It was a long pull along the Great Wall to the beacon tower on the peak.

还要沿着长城爬很长一段路，才能爬到顶峰的烽火台。

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Every other distance on the Great Wall is a beacon tower, like a giant hand in hand, shouldering the defend the burden of the central plains of China.

长城上每隔一段距离就是一座烽火台，像一个个巨人手牵着手，担起了保卫中原大地的重任。

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The beginning, the Great Wall does not steep ladder, I climbed to a fifth smooth beacon.

一开始，长城的阶梯也并不陡峭，我顺利的爬到了第五个烽火台。

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