The World’s Most Dangerous Hiking Trail
There are few mountain tourist trails as dangerous as the above pictured route on Mt. Hua in China’s Shaanxi Province. Not only does much of the trail consist of narrow footpaths and extremely steep staircases, but there are also a few sections where hikers must scale across cliffs on a rusty chain and some foot-sized holes chiseled in the rock. There’s even a place where one must descend a 20 meter chain to reach the continuation of the trail!
Here’s a video of a Japanese TV show visiting the trail:
The video report claims that sometimes about 100 climbers a year fall to their deaths on the trail. Luckily, people who don’t want to risk death can take a far safer trail on the other side of the mountain!
For more information on Mt. Hua, check out this post at BestHike and this photo gallery at Damn Cool Pics [the source of the pics in this post].
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Ha Japanese TV… “100 deaths a year”, they should have added “and there is a dragon who is waiting for you at the top of the mountain”.
100 deaths a year, that’s a little bit too much for a tourist route, a death every three days. Be realistic.
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I just don’t see why…
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har har har…
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Every chinese should make this trail.
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I visited China a couple of years ago, and did this exact trail. I should have been worried when it was the only place in China where I had to pay an insurance fee as part of the entrance.
It is popular to start around midnight (which I did), and hike up in the dark to see the sunrise at dawn.
The section they are showing above is a small excursion loop from the main trail, so you don’t have to do that part. But it is still crazy.
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that actually looks fun i would love to try that trail
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2 words. Instant Suicide. lol
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cool i wouldnt mind trying it but i might need to use a toilet when i an done lol
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Here’s a video I just found of someone walking on the plank walk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nq0vtU-LVc
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