:24:04
- We're still in Mongolia?
- Nah.
:24:07
I think we're in China.
:24:09
Just over the border.
:24:12
Wouldn't suppose there'd be
a Four Seasons Hotel out here, would there?
:24:18
Langhu, a few hundred miles
just due south of here.
:24:22
Well out of walking range.
:24:27
/ could make it.
/ could walk to Langhu.
:24:31
/'m in good shape.
/ ran three marathons.
:24:34
[ Frank ]
/n a row, / hope.
:24:37
Have you walked in the desert before?
:24:41
I hiked in the Mojave with my girlfriend.
:24:43
- [ Chuckles ]
- This isn't the Mojave.
:24:46
This is the Gobi. And let me warn you,
July is the hottest month in the Gobi.
:24:50
You will be taking a pint of water,
and you'll sweat 1 0.
:24:58
I'll just go by night.
:25:00
You'd have to.
But how would you keep your course?
:25:04
A compass.
:25:06
Beyond these dunes,
we are surrounded by Altai Mountains.
:25:10
And they are mostly magnetic rock.
:25:15
Have you ever seen a compass dance?
:25:21
What about this map?
I'll just take this map.
:25:24
How old is that map, Captain?
:25:27
Too old, the way the sand shifts
around here all the time.
:25:30
And Captain Towns's calculations
could be off by 20 percent.
:25:34
- No offense. I'm not saying that they are.
- None taken.
:25:37
But even if the captain
is one percent in error...
:25:40
and you march 300 miles by the stars...
:25:43
you'd miss Langhu, and you wouldn't
even know it was there to miss.
:25:47
You'd be walking in a circle.
:25:48
- You're right-handed?
- Right.
:25:51
That means your right leg's more developed
than your left. You take a longer step with it.
:25:55
You'd be walking
in a left-handed circle.
:25:57
You know what?
Forget it, all right? Y'all win, okay?