First Pass Under Heaven: One Man's 4,000-Kilometre Trek Along the Great Wall of China - Softcover

First Pass Under Heaven

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. 267 pages. The Great Wall of China is the largest man-made structure ever built, stretch ing for over 4,000 kilometres from central Asia, across the Gobi Desert, through the remote, cold mountains of northern China to end on the shores of the Pacifi c Ocean. Nathan Gray, a young New Zealand lawyer, wanted to be the first person in history to walk the entire length of the Great Wall. In October 2000 he set o ff with four fellow travellers - a Buddhist monk from Singapore, a Jewish photoj ournalist from Argentina, a Catholic recording artist from Italy and a Mormon go lfer.Conceived as an idealistic trek to mark the millennium in cultural, racial and religious harmony, one month in reality bit. Blizzards, lightning strikes, t hirst, starvation, snakes and police detention all took their toll. After 3,000 kilometres, having witnessed the fatal stabbing of a Chinese friend and being ch ased at gunpoint by soldiers, Nathan succumbed to physical and mental fatigue an d returned to New Zealand. Unable to accept defeat, he returned three months lat er to complete the challenge; the final 1,000 kilometres. Artikel-Nr. 2383e

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