Mt. Huashan China

Steezus

Well, I have been looking for a good photography forum for a little while now and actually stumbled on this one today. I must say I like it.. Lots of people, lots of great shots, no fee, and no retarded image size constraints.

Anyways, I just returned from a trip to China and I thought it was an amazing place. I have so many photos to process, but I went straight into my Mt. Huashan pictures because this place is just amazing!

I wouldn't usually pimp my blog in a post like this, but it will describe this a bit more, including some info on how to get there if anyone else is ever in the Xi'an area.

http://cktravelblog.wordpress.com/2009/05/27/%E8%8F%AF%E5%B1%B1-mt-huashan/

The South Peak during sunrise-


The entrance, mind you it was freezing cold, very gusty, and raining.. I knew this place was crazy, but in person it was crazy to think this route was even allowed. Sign me up for the harness!


The rusty and maybe not so trusty planks-


My wife.. She enjoys hanging on the side of 1,000+ foot cliffs-


Me, not so much! I was pretty scared holding onto the cables, let alone removing a hand to take a shot!


Unfortunately, the rush is short lived. This is just a short 50 meter section that take you to a cave shrine. We are on our way back up in this shot-


Whoring the LucisArt look-


If anyone has any questions about the logistics to get here or anything else like that, I have no problem passing along as much information as I know. I highly recommend going out of your way to see this place if you are in China!

cmkultradome

Very cool pictures!!! I read your blog, sounds like an awesome experience. I love to hike and I'm not really afraid of heights but I don't think I could do anything like that. Thanks for posting and welcome to Dgrin!

Stephanie

The Curious Camel

Amazing images and a little scary to. I don't think I could do that unless I was sitting in a heli taking the pictures. Really wonderful shots.

peace, gail

Steezus

Thanks! Yeah, I thought that using harnesses would be optional and kind of wimpy. I surely did not plan on using one when we got there. Upon arrival.. Even if the wind was not gusting so hard, you could not have paid me enough to do that without them!

Awais Yaqub

Wow that is scaryyyy !

Great images !

rainbow

Mt. Huashan is the subject of many of the Chinese scroll paintings since it is so scenic. It is often obscured completely by clouds. The first picture of the mountain is very majestic and well done.

The others amaze me as I would never venture on that precarious a trail without an auxiliary parachute... Is that crazy part just to descend to the shrine (like is it optional?) or is that representative of much of the trail. Looks to have been a tremendous adventure for both of you. Thanks for sharing!

Qarik

wow..those are some crazy catwalks!

Steezus

rainbow wrote:

The others amaze me as I would never venture on that precarious a trail without an auxiliary parachute... Is that crazy part just to descend to the shrine (like is it optional?) or is that representative of much of the trail.

Haha, Yeah, I think you could easily base jump from a lot of spots on the mountain. The actual plank walk trail is only an optional out and back that you have to pay a small amount of yuan to use. When we were researching the trail, we thought it was all over the mountain and the only way up. The trail to the top definitely has some exciting sections, but it isn't enough to warrant the need for a harness, plus it has chains to protect people from going over the edge.

There is also a tram that can bypass half the hike. We hiked from the bottom, but took it down. I wish it wasn't there because there were sections of the trail near the tram that were really crowded. Beautiful, beautiful area though!