Need a break from pretty pictures and feel-good stories? Head over to the Trip Log, where we have the cold, hard numbers – no fuss, no frills.
The Trip Log presents a day-by-day account of our trip in numerical form – our daily latitude/longitude coordinates, kilometres walked, elevation gain and lost. If you like maps, you can use the latitude/longitude coordinates to follow us on Google Earth or Google Earth Plus (instructions on the Trip Log page).
As of June 30, we had walked 388.752 kilometres: 151.507 on the wall and 237.245 off the wall. That pace is a bit too slow for us to finish at a reasonable time, but when the backpack breakdown is taken into account it’s not too bad.
A few cool things about June. In Google Earth Plus, you can see Jiayuguan Fort (see “The Strongest Fortress Under Heaven” ) very clearly; entering 39° 48’ 05.28” N, 98° 12’ 57.59” E will put you right in the middle of the fort. You can also see the wall very clearly at our June 9 campsite at 39° 52’ 46.09” N, 98° 18’ 48.02” E.
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday dear Brendan,
Happy Birthday to you!
George has told me to tell you that we hope you finish the wall before youre next birthday!
I hope your enjoying your trip now that you have been going for some time now. George has to been to Perth and I have been to Melbourne. We are both working hard as always and are very excited about heading to France for our honeymoon in 4 and a half weeks!
Love George and Emma xxx
Happy Birthday Brendan! We wanted to post a photo of us toasting to your health (with coopers pale ale of course!) but we can’t upload photos here! Ah well, we’ll leave it to your imagination
Dear Brendan and Emma,
I’ve got serious plans to walk the Ming Dynasty Wall within a year and a half… I’ve got LOADS of quesions that go a bit further than your Q&A list on this site …. Is there any way we can get in contact for some indepth Q&As?!
Love to hear from you soon,
Matt Sanders
happy birthday…
can u find out the lattitude and longitude of the great wall of china its 4 an assignment
thanx elysha