This updates and replaces a post from August 8 2022, a few weeks after the journey described here had first begun. The Lindesay brothers, Jim & Tommy, have now completed their 3,260 kilometer traverse along the entire length of the Great Wall of China, walking and jogging the whole way. They documented their journey in … Continue reading Two Brothers Walk China’s Great Wall End-to-End
Category: Wm. Geil & the Great Wall
Review: A Story as Compelling as the Great Wall
"William Lindesay OBE is a British geographer, a research fellow at his alma mater, Liverpool University, and a recipient of The Special Award of the Royal Society for Asian Affairs. After a milestone journey of 2,500 km on foot along the Great Wall in 1987, Lindesay returned to China in 1990 to retrace sections of the Long March. … Continue reading Review: A Story as Compelling as the Great Wall
Nuku’alofa: Tonga and My Grandparents
Wikipedia My brother John, an occasional Guest Author here, posted the following a week ago on Facebook. I thought it would be interesting to share here. He talks about our maternal grandparents and particularly our grandfather, Dr. William Edgar Geil (1865-1925). Our grandfather was the first person of any race or nationality documented to have … Continue reading Nuku’alofa: Tonga and My Grandparents
Drone Flight Over the Great Wall
◼︎REPRINT FROM JUST SAYIN' 1.0◻︎ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 2017◼︎WM. GEIL & THE GREAT WALL If you haven't checked out my website section on William Edgar Geil & the Great Wall of China, I hope you will. It's an astounding story. In that section of the website I talk about William Lindesay, a British native now … Continue reading Drone Flight Over the Great Wall
My Grandfather & The Great Wall of China
◼︎WM. GEIL & THE GREAT WALL My grandfather, Dr. William Edgar Geil, was a missionary and explorer throughout the Middle East, Africa, Asia and elsewhere. In 1908 he walked the entire length of the Great Wall of China, roughly 1500 miles. He is the first person ever documented to have done so. Read for free … Continue reading My Grandfather & The Great Wall of China