At the Mutianyu section of the Great Wall of China, just one hour by car from Beijing
Ascending by cablecar - too steep to climb on foot under the summer heat
Cute company
Hiking from tower 14 to tower 23
... 5km hiking under 34 degrees Celsius and 80% humidity ...
An improvised refreshment shop "hanging" outside the Wall.
The final steep ascent! More than 440 steps, the last 20 of them almost vertical ...
Looking back ..
Finally, exhausted, on top of tower 23 ...
The crossing to the Jiankou section is now barred. We had been there back in 2018
Visible fatigue ..
Manual garbage transport ..A few interesting facts: the Great Wall is not a single Wall, but a series of fortifications that were built across the historical northern borders of ancient Chinese states and Imperial China as protection against various nomadic groups from the Eurasian Steppe. Several walls were built from as early as the 7th century BC. The best-known sections of the wall were built by the Ming dynasty (1368–1644). Before the use of bricks, the Great Wall was mainly built from rammed earth, stones, and wood. During the Ming, however, bricks were heavily used in many areas of the wall, as were materials such as tiles, lime, and stone.
