By Lee Min-young
When it comes to tests of endurance, there are mental and physical limits to human ability. But humans are capable of far more than we think. And extreme athlete and professional adventurer Ash Dykes is living proof.
Dykes is a British explorer from North Wales and the first recorded person to complete a 4,000-mile (6,400-km) trek along the entire length of the Yangtze River in China, which took him a year to complete.
The Yangtze is the third-longest river in the world and the longest to flow through a single country.
"I just returned from the expedition about three weeks ago," he said. "I feel very skinny and I've lost a lot of weight but I'm feeling great mentally and physically."
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