Saturday, May 31, 2014

Day 11 -- The Great Wall

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Tickets for the ski lift up to the wall and the toboggan run down from the wall to the parking lot.

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Ticket to go on the Great Wall.

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Shopping area before we got on the ski lift.

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On the ski lift looking forward.

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On the ski lift looking back.

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On the ski lift looking down on the toboggan run.

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View from the ski lift.

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View from the starting point of the Mutianyu section of The Great Wall.

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Me at the starting point.

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Our group at the starting point.  Front row left to right:  Julie, Sarah, me.  Back row left to right:  Shelby, April, Michelle, Jon, Montana, Carrie, and Cara.

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Jon stepped out to take the picture and Tonia stepped into the picture.

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We didn't just walk on a sloped walkway.  It was all stairs on every slope of the wall.

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Tonia, me, Julie, Carrie, and Cara half way up our section of the wall.

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I made it to the top of our section of the wall.

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Carrie, Tonia, me, Cara, and Julie at the top of our section of the wall.

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Looking out a window on the wall.

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We climbed out a window to see this section of the wall that is deteriorating.

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I was tired when we got back down, but feeling good about accomplishing the climb.

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In line for the toboggan run.  It was a blast!!

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