Mount Hua Shan,is in the Shanxi Province,120 km east of the city of Xi'ian and near Huayin in China. Originally, it consisted of three peaks, but today, this sacred place has five peaks, of which the highest is the South Peak, 2,160 m. It is one of the Five Sacred Mountains of Taoism.
If you have no fear of heights and are a good climber, then you can dare this adventure, the path of world's most dangerous trails.Chances are you going to shake your legs.
This route is a mountain of China, called MountHuashan.To begin the climb you have to climb a huge set of stairs carved in stone stairssky.These stairs go up so high in the mountains it is hard to see where they end. As if that were not enough, after the stairs, other stairs leading to a precarious path made of wooden planks.Nobody will force you to use any safety equipment, but its use is highly recommended. The road is extremely dangerous and impressive, but what you will find at the end of the route is truly shocking.
The stairs, though beautiful, are quite daunting!
Image 1 and 2: Huashan stairs by Imgarcade
Is a one of the most dangerous hiking routes in the world. Due to official censorship of the Chinese government, the death tolls are not usually made public, and there are a couple of good reasons for that. A political order is to avoid diplomatic incidents, since the number of Western travelers is considerable; other economic, is the profit obtained by the country in respect of tourists (and no one wants to scare the tourists); yet another reason Tourist order is that the same black legend 'death row'.
At the end of the tour the famous wooden boards why have to go to climb to the top are. There are chains on the wall to hold on and not fall. Yet the danger is very high.
Image 3 and 4: Wood planks by Riccardo
To prevent falls, it is recommended to take a chest harness and carabiners go hooked to the wall rams are enabled for use.
Image 5 and 6: People climbing chest harness by Riccardo
At the end of the route we will find a unique and beautiful views. In addition to an old Taoist temple become bar of tea:
Image 7: Top of Huashan Mountain by GrupoEuropa
is customary to reach the mountain top leaving a padlock on the chains
Image 7 and 8: Padlocks on the top
You can also reach the north peak of Mount by cable car route.
Image 9: Huashan cable car
Here we attach a video of the route:
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