A man stayed for five months on the mountain and was transformed into twice his age.
A 24 year old Chinese who spent the last five months of his life in the mountains after breaking up with his girlfriend, ended up looking like he had twice his age.
The unidentified man became famous in his hometown after a video in which he showed his ID to the camera to prove he was in his 20s. When the person taking the video calls him “uncle”, the bald… hiker tells him that he is only 24 years old and showed his ID on camera to show that he was born in December 2000.
The man, who comes from the countryside Hebei her northern chinastated that he began to age rapidly after retreating to the mountains to combat depression caused by a breakup. When he heard that hiking on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau could “purify one’s mind“, he packed his bags, put them in a small cart and “adopted” an ascetic lifestyle. He found the clarity he was looking for, but the five-month experience also left him looking shockingly old for his age.
The 24-year-old man stated that his premature baldness was the result of extensive exposure to direct sunlight which had damaged his hair follicles. The skin on his face also looks much looser than in his “before” photos, while the facial hair he decided to grow to protect his face from UV exposure makes him look older.
“I showed them my ID and told them I was born after 2000, but some people still didn’t believe mehe said.
