THE LONGEST WAY 1.0 - 350 days of hiking through China - TIMELAPSE

ABOUT THIS VIDEO:
▶ I didn't finish my original goal of walking to Germany in 2008. Instead, I walked for a year and roughly 4500km, passed the Gobi desert, and then decided to stop walking.
▶ All of the distance from Beijing to Ürümqi was completed solely on foot, straight good old walking. There are instances where you can see me in the video sitting on a plane or riding a boat, but those are during breaks I had to take from walking, either to sort out bureaucracy issues or to take care of some personal things.
▶ I had been planning this trip for over a year before I even started, and getting as far as I got was an experience for which I am very grateful.
▶ Obtaining the necessary visa for a trip like this was not very easy, hence I had to go back to Beijing a few times to resolve some issues.
▶ This is not a strict "1 pic a day" video, because I wanted to make it a bit more alive by adding some additional movement. Sometimes during the film you would follow me turn around, or something would happen in the background. I tried to capture these moments to make the video more interesting.
▶ The core of this project is in actually my blog where I have posted my extensive travel diary, starting from day 1 (Nov 9th 2007) and describing every single day until the end one year later.

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AWARDS:
▶ 2009 Boulder Adventure Film Festival
▶ 2010 Berlin Webcuts
▶ 2010 Banff Mountain Film Festival
▶ 2011 Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival
▶ 2011 5th International Mountain Film Festival Domžale
▶ 2011 Squamish Mountain Festival
▶ 2011 Mezinárodný Festival Horských Filmov, Poprad
▶ 2011 Vertical Film Festival, Moscow
▶ 2009 TIME.COM #8 viral video

INSPIRATION:
▶ madandcrazychild (she takes a photo every day)
▶ NK5000 (Noah takes a photo of himself every day for 6 years)
▶ mattharding2718 (Where the Hell is Matt? 2008)

CONNECT WITH ME:

REISEERZÄHLUNG "THE LONGEST WAY" (PIPER/MALIK) ERHÄLTLICH:

BILDBAND "CHINA ZU FUSS" (NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC) ERHÄLTLICH:

[ChristophRehage]

Can I just say I want the DISLIKE counter to be back?

[rajrandhawa]

Welcome to all of you. Youtube has brought us all here after 10 years.

[artemain]

So nobody's gonna talk about the amount of effort he put into this?

[devenshaw]

This is how my parents got to school back in their day apparrently

[sanatanitruth-sh]

Quality content✔️
Stability ✔️
Direct to the point ✔️
No shit talking ✔️
Hardwork ✔️
Consistency ✔️

Approved in legendary category ✅

[oreoemsa]

Video uploaded: 2009

Video graphics: 2019

[TrenTwinsTVxBakiHanma]

See you back in 10 years when this is recommended to us

[coeusmaze]

Did I read your book when I was a child??? I grew up in a small town in China and one day read a book about a guy walking across China. I was so obsessed with the book that I finished reading it in one stand. Of course due to Youtube being blocked in China, I did not see this video at that time. Now I can only vaguely remember there was an old Chinese guy who taught you about the 'cultural revolution', a girl whose name I could not recall you had to part with, and how you had to suspend the journey because of some border crossing issues, etc (It's been so long I cannot remember exactly). Now I studying outside China, and I accidentally got recommended this video by YouTube. The feeling is quite magical, it's almost like time traveling

[frankieward]

Did anyone get this on the recommended list 10 years later ...

[Jdmcclaran]

Anyone else just randomly get this recommended 10 years later...

[mz]

This was filmed in 2009 but i get it reccomended to me in 2019 and it looks like a video from 2019

[Jasper_wolf]

10 years ago I was living in China and my parents showed me this video and I was astonished what is humanly possible. Ten years later back in Germany this video is still unbelievable and I get goose bumps all over when seeing this masterpiece. Thank you for this wholesome video that made my day.

[fr]

Isn't no one gonna talk about the fact this was made in 2009 and the quality looks like it's from this year?

[melons]

Video, made 10 years ago...
YouTube: yea now seems like a good time to recommend this video

[goretti-]

YouTube: Let's recommend this video 11 years later to everyone.

[bahaar]

I like how you still answer comments after 15 years.
This video always pops up in my feed and I watch every single time.

[coco]

I refuse to believe that after 11 years, this was only just recommended to us

[itznick]

See you all in 10 years when this pops up in your recommended again

[AidanJ___]

To be honest this is insane quality considering it was made over a decade ago

[reesegardner]

How my dad says he used to get to school: