The Longest Way is a 2009 viral video uploaded by Christoph Rehage. The video features Rehage walking 4646 km (2887 miles) from Beijing to Ürümqi during 2007 and 2008. Rehage began the walk featured in the video in November 2007 and stopped in October 2008. Rehage started his walk from Beijing to his hometown of Bad Nenndorf, Germany. On deciding to stop, Rehage stated "I wanted to gain back my life. I had to regain control over myself." He later walked on his longest way trail in Georgia.