Very hot weather on the Great Wall

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As you can see, I’m in for a scorching experience. I will try to walk early and late, and spend the noon hours in the shade. When it is this hot, I drink a lot of fluids. I have to take the heat and distance to the next place into consideration when planning my route along the Great Wall, so I can restock water.

I will be doing some small additions to my equipment from now on too.

  • Thin light weight ‘hotel slippers’, so I don’t have to wear the heavy boots in the evenings
  • A poncho so I don’t have to pull out the tent every time a thunderstorm passes by
  • The charger for my camera batteries so I don’t need to head for base camp to charge them
  • Some shorts, so that I can wash my only trousers. I’ve already had a couple of meals without my shirt on, but don’t want to push my luck. I have seen Chinese doing the same as it is very hot now.

About Stephen Robert Loken

Stephen Robert Loken walked the entire Ming Dynasty Great Wall of China, covering about 6,000 km in 601 days from Jiayuguan in Gansu to the Hushan Great Wall at Dandong, Liaoning, on the North Korean border. He left Jiayuguan in April 2009 and finished in December 2010, walking alone apart from seven weeks with his brother Jon. Born in England to an English mother and a Norwegian father, he lives in Norway. He has also kayaked the entire length of Norway, from Lindesnes to Nordkapp, and walked the length of Great Britain, from Land's End to John o' Groats. These posts are his daily notes written along the Wall.