A scene from The Forever Walk: China, which depict explorer Paul Salopek's treks in Lijiang, Yunnan province. National Geographic explorer Paul Salopek has just hiked across Erlang Mountain in Southwest China's Sichuan province, tracing the trails of vanished tea porters on the mountain that is 3,437 meters above sea level. Salopek, from the United States, is an explorer and writer …
A scene from The Forever Walk: Salopek trekking on a mountain. "My route is not always to famous tourist or cultural landmarks," says the explorer who likes to visit grassroots areas to find real life. "It could be someone's dinner table, or the sight of an old ethnic Bai woman calling down from the roof where she's drying her chilies. …
A scene from The Forever Walk: Salopek and a friend having lunch with Lu Wanjiang, a ranger at Yulong Snow Mountain. Salopek's journey in China is being recorded by a film crew from Shanghai Media Group's Documentary Center for a 10-episode documentary series entitled The Forever Walk: China. "We are not 'showing' a foreigner traveling around China; rather, we are …
