The Great Stone Snake
I snapped photos with every step that I took climbing the Simatai section of the Great Wall. I would preview each photo after I taking it and none captured the sight before me - a seemingly endless stretch of stone that undulated with the landscape of the mountains that it was snaking over. I kept climbing til the path was blocked and I could go no more. I turned around and took one last photo. It's not the perfect image but it's the one that captured the memory I wanted to preserve of this amazing experience I had.
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Amazing description and wonderful photo. It sounds like an experience of a life time. Was this on your bucket list?
Shelly - Thanks for the kind words! Climbing the Great Wall was high on my bucket list and I'm so glad I was able to go!
How long ago were you at Simatai? I was under the impression that this part of the Wall was closed for renovation.
Stu - I was there in July 2009. At the time, we could only go as far as the 12th turret - took this shot a few feet past the turret. After that point, there was really no wall.....a lot of crumbled rock. If the section is closed for renovation, I would guess they are repairing turrets 13 and beyond. Have you considered hiking/walking the Jinshanling section?
Hi Julee
Thanks for the reply. I've already done Jinshaling and a few other sections of the Wall. I wanted to do Simatai last year but was told that it was temporarily closed for repairs.
Best,
Stu
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