Getu Valley National Park is a haven for rock climbers and contains not one but two large arches adjacent to each other. The main arch is usually referred to on the internet as the Great Arch of Getu but is also known as Shuiyanba Dong or Chuangshang Cave.
Gunter learned of the arch from the NABS GIS website but in 2013 was the first NABS member to visit it. Gunter measured the span with a laser rangefinder. Toward the front of the opening he measured 93 meters (305 feet) but he knew that the span is correctly measured at its narrowest point, which was toward the back of the opening, and for this he measured 70 meters (230 feet). A sign at the arch says that Chuangshang Cave is 70 meters wide, which agrees exactly with Gunter's measurement. The measurement was also confirmed by both Gunter and Ray Millar on another visit in 2015. Source: http://www.naturalarches.org/big-getuhe.htm
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