[ChaKo]

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-03/10/content_10982683.htm

A man walked 34 days home to join his 70-year-old mother for the Lunar New Year celebrations after his money was stolen in a railway station, the Dahe Daily newspaper reported Tuesday.

Li Haitao, 30, a migrant worker from central China's Henan Province, walked more than 800 kilometers from Beijing to Zhengzhou between Feb. 3 to March 9 to spend the Spring Festival with his mother, said the newspaper.

It was surely too late as the Spring Festival, the most important occasion in China for family reunions, fell between Jan.25 and Feb. 9.

Li found his 2,000 yuan (292 U.S. dollars) in his pocket had been stolen before he paid for a ticket on Jan. 21 at the railway station of Baotou in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, where he worked as a welder, said the paper.

His identity card, electrician's certificate and mobile phone were also stolen. He called the police but the police did not catch the thief, reported Henan Business News, another major newspaper in the provincial capital of Zhengzhou.

Henan Business News reported the penniless man was then sent toa local rescue station. Li was given a ticket to Beijing on Feb. 1.

"I arrived in Beijing on Feb. 2. The police also sent me to the rescue station," he said. "But they only provide food and accommodation," it reported him as saying.

After staying in the rescue station for a day, Li chose to walk home, and picked up and sold empty mineral water bottles on the way in order to get money to eat. He slept during the day because it was too cold to sleep at night with only a blanket in the open air, reported Orient Today, another newspaper in the capital.

He arrived in the provincial capital Zhengzhou at 8 a.m. Monday morning when the police found the unkempt man with a pair of worn-out shoes, said Orient Today.

The police gave him the money to buy a ticket home. Coincidentally, he met a bus to Xinmi City and the driver game him a free ride after hearing his story, the newspaper reported.

[Synaptik]

much respect

[[o_o]]

mad props to the guy

[Jason00S2000]

Chinese people are hardcore.


Most Americans won't walk to McDonald's...

[pandalove]

he must've really wanted to get his red pocket huh....

[HonestTea]

fucking props!

what a crazy guy! hahaha

[tamiya_s2000]

so.... beautiful

[Durrann1984]

Chinese people are hardcore.


Most Americans won't walk to McDonald's...

LOL yeah dont some have delivery service? LOL


man chinese peeps are hardworkers

no laziness.
i m chinese and i m lazy as fuck..
lol

[death_blossom]

I always give props and shout outs to those chinamen. they're out there in the rice fields hauling sacks of rice and doing other crazy shit all day long.

[illwdt]

damn... that's very touching!

[asian_XL]

I thought my high school friend was the craziest guy on earth, not now.
his mom couldn't pick him up at alexendar road in Richmond, so he walked 7 hours back home (4:00 to 11:00pm... he lives on victoria and 22nd) 34 is just fucking crazy

[Vansterdam]

lol thats nuts ^ ur buddy lives preety close to me :)

MUCH PROPS TO THE GUY!

[hotjoint]

wow props, he loves his momma

[ecchiecchi]

much respect to the guy for his determination.

[unit]

Chinese people are hardcore.


Most Americans won't walk to McDonald's...

not true, my white friend discovered his car was stolen at bcit after class, and decided to walk to his home on the north shore.

[wddian]

recycled empty water bottles off the streets to get money for food... man oh man that's intense
props tho

[static]

you have no idea how much props this guy deserves, Feb in Beijing is friggin COLD.

[SuperSlowSS]

I thought my high school friend was the craziest guy on earth, not now.
his mom couldn't pick him up at alexendar road in Richmond, so he walked 7 hours back home (4:00 to 11:00pm... he lives on victoria and 22nd) 34 is just fucking crazy

7 hours?? did he walk in circles or something? It does not take 7 hour to walk from richmond to vancouver. I have walked from aberdeen to 49th and knight before, 2 hours or so. For him it would be an extra 5km. So should be around 3 hours total.

[gnat.]

Chinese people are hardcore.


Most Americans won't walk to McDonald's...
ROFL.

[ToyotaPowah]

Damn, that's pretty intense.

One of my friends once walked from Port Kells to my house in East Abbotsford. He said it took him a bit over 9 hours. He left around 11:30 PM and got to my place at 9:00 AM just as I was waking up. I called him an idiot for not calling me to pick him up :p. Oh, and the funny thing is, apparently I passed him on the highway around 12:30 AM without even knowing it! He ain't got nothin' on this guy though.

[q0192837465]

hahah, ppl do that all the time before cars r invented.

[marc0lishuz]

Son of the Year award :thumbsup:

[hotjoint]

Damn, that's pretty intense.

One of my friends once walked from Port Kells to my house in East Abbotsford. He said it took him a bit over 9 hours. He left around 11:30 PM and got to my place at 9:00 AM just as I was waking up. I called him an idiot for not calling me to pick him up :p. Oh, and the funny thing is, apparently I passed him on the highway around 12:30 AM without even knowing it! He ain't got nothin' on this guy though.

why did he walk to your house? was he bored?

[cococly]

7 hours?? did he walk in circles or something? It does not take 7 hour to walk from richmond to vancouver. I have walked from aberdeen to 49th and knight before, 2 hours or so. For him it would be an extra 5km. So should be around 3 hours total.

He is including dinner-break?? lol

Extra 5km, at normal walking pace including the uphill section, it would take 2 hours.

[Boostaholic]

hahah, ppl do that all the time before cars r invented.

haha thats true. Now days doing something like that seems so impresseive but if you think about it. thats how people traveled 200 years ago.

[ChaKo]

there were horses before cars. and those who travelled far, travelled in groups. i highly doubt many travelled alone for over a month in the blistering cold with no preparation whatsoever. walking may have been the only means of transportation way back, but that doesnt mean everyone went on impossibly long journeys. most people probably stayed within the confines of their villages.

[muteki]

Wow, amazing.
People nowadays are so lazy and can barely walk a few blocks =S

[ecchiecchi]

Wow, amazing.
People nowadays are so lazy and can barely walk a few blocks =S

Someone's talking about me -_-

[CanadaGoose]

Respect

[Boostaholic]

he could've called a friend to send him money as he stayed at the rescue station or get a temporary job for a week to finance his travel.

[HappyDorky]

Wow, whatta good son.
(:

[ChaKo]

he could've called a friend to send him money as he stayed at the rescue station or get a temporary job for a week to finance his travel.


lol this isnt canada and i dont know how things work in your world, but money doesnt grow on trees. what he lost is a large sum of money down there and hes most likely been saving up for a while. he would probably have to work a lot more than a mere week to get a portion of it back and still have to walk it when hes already short on time.

[unidentified]

That's amazing. Such a devoted son.

[GordonTse]

I thought my high school friend was the craziest guy on earth, not now.
his mom couldn't pick him up at alexendar road in Richmond, so he walked 7 hours back home (4:00 to 11:00pm... he lives on victoria and 22nd) 34 is just fucking crazy

public transit ftw? :haha:

[+Kardboard+]

Son of the Year award :thumbsup:
Son of the Century.

May have done it in a more intelligent way, but hey! his heart's in the right place, right? :)

[Armind]

He is so FTW!

[asian_XL]

7 hours?? did he walk in circles or something? It does not take 7 hour to walk from richmond to vancouver. I have walked from aberdeen to 49th and knight before, 2 hours or so. For him it would be an extra 5km. So should be around 3 hours total.

isn't that 18~20km from no.3 to victoria/22nd?

18km/7hrs = 2.5km/hr, that's about right.

he said he had no money with him that night

[Mancini]

Those are some long apron strings.

[flawless]

^2.5km/hr? seriously? he must either be handicap or fat as fuck. you should be able to walk 2.5km in less than 30 min.

[StaxBundlez]

awww he wanted to see his mommmy

[monkeywrench]

frigging respect for that guy

[Black SC2]

Big ups for that guy, but do people not hitch-hike in the big C?

[BabyblooLexus]

wow so touching <3

[hotjoint]

:lol love some of the comments in here

[SuperSlowSS]

isn't that 18~20km from no.3 to victoria/22nd?

18km/7hrs = 2.5km/hr, that's about right.

he said he had no money with him that night

More like 15 km. And avg walking pace is 4-5km/hr. You are looking at a max of 3.5 to 4 hours for someone slow. Sounds like he got lost and walked in circles.. haha

[hotjoint]

I once walked from highway 10 (white rock) back to my place in guildford (surrey). This was when I was about 12 and I had to go somewhere with my aunt and our transit tickets expired and we had no money to buy new ones and noone was home to pick us up. I remember being so pissed that day haha

[BlackZRoadster]

he must've really wanted to get his red pocket huh....

lol that made me literally lol at my desk at work!!

[achiam]

7 hours?? did he walk in circles or something? It does not take 7 hour to walk from richmond to vancouver. I have walked from aberdeen to 49th and knight before, 2 hours or so. For him it would be an extra 5km. So should be around 3 hours total.

Agreed. He must have taken breaks.
My friend lives at Victoria/51st, and he walked to Silver City in 4 hours, with a meal break at the Bridgeport IKEA McDonald's.