Zheng Xu holding the flag of his school rollerskating club. [Photo: sina.com.cn]

How did you spend your summer? How about rollerskating all the way to Tibet?

That's exactly what Quanzhou College of Technology junior student Zheng Xu did, making the 2150 kilometer journey from Chengdu to Lhasa in 27 days, reports Legal Evening News.

Most people choose to make the journey by bicycle, but having been a member of a rollerskating club for three years, he decided it was the only way for him to do it.

Zheng Xu and his team on their trip in Tibet.[Photo: sina.com.cn]

He started planning the trip in 2016, taking a part-time job to get money to buy supplies and equipment, and finally set off from Chengdu on July 8.

It wasn't an easy trip, with Zheng battling speeding traffic, the weather and altitude on his quest. At one point he had to seek treatment in hospital. He brought only necessities including food, some money, raincoats and shoes, and cut down the weight of his backpack from 24kg to just 6.

But he made plenty of new friends, meeting the Shanxi Medical University cycling team along the way.

Zheng rollerskated the Gongga snow-capped mountains, and saw many spectacular views along the way. He says his trip was a great boost to his perseverance.