This man liked walking so much that he decided to walk home from China -home to Germany, no big deal. The longest way is a photo montage video that documents Christoph Rehage on his journey from Beijing to Bad Nenndorf. He walked exactly 4646km in total before stopping one year later to “gain back his life”.
It’s an extraordinary story of adventure and walking just for the sake of it. He walked ALL of those 4646 km, wth the exception of one instance when he hopped on his brothers bike for a few moments. There is also a time when he had to take a flight for personal reasons and passport issues (which would come up when you walk between countries – and continents) but he picked up where he left off. Christoph said that the walk changed his life.
If you need more inspiration for walking, check out 11 ways to walk in 2011.
Katherine Hui is currently the Social site editor at Green Thing, a web-based public service in London that inspires people to lead greener lives through creative content.
Before this, she worked as the Development Manager at Social Innovation Camp, an organization that encourages people to use web and mobile-based technology to mobilise social change. She oversaw 300 ideas submission and helped build 20 prototypes – five of which have gone on to get further funding or investment.
Katherine’s came over to the UK form Canada in 2007 for an MSc program at the London School of Economics. Before arriving in London, she managed a small environmental start-up in Vancouver called the Canadian Climate Change Alliance.
Katherine is football mad. She is a loyal supporter of Arsenal FC, plays for Islington Borough Ladies FC and coaches for Gunners in Islington in her spare time. Her second favourite hobby is kite surfing and she can sometimes be found chasing the wind.
