Twenty-Two Years

He chipped away at the rock day and night. Years went by, then a decade, then another.

Gehlaur, 1982.

Twenty-two years after the first swing, Manjhi stands inside a passage cut straight through the mountain.

It runs about 360 feet (110 meters). In places, it is more than 30 feet (9 meters) wide, with rock walls up to 25 feet (7.7 meters) high on either side.

One man made it with a hammer and a chisel.