50 Images from the Great Wall of China
On the second day of our tour of China, we visited the Great Wall at Mutianyu. We rode a cable car up to tower 14 of the Great Wall of China and walked to tower 21.
![The Great Wall of China, tower 16 in the foreground. We climbed to tower 21 at the top of the ridge. ](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532765e2e4b0c44d90acdf66/1418694445192-A2T7P0OMMKD2W9JSGD8H/atop-the-great-wall-of-china-a.jpg)
The Great Wall of China, tower 16 in the foreground. We climbed to tower 21 at the top of the ridge.
We only walked about three kilometers in total, but the climb from tower 19 to 21 was very steep. It was cold, but the skies were a bright blue, which was pretty amazing. We could see so far. Take a look at what we saw.
50 Pictures of the Great Wall
![Great Wall of China](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532765e2e4b0c44d90acdf66/1421039096873-KMPENLNCZ67ILJ1ZYEUU/china-gw-00.jpg)
![Great Wall from the information center.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532765e2e4b0c44d90acdf66/1421039094445-90E89DZVIMPS6MANMOEU/china-gw-01.jpg)
It's been said you can see the Great Wall from space. You can't. It's even pretty small from the reception center, only a few kilometers away.
![Home of the Great Wall](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532765e2e4b0c44d90acdf66/1421039098380-821FCO4MX8QA608TPOO5/china-gw-02.jpg)
We really enjoyed the cultural significance of the Great Wall.
![Great Wall Map](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532765e2e4b0c44d90acdf66/1421039100207-CQ2MX3V261I7GSTSCSH2/china-gw-03.jpg)
![Souvenirs](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532765e2e4b0c44d90acdf66/1421039108037-INB03DE54C0VJUSKB86Q/china-gw-04.jpg)
T-shirts for sale on the road to the wall.
![Cable Car Entrance](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532765e2e4b0c44d90acdf66/1421039104981-THTFK8ZKDA4KFLNDV7TP/china-gw-05.jpg)
![Cable Car](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532765e2e4b0c44d90acdf66/1421039118343-D3XLABZ3TYEBYL8TB6ZT/china-gw-06.jpg)
![From the Cable Car](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532765e2e4b0c44d90acdf66/1421039112788-1W65HI4Z3VZ3GJEHNSNL/china-gw-07.jpg)
![Map of the Wall](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532765e2e4b0c44d90acdf66/1421039120797-0O03DE4FOX23PHJDEULJ/china-gw-07a.jpg)
![Great Wall](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532765e2e4b0c44d90acdf66/1421039125206-Q8YXMB2P30QIGANQDA0D/china-gw-08.jpg)
![Great Wall](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532765e2e4b0c44d90acdf66/1421039125302-31L2OL4V3BWFVEO99WQ4/china-gw-09.jpg)
![Great Wall](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532765e2e4b0c44d90acdf66/1421039131809-RFDP78Z2R3QVDJ5M94HA/china-gw-10.jpg)
![Great Wall](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532765e2e4b0c44d90acdf66/1421039144809-Y6EPZ1X9HKBT6KH6FV5M/china-gw-11.jpg)
![Great Wall](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532765e2e4b0c44d90acdf66/1421039145208-KCD3UAUG8XJOPTQ59X75/china-gw-12.jpg)
![Great Wall](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532765e2e4b0c44d90acdf66/1421039147726-JW7XEKCLZ39E0YYLQ9GP/china-gw-13.jpg)
![china-gw-14.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532765e2e4b0c44d90acdf66/1421039150745-W9KRN6WGDGBBJCVQLJKC/china-gw-14.jpg)
![Great Wall](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532765e2e4b0c44d90acdf66/1421039153201-LX69QPGJ1113TB7UCQHD/china-gw-15.jpg)
![Great Wall](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532765e2e4b0c44d90acdf66/1421039157177-EFQQJO0ZIR60N88CF2HT/china-gw-16.jpg)
![Great Wall](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532765e2e4b0c44d90acdf66/1421039161983-02LG3VDJI3HJ4RU7OBHK/china-gw-17.jpg)
![Tower](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532765e2e4b0c44d90acdf66/1421039164619-SJIOQO3F7DW37A2FM2VK/china-gw-18.jpg)
![Great Wall](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532765e2e4b0c44d90acdf66/1421039166022-RORR5572E2MFIWPIG9RI/china-gw-19.jpg)
![Top of a Tower](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532765e2e4b0c44d90acdf66/1421039170735-0PS5RN0AK8FMTWZ98JSR/china-gw-20.jpg)
![Great Wall](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532765e2e4b0c44d90acdf66/1421039172476-U02J8VX8XQPTOVLVJTZF/china-gw-21.jpg)
![Great Wall](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532765e2e4b0c44d90acdf66/1421039173936-U05GFIKTBNOHZK4414BD/china-gw-22.jpg)
![Wi-fi on the Wall](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532765e2e4b0c44d90acdf66/1421039176249-39OW0FS54CXDUOZ7CSE0/china-gw-23.jpg)
... but I don't haz password.
![The Wall](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532765e2e4b0c44d90acdf66/1421039177396-EIDDZMICYPM0D2DJ7G19/china-gw-24.jpg)
![Moving on up.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532765e2e4b0c44d90acdf66/1421039181439-V8Z6VOYGDIQOI5PX5ZKC/china-gw-25.jpg)
![Climb to Tower 21](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532765e2e4b0c44d90acdf66/1421039196482-65ARW3V98HUGN0RSGJYP/china-gw-26.jpg)
![Keep on climbing.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532765e2e4b0c44d90acdf66/1421039195219-PBCQ1KZU69ERZ06BT8Q3/china-gw-27.jpg)
![It's steep, this wall.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532765e2e4b0c44d90acdf66/1421039198928-GIKE2JHEDL92R34I47EY/china-gw-28.jpg)
![Looking back](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532765e2e4b0c44d90acdf66/1421039201997-VOKDIYNY2KQZGFH211CC/china-gw-29.jpg)
![Looking down.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532765e2e4b0c44d90acdf66/1421039206571-EPFQ7Q3VHFXSU6YHE09V/china-gw-30.jpg)
![It's pretty great.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532765e2e4b0c44d90acdf66/1421039211569-UK2N282DFDDHFX2GEOOC/china-gw-31.jpg)
![The wall is long.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532765e2e4b0c44d90acdf66/1421039211409-GDMWYIOU45U2PMTDCREJ/china-gw-32.jpg)
![Trash.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532765e2e4b0c44d90acdf66/1421039222306-BDXRG4UCKB7NA3WQQFUW/china-gw-33.jpg)
Almost everywhree you go, people have left their crap behind.
![Great Wall](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532765e2e4b0c44d90acdf66/1421039216049-1SGFCOGYHO2ZR4FMCOG5/china-gw-34.jpg)
![Tower 19](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532765e2e4b0c44d90acdf66/1421039220311-DGDI269SQX21KYHPTOAI/china-gw-35.jpg)
![Arch](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532765e2e4b0c44d90acdf66/1421039229091-ZPPPTBKOR16VW8HOJ98E/china-gw-36.jpg)
![Great Wall](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532765e2e4b0c44d90acdf66/1421039226562-IYA7947041Q0LDAKOZPS/china-gw-37.jpg)
![Steep!](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532765e2e4b0c44d90acdf66/1421039231626-TP3VU3JL9OLUCQ8WCVQD/china-gw-38.jpg)
![Red Bull Wall](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532765e2e4b0c44d90acdf66/1421039232820-6K8VOVBB2ZFV9M2KO1N6/china-gw-39.jpg)
Red Bulls cans were littered all over the Great Wall.
![Coming Down](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532765e2e4b0c44d90acdf66/1421039237539-FWZE2RXGNTSROAVKDFD7/china-gw-40.jpg)
![Great Wall](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532765e2e4b0c44d90acdf66/1421039253752-Y3F7Y6PMS5LEUL3739U0/china-gw-41.jpg)
![Triumphant Wall Climber](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532765e2e4b0c44d90acdf66/1421039253390-7AYZ83XWER3NWRZFL3L6/china-gw-42.jpg)
![Up to Tower 21](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532765e2e4b0c44d90acdf66/1421039255780-BYJPDKYPN7AFTBZH9BTX/china-gw-43.jpg)
![Great Wall](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532765e2e4b0c44d90acdf66/1421039260954-UK851HNVYM1NPI9TJ6CQ/china-gw-44.jpg)
![A smoke & a nap.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532765e2e4b0c44d90acdf66/1421039260343-KC08K5E7YL9K3FEBQIZ4/china-gw-45.jpg)
![Tower 21](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532765e2e4b0c44d90acdf66/1421039264877-04RDPO92NYRBEDORNPM0/china-gw-46.jpg)
We were there.
![Great Wall](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532765e2e4b0c44d90acdf66/1421039268983-2ONH6Q9IFNKPAOHJ97BO/china-gw-47.jpg)
![Great Wall](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532765e2e4b0c44d90acdf66/1421039270733-7UWRM7DTNWC37SPCU71L/china-gw-48.jpg)
![When visiting the Great Wall ...](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532765e2e4b0c44d90acdf66/1421039276242-JD821PPDFAQZ3CNLXIK9/china-gw-49.jpg)
... don't forget to bring your French horn.
![No. 10: President Clinton's Cable Car](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/532765e2e4b0c44d90acdf66/1421039274233-B5TYP8VZ7MKBSHB3HELM/china-gw-50.jpg)
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