjoo Karl Bushby Peer ko, Chile ke janoobi sire se ghoom kar paidal ghar aane ke liye rawana hone ke 28 saal baad, Hull mein apni maa ke ghar ke darwaze tak pahunch gaye.
57 saal ke Bushby ne apna rasta tai karne ke liye motor se chalne wali kisi sawari ka istemal kiye baghair taqreeban 50,000km ka fasla tai kiya, aur un ki maa Angela ne unhein qatar mein bane apne ghar ke bahar "Beta, ghar mein khush aamdeed" likhe banner ke neeche gale lagaya. Sainkron hamayatiyon ne shehr ke markazi hisse se guzarte hue un ki hausla afzai ki thi.
"Intizar karwane par maazrat," unhon ne hujoom se kaha. "Kya bas yehi tha, kya yeh poora ho gaya?"
Bushby November 1998 mein aik tent, chand sau dollar aur aik sasta plastic camera le kar Punta Arenas se rawana hue, aur jise unhon ne Goliath Expedition ka naam diya tha, us ke 12 saal lagne ki ummeed thi.
Is mein us se do guna se zyada waqt laga. Unhon ne Colombia aur Panama ke darmiyan Darien Gap ka jungle uboor kiya, Alaska se Russia tak jame hue Bering Strait par paidal chale, Russia mein dakhil hone ke baad hirasat mein liye gaye, aur phir Mongolia aur China se hote hue aage barhe. Unhon ne Caspian Sea tair kar paar kiya, aur pichhle maheene aakhri bari rukawat door karne ke liye English Channel tair kar paar kiya. Visa ke masail aur 2008 ke maali bohran mein bare sponsors ke chhin jane se kai saal aur barh gaye.
"Kaha jata hai ke is ke liye aik gaon darkar hota hai, lekin lafzi taur par mujhe yahan tak pahunchane ke liye poori duniya lagi," unhon ne kaha. "Ajnabiyon ki meharbani, kitne hi log, afrad se le kar qaumi riyasaton tak, taake aaj mujhe yahan wapas pahunchaya ja sake. Main ne yeh akele nahin kiya. Aik bari team thi. Sab se bari team. Zameen."
Is safar par feature-length documentary production mein hai, aur Bushby aane wale hafton mein England ka aik taqreeri daura karne ka irada rakhte hain.
