My understanding (and I am totally willing to be corrected)is that the earliest elements of the wall date to roughly 200BC and subsequent eras added walls to the total length.

You've got to remember how old they actually are. The Great pyramid at Giza dates back to 2540 BC whereas the Great Wall is 2000 years younger. Imagine if you had people climbing over it day in day out, the damage suffered would be tremendous. We already removed over time the capstones that used to cover them and we need to preserve what we still have. Honestly I don't see how not being able to climb up it somehow makes it boring but each to their own I guess.

Nice pictures and video but does not change the fact the guy is a selfish idiot who does not care about the preservation of these historical monuments for future generations.

How am I the first Kiwi to comment SHE IS A NEW ZEALANDER! ARRGGGGHHHHHHHHHH Sorry we take these things very seriously :)

Not a very good version of Ka Mate at all, probably should have gone for a traditional Hawaiian dance rather than a Maori haka.

2nd on the underarm bowl, which also gave rise to one of the greatest ads in the history of television

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7UscXRYKz4