We are now traveling atop the crest of thee Chinese Wall. There is no trail here. The terrain here consists of spartan landscaping dominated by sharp, limestone shale. There is a 2,000 foot cliff (the Chinese Wall) and huge snow cornices to our left. There is a steep shale slope to our right. It’s beautiful […]
Day 7 – Staging for the Wall We spent a great part of the morning today … “managing a medical issue.” Nothing terribly urgent, but one of those things that if you get it wrong, the consequences can be fatal. It wouldn’t be appropriate for me to live blog about it, so as to protect […]
Day 7 – Staging for the Wall We spent a great part of the morning today … “managing a medical issue.” Nothing terribly urgent, but one of those things that if you get it wrong, the consequences can be fatal. It wouldn’t be appropriate for me to live blog about it, so as to protect […]
Day 6: In View of the Wall (sent the morning after when we got better sat reception!) Our objective for this trekking leg is simple: to complete an off trail traverse of the crest of the Chinese Wall from Larch Hill Pass to White River Pass. Today we spent trekking the first part of the […]
Day 6: In View of the Wall Our objective for this trekking leg is simple: to complete an off trail traverse of the crest of the Chinese Wall from Larch Hill Pass to White River Pass. Today we spent trekking the first part of the approach to this objective. Heat, 3000 feet of elevation gain, […]