A life cycle full of adventure

Explorer embarks on another inspirational journey as he gets on his bike for Paris Olympics, Yang Feiyue reports.

Zhu Zhiwen's suntanned and weather-beaten face and his bag-laden bicycle are evidence of his negotiating the road of fate on two wheels.

Indeed, the man in his 30s has been on the road, on his most recent trip, since March.

Zhu started his adventure, an "Olympic trip", from Beijing and had spent several months traversing mountains, deserts and prairies through the country's vast land, including Shijiazhuang of Hebei province, Taiyuan of Shanxi province, Yan'an and Xi'an of Shaanxi province, Lanzhou of Gansu province and Urumqi of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.

Zhu was spotted in Khorgas, Northwest China's Xinjiang in mid-June. He spent a few days there to receive the necessary equipment and supplies he ordered online and had related procedures done for traveling abroad.