Zindagi mein aksar hum chote mote safar karte hain, bus, train ya car mein baith kar. Kuch log lambe safar ka shauq rakhte hain, jaisay Pakistan ke Naveed Khan, jinhon ne pura Pakistan paidal cross kiya, ya woh Pakistani Nojawan jo Hajj ke liye paidal chal kar Mecca gaye. Lekin ek shakhs aisa bhi hai jisne safar ki definition hi badal di. Hum baat kar rahe hain Karl Bushby ki, ek British adventure ki, jinhon ne 27 saal tak musalsal paidal chal kar duniya ka chakkar lagaya (ya lagane wale hain). Yeh ek aisi kahani hai jo insani azm, himmat aur junoon ki behtareen misal hai.
Safar ka Aaghaz: November 1998
Karl Bushby ne apna azeem safar, jise unho ne "Goliath Expedition" ka naam diya, 1 November 1998 ko Chile ke shehar Punta Arenas se shuru kiya. Unka maqsad sirf duniya ghoomna nahi tha, balkay ek aisi anokhi shart poori karna thi jiski misal shayad hi miley: woh duniya ka ghera (circumference) paidal, baghair kisi break ke, aur baghair kisi transport (plane, car, bus) ke mukammal karna chahte thay. Unka asool tha "never cheat, never fly, never quit". Yeh safar unke liye aik mission tha, ek waada jo unho ne khud se kiya tha. Shuru mein unka khayal tha ke yeh safar 12 saal mein poora ho jaye ga, magar zindagi ke imtehano ne isay 27 saal tak kheench diya.
Mushkilat ka Samna: Bering Strait aur Darien Gap
Karl Bushby ne apne safar ke دوران kayi khatarnak ilaqon ko aboor kiya. Maslan, unho ne Darien Gap jaisa ghana jungle cross kiya, jo Colombia aur Panama ke darmayan hai aur jahan koi road nahi hai. Sab se mushkil tareen marhala shayad Bering Strait ka crossing tha, woh samundari ilaqah jo Asia aur North America ko alag karta hai aur sardiyon mein jam jata hai. Karl un chand logo mein se hain jinhon ne yeh frozen strait paidal aur ice lumps ke upar chal kar cross kiya. Unho ne Caspian Sea ko bhi tairi (swim) kar ke aboor kiya, jo unke "no transport" rule ki ek tafseel thi (kyunki tairna 'transport' nahi, physical effort hai). ... See More