Comments on: Huashan Video

By: probhervoup

probhervoup — Wed, 20 May 2009 22:52:54 +0000

Fantastic site. will definitely come back again

By: Harry

Harry — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 04:18:13 +0000

Yes, there were harnesses. They seemed relatively new. Though, if anything were to go wrong it’s probably not the harness but rather the karabiners, quality unknown. Or worse, the guide wires/planks pegged into the mountain. Though they seemed pretty solid.

By: Imajicka1

Imajicka1 — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 03:53:55 +0000

Hey, really quick question. Were there safety harnesses back in 2006 when you went? I’m assuming there were, but I don’t see any in the vid.

By: Harry

Harry — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 03:47:35 +0000

@Imajicka1 Very true, it’s not a venture to excite real alpinists. Though I think that’s exactly why it’s a fascinating place. It’s offers bizarrely accessible danger.

By: Imajicka1

Imajicka1 — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 02:21:33 +0000

Awesome vid! I actually find the fact that you climbed out onto the tree (in stiff wind and with no harnesses, I’m assuming) more impressive than the plank walk, itself.

I would actually consider going up Huashan. I have a fear of heights, but for some reason, its not as bad when I’m on mountains as it is when I’m on buildings or bridges. I would probably never take the trail to South Peak (which includes the plank walk). Everything else on Huashan looks doable. I’d just as soon pick a day when there aren’t so many people.

By the way, professional alpinists and mountaineers probably giggle when they see this vid; Huashan doesn’t quite compare to a K2 or an Annapurna.

By: RaiulBaztepo

RaiulBaztepo — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 21:40:46 +0000

Hello!
Very Interesting post! Thank you for such interesting resource!
PS: Sorry for my bad english, I’v just started to learn this language
See you!
Your, Raiul Baztepo

By: Marc

Marc — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 18:27:49 +0000

My hat is off to anyone who does this hike/climb; I have a paralyzing fear of heights, and it was the first time I’ve experienced my heart doing flip-flops while seated in my perfectly safe chair in my perfectly safe office. I couldn’t make that trip for love nor money or even in a conscious state!

By: Do It Scared! » Blog Archive » The Teahouse from Heck

Do It Scared! » Blog Archive » The Teahouse from Heck — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 17:08:48 +0000

[...] believe this post is the original. There is also a video of the plank path. Leave a [...]

By: Mt Huashan Hiking Trail @ hello! yoshi

Mt Huashan Hiking Trail @ hello! yoshi — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:42:24 +0000

[...] those of you who want to experience the video, it’s located here. The video entails the section of the North Peak where you walk across the planks. Most people [...]

By: Carol

Carol — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 07:48:18 +0000

That was a fantastic hike. Beautiful. I would like to have done that at a younger age. I would have liked to stay overnight at thier shrine. My most thrill was riding on the stand-up roller coaster before they removed them in the u.s. parks after 2 deaths of people falling thru the harness. I know I thought, What if I should faint? I would just slip right on out of here. It was a heart pumping thrill for me.

By: Carol

Carol — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 07:36:03 +0000

Thanks for sharing fantastic pictures and a su..bpurb hike. I would have loved to have done that at a younger age. A thrill of a lifetime. My most thrill has been rides on a stand up roller coaster before they declared them unsafe in the u.s. parks.

By: Jean

Jean — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 19:48:45 +0000

Thanks, Harry, for sharing the info about the plank walk. I’m 65 and would still love to do something like that some day. Mind still works even if body doesn’t alway cooperate!

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 16:00:56 +0000

That trail is strictly for the young. I could handle the wooden plank, but not the steep stairs. You guys are crazy. One question, is there a destination, or do you have to come back the way you went up? I would never go for a round trip!!!!!

By: asdf

asdf — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 04:46:58 +0000

FAKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: music

music — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 06:54:09 +0000

very interesting.
i’m adding in RSS Reader

By: Jess

Jess — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 10:59:20 +0000

That is hands down the coolest fucking thing I have seen in a long time. I need to go there and do that one day.

By: scott

scott — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 01:49:46 +0000

I have frequent bad dreams about places like this!
I think you are completely out of your tiny minds.

By: John Johnson

John Johnson — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 14:37:56 +0000

From a virtual rock climber…wow! Envy all around…what an experience it must have been. Now, how do I extract myself from this com and do something real? Inspiring for sure, and it will push me in just the right way…along not down!

By: Lauren

Lauren — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 13:43:26 +0000

these comments are really funny Harry. I had not seen that film yet you know. Almost a year later! That was fun.

By: Harry

Harry — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 08:24:20 +0000

@cha0tic:

Apparently a “swallet” is a shallow cave – in which a man hid from a storm on Putuoshan and then later consecrated the site as a Buddhist shrine. Sadly, no dictionary I’ve ever looked in contains this particular ‘translation’

And, as with many things in China, the real swallet is gone, replaced by a poured concrete mock swallet.

The swallet also served to strengthen suspicions I hold about just why people in modern China still choose to become monks. (For further fun, read this article about monks getting their MBA at Shanghai Jiaotong University – and a temple with an escalator.)

I’ve never been to the via Ferrata but would love to! One day…