Great Wall

The Great Wall of China. There are several places available for tourists to visit. This is the closest one to Beijing and the most built up, Badaling.



The really steep parts have steps. This is not the steep part.



The Great wall was built for defense. That included monitoring / observation and communication. It looks like these are some recent updates.





Looking back into the valley to see where I started the climb.


Looking ahead, you can climb down and wind off into the distance. (Of course, returning will require climbing back up.)









It's Sunday, so the Wall gets very crowded. It actually gets gridlocked.