Visualizing the estimated timeline of early human migration. Published in A walk through Time. TEST 2
Jeff Blossom
Every hundred miles Paul Salopek pauses to record the landscape and a person he meets, assembling a global snapshot of humankind. TEST 2
Every hundred miles Paul Salopek pauses to record the landscape and a person he meets, assembling a global snapshot of humankind. TEST 2
It was cold coming up the mountain. We crossed a pass at 13,000 feet where the snow was smoothed flat, like glittering marble, by the palm of icy winds. We marred its perfection with our boots. We took the old High Lama Road between the Ku Ba Dian and Kangwu Tibetan temples. The explorer Joseph Rock had walked this way a century ago, collecting plants and words and god knows what else at the rim of the world and carrying a rubber bathtub.
A wraparound soundscape at this Milestone
This Milestone’s location on a map
Photos of the ground under Paul’s feet and the sky above at this Milestone
A brief question and answer with the first person Paul meets at this Milestone
Gesangcier
College student, age 20
Who are you?
I am Gesang. I play basketball and take photographs.
Where are you going?
I want to go outside China. Especially to see Europe. After I complete two years in the army, I will finish my degree in ecotourism, then I want to travel.
Where do you come from?
I’m from here, my home—where I was born and raised up.
A video showing the landscape around this Milestone
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