By Leah Shaffer

He plays in a band called the Shenme Shenmes, which roughly translates to “what-what” in Chinese. Interestingly enough, “what?” is a natural question to pose when hearing Adam Wolf’s story. The 2001 Eden Prairie High School graduate is biking across China with four friends, with the goal of toting their music and an attitude of cultural tolerance across the continent.

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“It’s a good way to interact with culture and hopefully share those experiences with people,” said Wolf in an interview earlier this month.

On Sept. 9, Wolf flew to China to join his friends Nakia Pearson, Andrew Spidahl, Jim Durfey and Peter Ehresmann on their journey. According to Ehresmann’s blog on the group’s Web site, www.fueledbyrice.org, their bike trip started on Sept. 16.

For more, read this week's print edition of the Eden Prairie News.