With the first steps along the Great Wall in the Gobi desert, a 21 year old dream had come to life. I didn't know how long time it would take to complete it. All I knew was that I had taken all the necessary steps to start living the adventure!
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The Gobi desert is enormous, as is the Great Wall winding its way through the sandy inhospitable landscape. On longest stretch without people I hauled ten liters of drink, and three kilo's food to be sure to make it...
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These tombs are from the Xixia dynasty that Genghis Khan personally led an army to destroy 1226 . All known written history was destroyed, and every soul in the capital killed. Only lately have we started learning about the Xixia people.
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The combination of cold weather, little food and water often led to exhaustion and at times dangerous situations.
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When the nighttime temperatures dropped below -25C / -13F, I would seek refuge inside. As I was carrying all equipment on my back, that was the lowest temperature I could endure.
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The Hebei and Beijing areas are very mountainous. Some days I would only walk 5 km per day. Some sections were left out altogether as they were too dangerous.
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Temperatures rose up to 45C / 113F the summer of 2010. The heat was crippling, and I could spend up to 3-4 hours resting under trees in the middle of the day. Every evening in the tent, I would stay awake to cool down before being able to sleep.
Read moreWoke up late and was amazingly feeling good again. No more high temperature. The shin felt better. I went to the largest pharmacist in town and got Ibux painkillers and a thick cream. Painkillers for the shin, and cream for my heel and two fingers. The climate is getting very […]
Have walked 29, 40 and 0 kilometres the last three days. Yesterday I was in bed all day long with a high temperature, and getting better from a strange tendonitis in my left leg. Luckily the fever is over today, and the leg feels a little better, so I will […]
Walked hard trying to keep up my new pace. With no sun and a strong wind, it was really chilly. On the first day I felt a pain on the front of my left lower leg (the shin?). It got progressively worse during the day but was still walkable at […]
Sunday 24th of October I used a driver today who told me that a massive reservoir will be built here (near my end point yesterday) in 2-3 years time. His house will be submerged, as will his relatives and a few tens of thousands of other people’s homes. Asking him […]
Had a pretty good day today even though I got off to a slightly later start than usual. Although the weather report said nice weather for today, it was very gray, and at noon it started raining. First quite heavily, but it eased off. I ended up walking in the […]
Friday 22. of October I started walking early today wanting to get as far as possible. It starts getting dark about five o’clock and it is getting to the point where every hours counts. My visa runs out in the beginning of December, and I have decided to try to […]
Thursday 21. of October I took the high speed train back to Huludao. It is a joy to use such an efficient means of transport. The contrast was huge when I sat on a bus to get to Huludao city center afterwards. The first 20 minutes went very slowly, between […]
Please look down the page to see updates from the last days. There are pictures from the 15th of October when I found traces of the Liaoning Great Wall. I head back to walking the Great Wall of China tomorrow and hope the right heel does better this time around. […]
Sorry for not writing for a while. I have been trying to increase my walking distances over the last few days. I get up pretty early and am walking until it starts to get dark. Then it’s time for food and sleep. Because of three blisters on my right heel […]
The forecast said rain today. I have had three blisters on my right heel the last few days. Started walking down the high mountain a week ago with one under my heel. I used some second skin plasters on the blister. Two days later, the crease from this plaster gave […]