The Great Wall...More like The Great Hike

I think there is something encoded in my DNA that causes me to sign up for difficult hikes; the Great Wall was one of them. Perhaps I never studied pictures of it well enough before but there are some STEEP climbs and endless stairs that take you along the Wall. I did the hike from Jin Shan Ling to Simatai, the latter of which is one of the oldest sections of the Wall. As challenging as some parts were, the hike was definitely worth the views; here is a picture of a local who walked the first leg of the Wall with me. She must do it everyday because I swear she was sprinting up parts of it.