Californian Ends Bicycle Journey Along Great Wall
American cyclist Kevin Foster, dodging startled guards who wanted to arrest him, zipped down the last stretch of the Great Wall to reach the ocean Friday, completing his end-to-end journey on the ancient monument.
He said the guards at Shanhaiguan, where the wall ends at the ocean, were startled to see him and a Chinese companion come shooting down the wall from a direction other than the ticket booth and turnstile for tourists.
Foster, 30, a part-time actor from Ojai, Calif., set out May 11 to become the first person to bicycle on top of the wall from one end to the other.
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