30 July 2021 - MOST DANGEROUS TRAIL IN THE WORLD

 

MOST DANGEROUS 

TRAIL IN THE WORLD

 

G'day foks,

There is a mountain located in China called Mt. Huashan, and plenty of people have died on this mountain. 

One look at these pictures and you’ll see why. There is a hiking trail that has been dubbed as the world’s most dangerous hiking trail which reaches a height of 7,087 feet high. It has a nickname of “The Heavenly Stairs.”

The paths have been reinforced due to a recent influx of tourists, but they are nonetheless dangerous, and carry a reputation for fatal falls. Although no official statistics are kept, some say that the number may be as much as about 100 fatal falls a year. Some of the more dangerous parts of the trails have names like Thousand-Foot Precipice, Hundred-Foot Crevice and Black Dragon Ridge.

 










Clancy's comment: And it leads to a Taoist temple! Definitely not for me.

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1 comment:

  1. WOW! No thanks. What an amazing place though. Just looking at the photos, which are nothing short of fantastic, makes me dizzy. There is one in particular - about three up from the last image - there is a family creeping along on a tiny ridge above the wooden one. But how did they get there??? They couldn't have climbed up from the wooden one which looks to end a plank later but then the little one above it doesn't look long either. I don't know that it is a family actually but there do seem to be children (or small adults???) amongst them...AAAGGGHHH.

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