Jumping the Great Wall of China
In 2005 during a sponsored event the skateboarder Danny Way,
31 from California, cruised down a massive ramp at 50 mph and
flew across the Great Wall of China becoming the first
un-motorized person to clear the wall.
He made the jump five times in front of a crowd of several
thousand Chinese dignitaries and officials. The event was not
open to the general public. Two years earlier Wang Jiaxiong from
northwest China's Shaanxi province fell to his death while
trying to jump over the Great Wall on his bike.
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