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Visits from a friendly frog, and a snake (not sure if friendly), plus big blue skies over the Great Wall. See a few photos and a video highlight reel.
Read more about Gubeikou Great Wall, 2026/06/07

Nineteen photos from a rainy day out at the Eastern Qing Tombs.
Read more about Eastern Qing Tombs visit, 2026/06/06

See 21 photos from a hike around the lake and Great Wall at the Huanghuacheng Lakeside Great Wall.
Read more about Lakeside Great Wall and Longquanyu, 2026/06/03

Lovely long views of Great Wall and green hills on this hike—see twelve photos.
Read more about Chenjiapu Great Wall, 2025/05/31

Photos from two company events held at Jinhai Lake, plus photos and a video from the Citizen’s Fair at the US Embassy.
Read more about Company events and Citizen’s Fair, 2025/05

Why we stopped doing the Jiankou to Mutianyu Great Wall hike, and what we’re doing instead, with trail history and before and after photos.
Read more about Why we’re not doing the Jiankou to Mutianyu Great Wall hike anymore

We were accompanied by a pig for the first part of this hike—take a look at two photos of Hiking Pig and another 30+ from the Great Wall.
Read more about Switchback Great Wall, 2026/05/23

See seventeen shots from a hike from the Gubeikou Great Wall over to Jinshanling.
Read more about Gubeikou to Jinshanling Great Wall, 2026/05/20

We had decent luck with the weather on this one, avoiding the heavy rain in the forecast, although the mist reduced the views somewhat—see 13 photos.
Read more about Gubeikou Great Wall, 2026/05/17

Misty and foggy weather up in the mountains—see 17 photos from a hike up Hengling Valley and around the bluffs and wall at Big Plate Camp village.
Read more about Big Plate Camp and Hengling, 2026/05/16

We hiked the big ridgeline of the mountains just to the west of Beijing, finishing with a walk down an old pilgrim’s trail—check out 20 photos from the hike with green hills and long views.
Read more about Vulture Rock Ridge and the Yangtaishan Pilgrim’s trail, 2026/05/09

When NBC America needed some expert assistance they called in Beijing Hikers Big Boss Sun Xiran to help take them up to the Jiankou Great Wall for a talk with the crew in charge of wall restoration.
Read more about Jiankou Great Wall for NBC America, 2026/05

Rainy weather meant we needed to change the route slightly, but the skies cleared in time for amazing light and a rainbow backdrop—see 18 photos.
Read more about Jiankou Zhengbei Tower Great Wall sundown hike, 2026/05/02

Thirty-four photos of desert views and side trips from the 4-day trip during the May holiday.
Read more about Tengger Desert, Inner Mongolia, 2026/05

11 photos and a short video from our hike on the wall at Zhenbiancheng—still some flowers higher up, and also a big group of flag-waving walkers.
Read more about Zhenbiancheng Great Wall hike, 2026/04/25

Photos from a hike on the steep and tricky Great Wall on the east side of Jiankou, plus some shots from a post-hike feast of dumplings.
Read more about Jiankou Zhengbei Tower Great Wall Loop, 2026/04/22

27 photos from a hike up to the ‘V’ section of Great Wall at Qiangzilu—springtime views, flowers, and rough Great Wall.
Read more about Qiangzilu ‘Bricks in the Wall’ hike, 2026/04/18

See 21 photos from a tour of Cuandixia Village in Beijing’s Mentougou District—village street scenes, mountain scenery, with bonus cat photos.
Read more about Cuandixia ‘Ming Village’ day trip, 2026/04/18

See 17 photos from a hike up to Nine-Eyes Tower at Jiankou—overcast but clear, with long views all around.
Read more about Nine-Eyes Tower and the Jiankou ‘Big West’ Great Wall, 2026/04/12

A four-day company retreat featuring hikes and tours, food and conferences—see 16 photos.
Read more about Dunhuang trip for MLB, 2026/04