The creepy walking route on Mount Huashan

Huashan (translated from Chinese - "Flower Mountain") - one of the five Sacred Mountains of Taoism in China, is located in the Qinling Range in Shaanxi province, near the county city of Huain (station on the railway Xi'an - Luoyang). There are several routes for tourists, including a cable car. But the most interesting and exciting is the hiking route, ending with a section that has received the popular name “the path of death”.



Climbing to the top on the funicular remains the easiest and safest way to get on the mountain and admire the chic panoramas of the surroundings. The cable car will take you to the peak of the mountain from the North foot. But the greatest interest for inquisitive tourists who want to get a portion of adrenaline, is the hike. However, in order to do it, you will need some physical training. The risk at the same time is minimal, since the ascent is to be made along the steps of sufficient width carefully carved in stone, and for less risk in the most dangerous places of the trail safety ropes and massive chains are fixed, acting as railings.



But there is a section of the trail on Mount Huashan, where some tourists who dared to hike, literally fall into a stupor from the fear of heights that seized them. We are talking about the transition from the North peak to the South. It is this place that has received the popular name “the path of death”. The Death Path is a narrow boardwalk attached to a smooth steep wall, along which travelers have to move. But, by and large, tourists have nothing to fear on the “death path”, since each of them is necessarily fastened by a professional climbing insurance system to ropes firmly attached to the wall. And the width of the platform is large enough to just slip off it. However, tourists move along the trail, becoming one with the wall, merging with the rock in arms.





Those who have overcome fear and “walked” along the death path will receive a reward – the greatest beauty of the panorama from the highest – South – Huashan Peak (2154 m).











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