Hiking photos - Brush-rest Mountain, Sept. 5 2009

Brush-rest Mountain is named for its peculiar yet distinctive shape – a series of sharp points that look a lot like the type of brush rest commonly used by Chinese watercolour painters. We visited on September 5th for a walk up and down valleys, over Great Wall, and through a whole lot of leaves and bushes. The sky was cloudy and misty, which made the temperature cooler.

Statistics: 4 hours hiking (5.75 hours start to finish) over 13km (average moving speed 3.2km/hr); start height 801m, highest point 1235m (second section of Great Wall tower crossed), lowest point 688m (valley in the middle), total climbing 688m. Estimated 2079kCal burned.

Peaks of Brushrest Mountain, Beijing Hikers Brushrest Mountain Circuit, 2009-09-05

The peaks of Brush-rest Mountain.

Aster, Beijing Hikers Brushrest Mountain Circuit, 2009-09-05

A type of flower named aster.

Horse riders, Beijing Hikers Brushrest Mountain Circuit, 2009-09-05

We met some horse riders.

People on wall, Beijing Hikers Brushrest Mountain Circuit, 2009-09-05

Lunch break on the first section of Great Wall.

Deep valley, Beijing Hikers Brushrest Mountain Circuit, 2009-09-05

Down into the middle valley, wall in front.

Valley, Beijing Hikers Brushrest Mountain Circuit, 2009-09-05

Fields of corn.

Flowers, Beijing Hikers Brushrest Mountain Circuit, 2009-09-05

Flowers.

Grassy meadows, Beijing Hikers Brushrest Mountain Circuit, 2009-09-05

Grassy unfarmed meadowns.

Flowers, Beijing Hikers Brushrest Mountain Circuit, 2009-09-05

Flowers in the valley.

Wall, Beijing Hikers Brushrest Mountain Circuit, 2009-09-05

Short break on the second section of wall, 1235m above sea level.

Brush-rest Mountain peaks, Beijing Hikers Brushrest Mountain Circuit, 2009-09-05

Another view of the peaks.

Purple flowers, Beijing Hikers Brushrest Mountain Circuit, 2009-09-05

Purple flowers.

Great Wall on ridge, Beijing Hikers Brushrest Mountain Circuit, 2009-09-05

Down the ridge and past the wall, heading for the village.

Snacks on the table, Beijing Hikers Brushrest Mountain Circuit, 2009-09-05

Snacks and drinks in the village, with an audience.

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