Thank you very much for the supportive comments and mails I have received lately. I have taken the time to eat a lot of good food, and organize all the pictures from the walk. Quite a task, although not quite as challenging as walking the Great Wall. The foot is […]

Sorry for not writing sooner. I have been to the doctors office the last three days, and saw little point in writing anything until it was more conclusive. On Monday I went to a clinic in Beijing and had my foot examined. The doctor recommended an x-ray. The results came […]

Last week there was an article about the walk in a newspaper called Beijing Today that you can read here. Sorry for not writing sooner, but at this stage, there isn’t that much ‘news’. Thank you all very much for the nice words of encouragement that I  have received lately. […]

On the last day of the previous stretch I managed to bang my left foot hard against a rock. At the time, I just said some words I will not repeat here, and walked on. It was painful, but I was keen to keep up the speed. The day after, […]

After a good nights rest and breakfast from my hosts, I was ready to move on. Duan Cai Yan has done a lot of hiking and wanted to walk together with me the first section of the Great Wall east of Daankou. It was just as hot as the last […]

Sorry for not writing the last couple of days. The going has been a bit tough. Seems like 34C and 80% humidity is starting to get to me. Now that I’m out of Beijing Municipality, I have to switch to the Norwegian Sim card to write entries, and lately I […]

Today was very hot too. And misty and humid. Because of the intense heat, some of the days feel a bit blurry. I notice that it affects my mental awareness a bit, and because I sometimes am forced to walk along trafficked roads, I listen to audio books just to […]

Today started with a visit to Huang Ya Guan Great Wall (Yellow cliff pass). This section of the Great Wall gets it’s name from the yellow colour of the rocks surrounding the pass. It has been commercialized, and tourists can walk west or east from the pass. I decided to […]

Woke up to a clear blue sky. The whole day has been very very hot, and it still is now late in the evening. Have been sweating a lot, and drank too little. I thought there were some small shops along my route, but that turned out to be wrong. […]

According to locals I have spoken to, it was 35C in the shade at the hottest part of the day. It is going to be about the same tomorrow. I only took a small rest in the middle of the day sitting under some trees by a small river. After […]