The Longest Way 1.0 – one year walk/beard grow time lapse from Christoph Rehage on Vimeo.
one year walk/beard grow time lapse by Christoph Rehage
November 9th 2007 – November 13th 2008
one year on foot – 4646km through China
unlimited beard & hair growth
(thank you christoph)
This is amaizing! thanks for the post.
Sep 3rd, 2009 / 11:15 am
wow. i wish i were as adventurous.
Sep 3rd, 2009 / 11:24 am
Great !!
Sep 3rd, 2009 / 11:31 am
Good job!
Sep 3rd, 2009 / 11:51 am
Amazing! Inspiring. Creative. Moving. And cute! Plus: SO well done.
Sep 3rd, 2009 / 12:19 pm
while this video and its ilk can be an interesting watch, i never find them to be moving or emotive. they come across as a byproduct of modern self-indulgence. does anybody else cringe when they see a tourist (or anybody for that matter) turning the camera on themselves with arms outstretched? maybe i’m just too old for this shit, i did just turn 25.
Sep 3rd, 2009 / 2:47 pm
Yeah jared, I do think people like that think “this is going on facebook, yeaaah!, I’m so coool”, but this guy is excused ;)
Sep 4th, 2009 / 3:28 am
Fantastic! What’s self indulgent about creating a bit of a story in this way?? The whole hair growth element acts as a kind of chronological marker and gives a brilliant sense of scale to the journey!
Sep 4th, 2009 / 5:52 am
i would be more receptive if it was the first video made in this manner, but we’ve all seen several “photo a day for a year” videos. i don’t mean to decry his journey, it was a massive undertaking, no doubt. but you can’t deny that it’s a huge exercise in “look what i’m doing!” in a time when everybody is screaming “look what i’m doing!”. granted, he’s doing more than most, but to me the presentation is too twitter-esque, and it would have been much more interesting if he had turned the camera on the world instead of himself.
Sep 4th, 2009 / 1:09 pm
if he had just turned it on the world then we’d feel like we’re watching someone’s home movie of their vacation. snooze.
Sep 4th, 2009 / 7:18 pm
I’d say Lisa is right… Take Christope out the video and it becomes pretty flat. The guy is not exactly flexing any muscles of achievement here – we can all grow hair! It’s just an interesting way to document a period of time… I think if a grandparent of mine sat me down and showed me something like this from his/her travels, it would be a brilliant way to see a year of someone’s life!
As for seeing someone take a photo of themselves and cringing, I’d say that’s probably your problem Jared!
Sep 5th, 2009 / 4:26 am
we’re all a little self-narcissistic. the internet has only heightened this to the nth degree. i’m only interested if someone is CREATIVE in their narcissism and this guy fits the bill. btw, thanks contemporary gardens. :D
Sep 5th, 2009 / 4:50 am
potato potato.
Sep 5th, 2009 / 5:47 am
Nice one jared you absolute bone smoocher. Maybe you should grow a beard and stop attacking other people’s beards…
Sep 5th, 2009 / 6:18 am
i haven’t heard bone smoocher in a while. i mean that as a compliment.
Sep 5th, 2009 / 7:31 am
I love to see how we all have different opinions.
Totally forgot what I was about to say…
By-product of modern self-indulgence! Creative within its narcissism!
OMG, I would totally do a project just to have you guys shred it with those elaborate phrases.
I liked the video, but your comments really made me smile.
And yeah we can all grow hair but, can we lure a beautiful chinese girl into romancing us while doing it?
Sep 5th, 2009 / 11:44 am
He looks unhappy. My mood is less cherry now.
Sep 9th, 2009 / 7:02 am
what’s the music? tune! bobbing all over the place. Thanks, d x
Sep 10th, 2009 / 12:34 pm
I just looked up the term ‘Bone Smoocher’ out of interest & it seems it’s not a well-used phrase at all! This very thread is top of google for the term!!! Bone Smoocher – brilliant!
Sep 10th, 2009 / 3:17 pm
thats awsome!
i love it
Sep 11th, 2009 / 12:49 pm