i'm in first place
this... is this the police?
I've
made a mistake
welcome to 40 degrees xi'an and i made the mistake
of wearing black but it's too late to turn back now
oh it's sizzling our first mission of the day is to get on one of these bicycles and we're going to
search for the wall of xi'an it shouldn't be too hard to find because it's pretty damn big let's go
right away right so i've just put the gps on
and i don't know if it's correct or not but it says it's going to take 53 minutes
53 minutes in 40 degrees let the games begin let the games begin we're flying like the wind
we're flying like the wind across the city of xi'an oh oh well there's people on the wrong side
53 minutes we'll do it in five
we'll get there quicker than the cars here we go here we go oh why is the bike
back's making weird noises whoa gotta watch out there's people coming from every direction
move out of the way move out the way humble one is coming through
humble wong is coming through at high speed
making good progress i'm in a race with this grandma got a passer
i'm in first place first place to the wall we ride we ride into the night
so far first impression of xi'an it's pretty good this actually reminds me when i was on
the bicycles in beijing with the one and only ollie pay from the barrett channel
ollie's still learning how to ride a bicycle there are 10 million bicycles in beijing
is beijing
we're going faster than the cars what did i tell you we'll be there in no time
xi'an wall here we come the great wall of shield
wow
oh man
to uh starting to think i made a mistake especially in this 40 degree sun
and uh i didn't put any sun cream on so by the time i get there i may indeed look like a lobster
we must venture on we cannot go back it's too late to turn back now no rest for the wicked forward
oh
there she is there's the wall the xi'an wall
what did i tell you i told you we'd make it in five minutes
i'm gonna cut that metro bit part out ah
right now we've got to figure out how exactly do i get up there
thinking about scaling the walls and climbing up where's the entrance i found the entrance
we're going in now i wonder how much it costs is it for free
right we're in cost me 54 cry for an adult ticket students can get 27
uh r b while we're inside the walls of shield we made it ladies and gentlemen we made it
all right let's get up the steps let's get on the actual wall
oh wow someone from the tang dynasty there
i almost fell over then
hey hey
oh wow look at this it's beautiful the xi'an wall also known as the fortifications of xi'an
it represents one of the oldest largest and best preserved chinese city walls you can even uh ride
a bicycle along the walls if you want um i think we've done enough bicycle riding for one day
oh there's someone uh taking the wedding photos on the wall wow that's right
the guy seems angry maybe he doesn't want to get married yet
the wall was built under the role of the hong kong emperor through
as a military defense system you can just imagine some pesky invaders trying to
scale these walls during the qing and ming dynasty well not on my watch i will defend the walls
ah this actually reminds me back in the day when i defended the walls of shanghai
all right let me get a perfect shot who are you aiming at let me see if i can actually see the
shot i'm going to take out a guy i'm going to get a head shot here we go you ready oh wait
i went underneath his armpit that's like probably another one try another one shot number
two scaling the walls hurry up there's a lot of them jason the walls come on protect the country
what was that i dropped the arrow no hold on i can get it back
come back oh they're scaling the walls here you go
oh crotch the bow hit my oh hit my own crotch
those were the days my archery skills are unmatched i don't know what this is seems
to be some kind of bus stop i wonder if they've got buses running along this wall
maybe i should sit and wait for the bus
oh they do have buses
hello the wall stands at a height of 39 feet 12 meters tall
looking over the city ocean and typically this walkway that we're on if you want to walk the
entire distance it will take you about four hours which i won't be doing um and actually
for the last 10 minutes i've been trying to get down but there's no way to get down
they've got the right idea i need i need to i should have gone back and got a bike
look how far there's no there's no way to get down and i'm absolutely
getting blasted by this sun
i don't know if i'm gonna make it i'm starting to
have see see illusions i'm delusional i think
i think there's something over there on the horizon can i can i get down here is there any
chance i can get down here oh my god nope okay i've got to keep going i've got to keep going
i'm getting sizzled i'm going to be a lobster at the end of this oh my god there's a there's a sign
gate toilet gate anything i'm gonna start crawling in that shade
oh man oh my god
there's some steps to get down
oh there's some steps
even the even the stones oh my god the gate's closed oh no okay it's closed why no no
huh
i think i might end up being one of the first casualties
of the wall recorded in modern day bbc news is going to be like one british man
died today on the xi'an wall he couldn't find the stairs to the way down and was sizzled like an egg
i think i think i can see something in the distance please let it be some steps down
man is this is this the police can i ask them to take me down huh please
come back
i didn't know it's this long i don't know if this is uh some kind of mirage
i'm imagining it i need one of these waters i found a shop
you know you're you're being swimmer
um
right i know what you're thinking why the hell did i buy expensive 28 rmb ivian
well because i'm thinking this might be my last drink so i was i may as well get some good water
let me stop talking i've got to open it
this can't be right this can't be right why is there no way
down it's only one way up and one way down i've gone too far to turn back now
oh god
i don't know i know i mean she and but i feel like i'm in the sahara
how can they be only one way down
oh man you're not gonna believe this right this is my camera right look at this
the damn thing has melted the battery has melted that that's not supposed to come off
oh my god i don't think i'm gonna make it guys
man i can't believe this at this rate i'm gonna have walked the entire four-hour
length of the wall
and the sun will have set
this can't be right i must have missed i must have missed some stairs down man
how there's a sign here
1 000 meters to the next toilet 4008 meets the next toilet i don't
i don't care about a damn toilet tell me where's the tell me where's the dumb exit no way
you must be down here
if it's 400 meters it's a next toilet and surely there's a toilet at the exit come on
i think we might we might find final way out oh i'm in a shade
that building that building's blocking out the sun oh man i think i might
i just might be near the end xi'an wall highly recommend if you like walking
or riding bicycles i should have got that bicycle oh some kind of a trebuchet
some kind of weapons used to uh defend the wall but the thing that i'm most excited
to see is that i actually made it oh my god look there's some steps over there
i don't know what this building is but anyway let's get down those steps surely that's an exit
and surely oh we can go this way oh surely oh it must be there's cars there
is this cars there's a road if there's a road there's a way out
no wonder no one they defended xi'an for so long
oh my god oh my god
oh i don't know if i'm imagining this
oh my god the security guard staring at me did he wave
oh my god i'm back to i'm back to civilization
i thought i'd never i thought i'd never see the modern world again
i'm a minute days i don't know which way to go
taxi taxi right that's the end of this video signing off from the streets of xi'an
i'm signing off