DACULA, GA – JUNE 6, 2014: Facing oncoming traffic, Karl Bushby travels along the narrow shoulder of Highway 124 several miles east of Atlanta, Georgia. Bushy walks about 20 miles a day, and has admitted that his quest to get permission to travel through Russia is a long shot. "If I skip Russia and just start walking through China, I've failed."<br />
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Karl Bushby is trying to complete the longest walk in history. Unless the Russians stop him. As a 45 year-old Brit, Bushby been traveling around the world on foot since 1998. In the most recent leg of his journey, Bushby is walking to Washington, D.C. to petition the Russian Embassy to lift a visa ban that prohibited him from continuing his hike through Russia.