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After the seeing the Terracotta Army we sped off on the next leg of our journey. As you might remember, our original plan was to go to Mount Huangshan, but due to miscommunications we ended up on Mount Huashan instead. Well, no harm done!
Mount Huashan is one of China's five great mountains and has a reputation of being somewhat dangerous. In recent years, however, safety has been much improved, so we only feared for our lives on some occasions. Mostly the stairs were wide and had sturdy handrails.
In the cable car up, just after realizing I'm slightly more afraid of heights than I thought I was.
The cable car took about 10 minutes. We clutched our seats in terror the entire way up. But once we we up on the mountain, we were actually okay.
Well, sometimes the stairs got a bit steep.
¨It was well worth it though. The view from the top was stunning. The temple in the picture can only be accessed through attaching yourself to a harness and shuffling along a vertical cliff wall on a 30 cm wide boardwalk. We unanimously decided that we were okay with skipping that part.
A family we met on the way were a bit braver though.
After an afternoon of climbing we went to the hotel. The stairs weren't as scary as they look, since you couldn't see over the edge while climbing them. The hotel was really nice! The staff was really helpful and some even spoke some English. We had a hot dinner and then went straight to bed.
The next morning we got up at five to see the sunrise from the South Peak.
Seeing the landscape gradually appear was truly an unforgettable experience.
We borrowed coats from the hotel to keep us warm in the freezing cold. We saw some people dressed only in t-shirts with a thin jacket on top. And they didn't even seem cold! We felt like we weren't really representing our viking DNA.
Although the temperature was below freezing in the shadow it was quite warm in the sun. Climbing thousands of stairs kept us quite warm too.
Thamwika and I on the West Peak. On the way back I fell down the mountain so we decided it was about time to go home.
We took the ropeway down from the West Peak. The hills got greener as we got further down.
We made it! Climbing mount Hua has proved yet again how helpful, kind and caring Chinese people are. Even though we often couldn't make ourselves understood they all did their utmost to help us. As for the mountain, it was beautiful and the view from the peaks was truly stunning. We'd definitely go back if we'd get the chance!
China,
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IheartChina,
Life in China,
Mount Hua,
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