Ash Dykes, 34, will journey 3,400 miles (5,400km) alongside China’s Yellow River
A Welsh adventurer is embarking on an epic journey alongside one of many world’s most intensive waterways.
Ash Dykes, 34, from St Asaph, Denbighshire, plans to journey 3,400 miles (5,400km) following China’s Yellow River from its origin to the ocean.
All through his expedition he’ll undertake numerous pursuits together with skydiving, paragliding, scuba diving, kayaking, climbing, and mountain climbing to discover and present the “mom river of China” in numerous methods. In Wales one other adventurous man has simply change into the world’s first skilled lavatory snorkeller.
Ash will start his journey initially of September on a voyage documented for world tv.
He beforehand grew to become the primary individual to perform a 4,000-mile (6,437km) trek on foot alongside China’s Yangtze River in 2019.
Britain’s longest waterway is the Severn, extending 220 miles (354km) throughout Wales, the West Midlands, and southwest.
Ash’s journey in China will lead him from the Yellow River’s remoted headwaters on the Tibetan Plateau throughout the Gobi Desert, over mountain ranges, via expansive plains, by way of Interior Mongolia, and finally to its estuary on the Bohai Sea. For the largest tales in Wales first, signal as much as our each day e-newsletter right here.
The Yellow River is ceaselessly known as the birthplace of Chinese language tradition and ranks because the nation’s second-longest waterway.
He has beforehand accomplished the complete distance of the Nice Wall of China and his exploits have established him as a recognisable determine all through China.
Ash stated: “The Yellow River is named the lifeblood of Chinese language civilisation and China has at all times felt like a second dwelling to me.
“Having walked its southern sister river, the Yangtze, this feels just like the pure subsequent step and, as soon as once more, China has welcomed me with open arms.
“This expedition is about displaying the river because it really is, its huge scale, its wealthy historical past and its modern-day significance. Which means selecting the best method to journey on the proper time whether or not that is by land, air, or water.
“It is the largest and most bold mission of my profession up to now.”
In 2014 Ash made historical past as the primary documented individual to cross Mongolia from west to east throughout an unassisted solo journey lasting 78 days.
He additionally claimed the file as the primary documented individual to finish the complete size of inland Madagascar masking 1,600 miles (2,575km) throughout eight mountains throughout a 155-day trek in 2016.
