This final Chronicle reflects on legacy, not only as family lineage, but as story, trace, and impact. It considers what Karl left behind: descendants, records, photographs, and a journey significant enough to surface again more than a century later.

Drawing on books, archives, and personal encounters, this Afterword places Karl within the broader history of cycling, travel, and social change, while also acknowledging how following his path reshaped my own life as a traveller, photographer, and storyteller.

It closes the Karl Chronicles not with an ending, but with gratitude — for Karl, for the journey, and for the readers who travelled alongside it.