My wife forwarded me an e-mail with photographs attached of walking on glass on Tianmen Mountain, China. After looking at the photos, I searched YouTube and found a few videos worth sharing.
In the first two videos, you will see tourists walking on glass attached to the side of a cliff 4,700 feet above sea level.
The Daily Mail says, “Don’t look down!”
Another perilous site may be found on the slopes of China’s Shifou Mountain. Thousands of feet up, these Chinese workers are building another cliff-walkway with little or no safety gear.
Shifou Mountain is located 82 miles from Tianmen Mountain. When finished the wooden ‘road’ – which is the width of a dinner table – will stretch for 1.8 miles making it China’s longest sightseeing path.
Then there is walking on air at Huang Shan in the Yellow Mountains.
Next to last but not least, the Hua Han plank walk. At my age, I’d rather walk on glass. Huckberry.com says, “This is no pirate’s plank walk. Located 7,000 feet above sea level on China’s Hua Shan Mountain, the Huashan Plank Walk embodies peril of a different kind.
“The ascent begins with a short set of steps carved into the side of a mountain. Soon after, the steps turn into a “ladder” of iron rods. Both require very, very careful steps to compensate for precarious footing. Then comes the notorious plank.”
Hua Shan has also been named the “Most Dangerous Hiking Trail in the World” by tourists.
Last, we join trekkers on their way to the top of Huangshan. Is that girl—the one that sits down—in high heels? You may notice that they are not letting go of the rope. Would you?
China Mike says, “Since Huangshan is a top tourist attraction and popular travel destination for the Chinese, book ahead, especially on summer weekends.” The photographs on Mike’s site are worth seeing.
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Huangshan, known as ‘the loveliest mountain of China’, was acclaimed through art and literature during a good
part of Chinese history (e.g. the Shanshui ‘mountain and water’ style of the mid-16th century).
Today it holds the same fascination for visitors, poets, painters and photographers who come
on pilgrimage to the site, which is renowned for its magnificent scenery made up of many granite peaks and crocks emerging
out of a sea of clouds.
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