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4646km through China on foot

A brilliant time lapse video of what happens to a trekker in China … who does not shave.

Christoph Rehage from Hanover, Germany, is a cinematographer and student of China Studies.

Click PLAY or watch his China video on YouTube.

November 9th 2007 – November 13th 2008

one year on foot – 4646km through China

unlimited beard & hair growth

– All of the distance from Beijing to Ürümqi has been 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. …

– The songs I used in the video are 1) Zhu Fengbo – “Olive Tree” and 2) The Kingpins – “L’aventurier” – visit the Kingpins website if you want to know more, they are very cool I think.

– 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.

more information on his website – The Longest Way

(via vagabondish on Twitter)

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Lake Vesuvius Lakeshore Trail, Ohio


The WARNING SIGNS on this trail are over zealous. From one trip report circulated by email:

It was a beautiful day, no rain and warm sun shining down on the steamy well watered ground.

We decided to take full advantage of the rare sunny day in Ohio. Just a piece up the road is Wayne Forest State Park.

We set out for the park and to our delight a hike around Lake Vesuvius. The map showed a fairly flat 8 mile trail all the way around the lake.

Perfect!

The fearless leader Scott jumped out in the lead and set a good pace, until……

the WARNING sign……..

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Would we be able to make it? Should we turn back now? OH MY 7 more miles to go EEKKK! I quickly calmed Scott down and told him we would be just fine! Let’s just enjoy the beautiful early spring flowers and push on ahead!

So we hiked on looking for the perfect place to have lunch.

We resisted the lunch recommended to us by the nice Forest Service man, Mr. Boggs. He said in a heavy Kentucky accent “Ain’t nothin’ better then sittin’ on a log with a good Balona’ sandwich, yew should russell yer selves up one”

After lunch we continued hiking and then It hit us…..

THE SECOND WARNING SIGN!

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6 MILES! Maybe we should turn back? The sign says it will take us another 5 hours! That’s about 1 mile per hour how could we ever do that?

But the healthy lunch I made for Scott wasn’t full of Balona’ and this time he was the one to say we should press on!

And so we did, up little hills, around big rocks, through a few mud bogs. The sun was warming up the ground and Canada Geese were defending their soon to hatch eggs.

We never saw another hiker. I was sure it was because these Ohio hikers can’t handle the big miles. Look at us we’re doing just fine!

But I spoke too soon! that was not it at all,

And we soon found out.

Now, I can’t say for sure. But maybe, the nowhere to be found, other hikers knew something we didn’t?

like what was waiting up around the next bend!

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Now this California girl had no idea what this nice specimen of a snake was, but my fearless leader Scott knew just what it was. A COPPER HEAD!

We turned around and headed back to the car. Not that we couldn’t do the miles, but just in case the warning was more about the snakes!

Back at the Ranger Station, Mr Boggs informed that indeed that is a Copper Head, “Out early this year!”

GREAT! I hope they like Balona’ Sandwiches better then hikers in shorts exposing bare skin for the first of the season bite!

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camping with Tom Cruise

I knew if I lived long enough, the outdoors would be “cool“.

Celebrities are taking girlfriends on hiking first dates and climbing Kilimanjaro.

From Allie Comeau on the Sierra Trading Post blog:

According to reports, he’s taking Katie Holmes and their daughter, Suri, on a cross-country camping trip this summer.

Photo Credit: Vanity Fair, 2006
Photo Credit: Vanity Fair, 2006

… they’re bringing along a team of bodyguards and a Scientology advisor so they’ll be traveling in more of a troupe than a family (but at least they won’t have to worry about bears). …

Family Camping… with Tom Cruise?

Seems the story started with a post on Backpacker Magazine’s Daily Dirt.

Click through to admire Tom Cruise (the Stalone-like rock climber) in Mission Impossible 2.

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sleeping bag – bear costume

Cure your fear of bears by pretending you are the mighty hunter and have slayed the terrifying bear. Then strut around the room wearing the huge bearskin to show off your prowess. OR take the sleeping bag camping and you can scare the be-jezuz out of your friends when they wake up next to you.

Both are possible with this incredible new sleeping bag by artist Eiko Ishizawa. This fun design is so cool (and a little creepy looking) that we just had to share it with all of our readers. …

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My Bad Pad

(via campingblogger on twitter)

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World’s Most Dangerous Hike – Hua Shan


The best video of this hike I’ve seen yet.

Robin takes off to China to find the source of one of the web’s most amazing photos, and see if Mount Hua is indeed the world’s most dangerous hike. More gonzo madness at www.moderngonzo.com

Travel Writer Robin Esrock now has a TV Show, as well, called Word Travels showing in Canada on OLN, and in dozens of countries worldwide on National Geographic Adventure.

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flying tents

Nothing like a good “Maytag” tent photo.

This tent belongs to the West Virginia Civil Air Patrol … All the cadets placed their day equipment into this tent, but no one noticed that it was not staked down. When all the cadets removed their equipment, a gust of wind knocked the tent over. (The top of the tent is facing down.) At the top of the tent is a screen so the tent was more like a parachute. The tent was in the air for about 15 seconds and reached an altitude of 30 feet. Photo by Rocco S. Rossetti

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(via EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2006 Photo Gallery)

And another:

… at Maker Faire Austin, the lights went out. All power was lost in one whole area of the fairgrounds. It turned out that a dome tent from the camping area had taken flight in a dust devil and crashed into the power lines. Fernando Rizo got a couple of great shots of the tent moments before impact.

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(via The Piton)

Leave a comment if you’ve ever had your tent take flight.