Land of passion and peace

Parhat Arkin films in the Nalati Scenic Area, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. Meet 29-year-old Parhat Arkin who has a fetish for extreme sports like parkour, and loves filming his own daredevil routines and that of other athletes. Growing up near the vast Gobi Desert in Aksu prefecture, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, Parhat always had the gift of an indomitable spirit. During his senior middle school years, Parhat began using a camera to record their parkour practice and soon got to know many other extreme sport buffs in Aksu. Parhat got a golden chance to network with organizers of extreme sports, and later, was given opportunities to film many such events, including a hiking race in the Gobi Desert and an expedition to summit the 7,500-meter-high Mount Muztagh Ata, also in Xinjiang.