In 1956, William Lindesay was born in a town north of England. His1 in China dates back to his childhood. One day he looked at the map of China in a magazine, he2 the Great Wall.
"I fell in love with it3," he said in an interview with China Daily." I thought it would be a great4 if one day I could travel along it, from end to end."
In 1987, he started to climb the Great Wall,5 it in 78 days. It's a great adventure from the far west of China to the point where the structure meets the sea. The Briton6 the heat, big blisters(水泡) and tiredness during the run. The journey took place in two parts, during spring and fall, to7 the hottest midsummer.
Once in the Gobi Desert, the8 almost died from dehydration(脱水). In another trip, Lindesay and his team walked deep into the Gobi Desert of Mongolia, and9 an unknown section of the wall.
During his exploration(探险), he noticed some sections of the wall were10 destroyed(破坏) and covered with litter.11 he decided to stay in China to protect it. Modernization and development were making the situation even worse. "Some people say it will12 centuries to change, I say we don't have centuries of time. It's got to be much13," he said.
Lindesay always carries a garbage bag with him in the wild, picking litter14. "Every person can make a difference. If we can pull together, China will be a green, beautiful and 15 country to live in," he said.
