I Did Not Leap

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Greetings! It's been awhile since posting, so a brief update, real blogs to come later with photos.... in about a month.

Got to Lijiang with no problems, then off to here. The altitude and I didn't get along so much when I started hiking, but otherwise it's been wonderful. I do plan to write Lonely Planet a short memo though. Since LP is for everyone and most of the things listed are for 99.9% of the population, I certainly didn't take the word "strenuous 8 hours" as seriously as I should have. I didn't try to do the whole hike in 8 hours, but I should have taken more than 2 days. And I'm guessing I'm not the first, nor will I be the last. Sufficed to say, Ken and 2 guys from our hostel have laddered their way to the bottom to see the river while I sit here looking at the view and recovering. Which I'm fine with, but I wish they had been less friendly with their warning.

Otherwise, loving it. The view is excellent (shocking, I know) and I still can't believe I'm here.

Off to write in my journal and enjoy the view.

Cheers!

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Comments

[Dad]

What is the altitude there, and how far was the hike, both distance and altitude change?

[sunketing]

the hike
high and long. I've read different numbers depending on the source. 22km long (I've heard up to 30), the highest point being 2660m.