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Christoph Rehage

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What would you do if you were studying in Beijing, just about to turn 26 and possessed a strong passion for photography and exploration?

Christoph Rehage started walking on precisely that day. His aim: on foot from Beijing to Bad Nenndorf in Germany. The journey led him over summits and across deserts, past yaks and camels. He met some good friends and a teacher along the way. But after one year, three pairs of shoes and 4646 kilometers, he reached the point where he had to make a decision.

His video "The Longest Way 1.0" has reached a worldwide viewing audience of over 3 million. German publishing houses Piper/Malik and National Geographic have made travelogues and photo books about this journey. Even though Christoph is not wearing a real b...more


Average rating: 3.89 · 9 ratings · 1 review · 1 distinct work · Similar authors
The longest Way - 4646 Kilo...
3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions

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"you too man, best of luck for your walk/ride next year!"
Embracing the Dragon by Polly Greeks
Remember the book by Nathan Hoturoa Gray that I thought sucked so much? Well this one is about a part of the same trip, only it’s written from his girlfriend’s perspective:

Author: Polly Greeks
Title: Embracing the Dragon
Time: 2002
Destination: Great Wa...more
"Travels in Tartary Thibet and China, Volume Two" by Huc
Here is someone who greatly inspired both Nikolai Mikhaylovich Przhevalsky and Sven Hedin:



Author: Régis Evariste Huc
Title: Travels in Tartary, Tibet and China
Time: 1844-1864
Destination: Northern China to Lhasa
Length: 2 years
Type: by caravan
Rating: 7/...more
Berlin - Moskau. Eine Reise zu Fuß. by Wolfgang Büscher
Wolfgang Büscher
October 26th, 2011
Here’s a highly acclaimed piece of travel writing from Germany:



Author: Wolfgang Büscher
Title: Berlin – Moskau
[Title:] [Berlin - Moscow]
Time: 2001
Destination: Germany to Russia
Length: 3 months
Type: mostly walking
Ratin...more
The Pilgrimage by Paulo Coelho
" I didn't finish it. Not because it's difficult or long but because it's just pap. Cover-to-cover pap. Hackneyed tripe. Air-inflated mysteriousness and banal oblique sentences with zero depth. It's like Casteneda without characters; Chaucer without... " Read more of this review »
First Pass Under Heaven by Nathan Gray
After having read William Lindesay‘s excellent account of his trek along the Great Wall, I was excited to get my hands on this one:

Author: Nathan Hoturoa Gray
Title: First pass under Heaven
Time: 2000-2002
Destination: The Great Wall
Length: 2 years (int...more
The Pilgrimage by Paulo Coelho
" I really hated this book. In fact, it is the second worst book I've ever read (first being the Voyage of Somebody the Sailor). The story made no sense, and key parts of it were left unexplained (what is RAM? what is The Tradition?). I suppose you... " Read more of this review »
Of Walking in Ice by Werner Herzog
Thank God I didn’t buy this one:





Author: Werner Herzog
Title: Of walking in ice
Time: 1974
Destination:
Munich to Paris
Length: 26 days
Type: walking
Rating: 1/10
Mournful burglar (stick to thy last)

First things first: WH is a director of New German Cinema an...more
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