Lei Diansheng's "Ten Years Walking in China" Route Map
Lei Diansheng, born on December 11, 1963, is a native of Hulan County, Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province. In 1998, Lei Diansheng set off from Harbin 102 National Highway at zero kilometers. By 2008, Lei Diansheng had traveled all over the country, reaching the Xisha Islands in the southernmost, the Arctic Village in Mohe County, Heilongjiang, on the Sino-Russian border in the northernmost, and Heilongjiang in the easternmost. Wusu Town, Fuyuan County, reaches the westernmost point to Irkeshtan in Wuqia County, Xinjiang. It took ten years to travel 81,000 kilometers, and it can turn twice around the equator! During this journey, he wore off 19 fingernails, worn 52 pairs of shoes, experienced 19 robberies, and experienced sandstorms, mudslides, and avalanches many times. Sometimes when there is no food and water, they eat raw snake meat and wild fruits to satisfy their hunger, and drink their own blood and urine to quench their thirst. In 2008, it took him 31 days to walk out of Lop Nur, becoming the first person to walk out of Lop Nur since the Tang Dynasty! He was selected as the "First China's Top Ten Hiking Figures" and known as "Contemporary Xu Xiake"! In 2008, he became the torchbearer of the Beijing Olympics.