BADALING — Here I am at the Great Wall of China. Don't I look proud? I'm hiding my PTSD well.

I went to the Badaling site, which was about an hour's drive with my trusty hired driver away from my hotel north of the city proper. We arrived after a little bit of early morning traffic in the city and I eagerly walked up to purchase my ticket for the gondola ride up the northern mountain range of China.

Keep in mind that where I live now (on the East coast), there are these hills they call mountains. No big deal. Like baby mountains. But where I was born, in Yosemite National Park, Calif., we have the Sierra Nevadas. Big mountains. Real mountains. So when I arrived at the Badaling side, I was happy to see that the Great Wall hugged similarly majestic mountains ... until I got into the gondola for the ride up.

BEIJING — USA guard Dwyane Wade doesn't go many places where he's not noticed but apparently the Great Wall of China is one of those places.

Wade was visiting the drink stand at the Wall several days ago looking for something to quench his thirst when, lo and behold, he ran across a bottle of Gatorade with his mug on the front. That's where the audio clip picks up. He can tell the story better than I can.