This adventure will forever be in my mind. I spent every second in awe, just wondering how mankind could build something this. It's very hard to put into words how I felt while I was walking on the wall. When you look at my pictures you see these tiny bricks. These bricks aren't so tiny once you get close to them. Will said that each brick was cooked down in the valley below us and carried up the mountain. These bricks are heavy, some weighing up to a ton and the wall just seems to go on forever. Just try to imagine millions of soldiers and citizens working on the wall way up on top of the mountains. It was an excellent way to spend my spring break, chilling with my good friend J Perry and hiking a world heritage site in its rawest form.
William referred to this hook as the Ram's Horn
Me squeezing by the bushes
The top of the wall is covered in loose rocks
Interesting blog, it reminds me of Great Wall, the wall visible today largely dates from the Ming dynasty, as they rebuilt much of the wall in stone and brick, often extending its line through challenging terrain.
ReplyDeleteI tried to write a blog about it, hope you also like https://stenote.blogspot.com/2018/10/beijing-at-great-wall.html.