Chen Yu, who rarely engages on social media, recently surprised his friends by sharing a post on his Weixin, the omnipresent Chinese super app. The photo captured him walking alone in the midst of a mountain wilderness. Chen is seen as a tech geek by his colleagues at Beijing-based Internet giant Baidu where he works as a programmer, but little do they know the 27-year-old man is also a leader of one of the city’s groups for outdoor sports enthusiasts. On weekends, he frequently organizes hiking and trail running adventures that sometimes span over 30 km and continue for six to seven hours.
Lao Yan, a 68-year-old native of Beijing, discovered his passion for cycling three years ago and has been unstoppable ever since. However, his adventurous spirit doesn’t stop at cycling alone. He has also ventured into water sports such as
