''The Longest Way'' is a 2009
viral video
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uploaded by Christoph Rehage. The video features Rehage walking 4646 km (2887 miles) from
Beijing
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Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ...
to
Ürümqi
Ürümqi ( ; also spelled Ürümchi or without umlauts), formerly known as Dihua (also spelled Tihwa), is the capital of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in the far northwest of the People's Republic of China. Ürümqi developed its ...
during 2007 and 2008.
Rehage originally set himself a goal to walk from Beijing, China and reach his hometown of
Bad Nenndorf
Bad Nenndorf (Northern Low Saxon: ''Nenndörpe'') is a small town in the district of Schaumburg, Lower Saxony, Germany. Its population is 10,210 (2005). It is situated approximately 12 km east of Stadthagen, and 25 km west of Hanover, a ...
, Germany. The walk featured in the video started in November 2007 but he stopped and withdrew from the walk in October 2008. On deciding to stop, Rehage stated "I wanted to gain back my life. I had to regain control over myself." He later walked on his longest way trail in Georgia.
The video used to be titled ''The Longest Way 1.0 - walk through China and grow a beard! - a photo every day timelapse'', but is now titled ''THE LONGEST WAY 1.0 - 350 days of hiking through China - TIMELAPSE''. It has received over 50 million views, as of August 2022.
''TIME'' listed the video as the #8 top viral video of 2009.
References
External links
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Christoph Rehage's website
Viral videos
2009 films
2009 YouTube videos
Internet documentary films
German short documentary films
2009 documentary films
Films set in China
2000s German films
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