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What books does Yu Chunshun have?

Yu Chunshun (1952-1996), a native of Ezhou, was born in Shanghai and was a professional explorer. His ideal is to visit 9.6 million square kilometers of land and the main settlement areas of 56 ethnic groups. In June 1996, Yu Chunshun died tragically while hiking through the Lop Nur Desert. In the end, he failed to escape the fate of a Chinese explorer.

Yu Chunshun, known as "China's Thomas" and "Contemporary Xu Xiake", is a rare legendary figure. He began "traveling all over China on foot alone" on July 1, 1988, and died in Lop Nur like a "fallen bronze statue" in June 1996. In the past 8 years, he has overcome numerous difficulties and dangers, ate and slept in the open, traveled across mountains and rivers, visited 33 major ethnic minority settlements, and completed 59 adventure projects. The total journey has reached 84,000 miles (close to the world record of more than 90,000 miles by the Argentinian Thomas ), in particular, he spent a year and a half braving mudslides, avalanches, altitude sickness, etc., constantly crossing the "life forbidden zone" about 5,000 meters above sea level, setting the record for the first solo hiking expedition in human history to the "Third Pole of the World" ——The records on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau shocked the country and abroad.

He wrote millions of words of diaries and travel notes along the way, recording the natural landscapes and folk customs in various parts of the motherland, which became precious materials reflecting the national conditions and people's sentiments. He took more than 8,000 photos and gave more than 150 speeches titled "Dedicated to the Country of My Parents" to people along the way. Published 2 volumes of "The Strong Man's Journey to China", as well as "Yu Chunshun's Documentary Photography of Hiking in China", "Yu Chunshun's Alone Hiking in Tibet", "Out of Ngari" and other books.