Switchback Great Wall, 2023/10/28
Taking a short break, with the General’s Tower in the background.

Switchback Great Wall, 2023/10/28

See a set of 16 shots from a mid-autumn hike up to the ‘switchback’, a special spot where the wall makes a hairpin turn on a bluff.

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Setting out on the hike.
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Up the hill to the wall.
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Higher up in the hills.
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Taking a short break, with the General’s Tower in the background.
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We took a detour around a section that was under repair.
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Passing the ‘switchback’.
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Hiking down a rough section to finish.

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