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The Great Wall

by sumeet.moghe

I went on the 6.7 km hike along the Great Wall from Jinshanling to Simatai. Be mindful that while the distance doesn't seem great on paper, it's mostly a steep climb and on the steps which are usually almost vertical, it can be quite a journey. I was cramping by the end of it and in hindsight I'm a bit embarrassed that it was such an ordeal for me.

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Hotel Lobby as I left for the wall
Start of the walk
The Serpentine Great Wall
The Pathway
Great Wall - Beauty disturbed by the haze
Sumeet at the Great Wall
Steep steps
Look at how it disappears in the haze
A better preserved pathway
Broken down tower
Different views of the great wall path
Different views of the great wall path
Different views of the great wall path
Different views of the great wall path
The imposing wall - surely did keep out invaders
One of the towers
Me before another steep climb
6.7 kms can be a long distance
Climbing another tower
Emily - a nice American girl I met at the Wall
Another great serpentine view
Emily celebrates reaching halfway
Landing
Look ma! I'm flying
Soaring
Maddening
By this time we were wilting
Still a fairly long way to go
Even at the end of the walk, there a long way to go.
Me at almost the penultimate tower
The view from Tower 22
Emily arrives
One of the early arrivers at Tower 22
The celebratory jump for Emily - Well this only week 2 of her 12 month vacation
The celebratory jump for Emily - Well this only week 2 of her 12 month vacation
But I landed with a cramp
I thought I could fly
Ram gives me some treatment
Vanquished