Jin Shan Ling to Simutai Along the Great Wall.

IMG_5068	IMG_5109	IMG_5077	There were certainly times I felt I had taken on more than I should, but the actual walk is not all that difficult.	IMG_5171
IMG_5101	IMG_5023	IMG_5167	Terraced Rice Paddies lie barren in the winter dryness	This wall marks the end of the wild intermediate section and the beginning of the more maintained Simutai section.
IMG_5127	IMG_5000	Some views will inspire.Others will crush.	IMG_5165	IMG_5040
IMG_5035	Great Wall : The parapets make Inside and Outside very clear	IMG_5181	IMG_5048	IMG_5147
IMG_5121	IMG_5074	Ridgetop Wall	IMG_5136	IMG_5056
IMG_5160	IMG_5011	Great Wall : Some areas are obviously maintained	Great Wall :The wall twists along the ridges	IMG_5027
IMG_5162	IMG_5018	IMG_5114	Great Wall : Well preserved, or fully rebuilt	IMG_5084
The walk (almost) ends at this rope bridge and reservoir. The dedicated can climb on up to the Simutai Peak, but that takes special dedication.	IMG_5188	IMG_4997	IMG_5058	Brothers2
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Some of the rough ascents and descents are unnerving at the least	These guards hold the midway point and check you have tickets for the seperately ticketted sections	IMG_5142	It is less soul destroying to look back and see what has already been walked	IMG_5184
IMG_5073	IMG_5174	This reservoir marks the end of the section	These are allegedly the names of some of the original construction crew. I have my doubts.	IMG_5033
IMG_5052	IMG_5185	Some of the rough ascents and descents are unnerving at the least2	IMG_5150	IMG_5097
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IMG_5120	Simutai	IMG_5105	Just here the wall was so worn that we had to leave it and climb the hillside for about one hundred meters	IMG_5053
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IMG_5076	IMG_4998	While not high or excessively craggy the mountains of this section are impressive and beautiful in their own way.	IMG_5069	IMG_5122
IMG_5031	IMG_5015	Great Wall :There are towers every couple of hundred meters	These guards hold the midway point and check you have tickets for the seperately ticketted sections 2	Brothers1
In a few places it becomes necessary to leave the wayy to work a way around the most damaged areas	IMG_5001	IMG_5133	Great Wall : Its no small endeavour	IMG_5092
Great Wall : The start and finish of the walk are along smooth easily taken straights	IMG_5100	The guard towers make a good count of distance covered vs. distance remaining.	IMG_5060	Some of the rough ascents and descents are unnerving at the least3
IMG_5020	IMG_5145	Just here the wall was so worn that we had to leave it and climb the hillside for about one hundred meters 2	IMG_5176	IMG_5025
IMG_5115	IMG_5110	You will get a No-End-To-This feeling at times.	IMG_5112	IMG_5065
IMG_5005	Simutai itself is daunting, even from several kilometers away.

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