
Putting our bags aside and paying for our 30RMB/ $5 harness, we attached our first
carabineer to the ‘safety’ rail. As if this is safe we told ourselves, it doesn’t hold the worlds deadliest trail title for nothing. Although unconfirmed, it is rumored that there are 100 casualties a year from taking on this route, though it does seem that every precaution has been taken to minimize the impact of a certain fatal fall. Your destiny is in your own hands along the trail. Technically you can unhook both carabineers at the same time meaning you are literally standing on nothing but a 0.3 m plank of wood 5,000 ft above the abyss below. We are used to adrenaline junkie activity and we have taken on various “Worlds highest” before, world’s highest bungy jump, worlds highest skydive without the use of oxygen, but this is a whole new level and the feels are too!
There is no time to catch breath as you navigate your way across the planks of wood wedged into the mountain side and clambering foot by foot overiron rods protruding from the rock. Small cut outs barely large enough for 1 foot greet you toward the end of the trail and as you look down to nimbly place your feet one by one in the divots, there is no shielding your eyes from the pit of razor sharp rock faces below. This is some serious deal! Want to see more heart racing photos? Check out these other photos of Mount Huashan we found here!