Southern great wall, Hunan

This section of a great wall was built during the Ming dynasty. It was used for protection against the revolt from the Miao Ethnic Group.

With a length of 190 kilometers, it has an area in the middle for armaments and soldiers and towers for check points approx. three
to five kilometers apart.

You can see at the top of the picture that the wall continues into the next hill.

In the Qing dynast the great wall was rebuilt.

After running in the morning, then walking all day, these were a lot of steps! 847… Not that we were counting!