The scariest path in the world: path to the teahouse on Mt. Huashan in China.

[editor]

Oh my Lord. This is insane!

And here's the teahouse at the end.

See more: http://www.uqpu.net/teahouse/

 

[fishfinger]

Oh my Lord. This is insane!

See more: http://www.uqpu.net/teahouse/

I think if I managed to get up there, I'd need more than a cup of tea

 

[RaverDrew]

and then you find out they've run out of milk

 

[wiskey]

No tea is worth that!

 

[Ax^]

depends on the tea

 

[twentythreedom]

Fuck that. I bet they don't serve a decent mug of builders' tea.

Is there cake?

 

[wiskey]

depends on the tea

No really it doesn't!


Coffee on the other hand... Now that's worth making the effort.

 

[N_igma]

Looks mad and I would do that no problem but for heavens sakes is nothing sacred anymore? These cunts went up there to get away from everyone and now they probably have dumb yanks torturing them every day asking if they do cappuccinos as well.

 

[Sweet Meiga]

Clearly the worst bit would be coming back... I guess I'd stay there for a while.

 

[editor]

It's not my idea of a fun day out.

Still it's great to see that Westerners are respecting the sacred mountain:

http://lovebeats.org/forums/index.php?topic=18056.0

 

[chilango]

It's not my idea of a fun day out.

Still it's great to see that Westerners are respecting the sacred mountain:

http://lovebeats.org/forums/index.php?topic=18056.0

He appears to be harnessed around his neck?

There are, incidentally, quite a few "paths" like this kicking around. In the Italian Dolomites especially.

 

[editor]

He appears to be harnessed around his neck?

There are, incidentally, quite a few "paths" like this kicking around. In the Italian Dolomites especially.

With or without the harness, it still looks a mighty dangerous pursuit.

 

[chilango]

With or without the harness, it still looks a mighty dangerous pursuit.

Via Ferrata is what this kinda thing is usually known as http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Via_ferrata

Old WW1 mountain routes on the Italian Austrian border most famous origin, but others too. Is aw a crazy old pilgrim route in Spain somewhere.

There's been a few recalls of equipment recently after kit failures led to a few deaths.

 

[King Biscuit Time]

God, I'm getting sweaty palms just looking at those pictures.

Do you reckon they do Caramel Lates?

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

That looks awesome

Remonds me of the Caminito Del Ray.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camino_del_Ray

 

[8ball]

I thought it looked a bit scary, then saw the harnesses.

Guess it's one of those things you have to do if in the area.

 

[killer b]

Still it's great to see that Westerners are respecting the sacred mountain:

It's just a rock. I thought you were an atheist?

 

[Geri]

These cunts went up there to get away from everyone

Why build a teahouse then?

 

[8ball]

Why build a teahouse then?

You go a bit doolally with too much time on your own.

 

[editor]

It's just a rock. I thought you were an atheist?

It's perfectly possible to show respect to a local culture without having to be religious yourself. Just good manners, really.

 

[killer b]

It's perfectly possible to show respect to a local culture without having to be religious yourself. Just good manners, really.

it is good manners to respect people's religious beliefs, yes. glad we're in agreement.

 

[8ball]

It's perfectly possible to show respect to a local culture without having to be religious yourself. Just good manners, really.

I agree with that, but someone larking about on a rock for a pic is hardly so disrespectful when the locals have already nailed a platform and harnessing cables to it.

 

[editor]

it is good manners to respect people's religious beliefs, yes. glad we're in agreement.

That's clearly not what what I said, but I really can't be bothered entertaining your attempts to disrupt this interesting topic with some really dull cross-thread point-scoring. Go stir away elsewhere!

*yawn.

 

[TruXta]

What is it with urban and religion lately?

 

[8ball]

What is it with urban and religion lately?

Apparently yesterday Urban went through some sort of Epiphany.

 

[editor]

Looks like the path has been made a fair bit safer:

When I first posted the pictures of Huashan in January 2007, I believed it was the most dangerous trail I had ever seen. It is important to note since I first wrote this story, I have received several letters that suggest the Chinese have made significant improvements to this trail.

http://www.ssqq.com/ARCHIVE/vinlin27d.htm

 

[N_igma]

Why build a teahouse then?

It wasn't initially built as a tea house.

 

[editor]

Someone fell off in 2012 and died
http://www.ssqq.com/ARCHIVE/huashanletters.htm#Fatality

 

[killer b]

That's clearly not what what I said, but I really can't be bothered entertaining your attempts to disrupt this interesting topic with some really dull cross-thread point-scoring. Go stir away elsewhere!

*yawn.

I try to point out hypocrisy wherever I see it. There's a very simple way of avoiding being pulled up on it.

 

[Santino]

Apparently yesterday Urban went through some sort of Epiphany.

I'm not going to Like it, but I hereby acknowledge the formal success of this joke.