Quest #058
Mysteries of the Wild Wall
Explore the dangerous, crumbling, magnificent wild wall.
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The Wild Wall: Hiking Jiankou's Forbidden Ridge
Jiankou is not a tourist attraction. It is a challenge, a warning, and a temptation all at once. This is what it's like to walk the wild wall.The AscentThe hike begins at Xizhazi village at dawn. A narrow trail through scrub oak leads upward for 40 minutes before the wall appears — a ribbon of grey brick snaking over the...
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