Ridiculously dangerous trail, would you do it?

kneemos · 07-01-2014 09:04AM

rockdrummer4 wrote: »

Think of the people who work in the teahouse, thats a nice trip twice a day

Think of the office workers on their lunch hour.

Teyla Emmagan · 07-01-2014 09:04AM

If I was being chased by an axe wielding maniac with a taste for my blood I might give it a go. They'd need to be so close I could feel them breathing though.

raze_them_all_ · 07-01-2014 09:07AM

I don't even like tea!

Billy86 · 07-01-2014 09:34AM

The video is so much more squeamish than the pictures!!

Apparently about 100 fall off the side of the mountain every year - http://www.echinacities.com/Xi'an/city-guide/Huashan-Mountain-Trek-Breathtaking-Views-Plenty-of-Danger

They should sell parachutes at the end of the trail. If I went up (not likely, I've skied this but I get vertigo with cliffs), there's no chance in hell you'd get me back down - I'd far rather just strap a parachute on and jump off the side of the feckin' mountain!

bumper234 · 07-01-2014 09:40AM

I would LOVE to do this trail!

the_syco · 07-01-2014 09:41AM

Larianne wrote: »

Watched The Summit tonight. Don't think I'm gonna start mountain climbing any time soon!

It's the coming down which is the hard part!

I'd go up if I could make the descent using a wingsuit

deise08 · 07-01-2014 09:45AM

Hands gettin sweaty and having Palpatations just lookin at that

Wibbs · 07-01-2014 10:07AM

Yea I'd give it a go. Sure you're attached to a safety line for feck sake, so it's probably safer than going up a ladder and clearing out leaves from your gutters.

07-01-2014 10:17AM

Wibbs wrote: »

Sure you're attached to a safety line for feck sake, .

Are you? I missed that bit. That would make it a bit different I guess.

howamidifferent · 07-01-2014 10:18AM

I think I can smell ****...Dunno if its off me or my work colleagues...

kneemos · 07-01-2014 10:23AM

Wibbs wrote: »

Yea I'd give it a go. Sure you're attached to a safety line for feck sake, so it's probably safer than going up a ladder and clearing out leaves from your gutters.

You have to bring your own safety harness apparently.

frag420 · 07-01-2014 10:25AM

I think there is a similar path in Spain. I remember seeing a helmet cam vid of a guy walking/climbing it!! Was nauseous just watching it......

greedygoblin · 07-01-2014 10:31AM

frag420 wrote: »

I think there is a similar path in Spain. I remember seeing a helmet cam vid of a guy walking/climbing it!! Was nauseous just watching it......

El caminito del rey

I've always said I'll give this one a go when I finish college. It's a bit closer to home too.

kneemos · 07-01-2014 10:31AM

Could see it being full of hyper snowboarding types high fiving each other.

Maximus Alexander · 07-01-2014 10:35AM

This looks awesome and I'd love to say I'd do it, but if push came to shove there's a good chance I would bottle it.

kneemos · 07-01-2014 10:38AM

Could see it being full of hyper snowboarding types high fiving each other.

keeponhurling · 07-01-2014 10:48AM

rockdrummer4 wrote: »

Think of the people who work in the teahouse, thats a nice trip twice a day

Ha, I had arranged to meet Fr. Larry Duff up there one time.
He was running late so I gave him a bell on the mobile, he answered but then seemed to lose coverage. He never showed for the tea, I ended up paying for the cup I had ordered for him. :mad:

--Kaiser-- · 07-01-2014 10:54AM

Larianne wrote: »

Watched The Summit tonight. Don't think I'm gonna start mountain climbing any time soon!

It's the coming down which is the hard part!

That's funny, I read a book based on the same incident (No Way Down) and it made me want to take up mountain climbing. Already have a rock climbing course booked

rainbowdrop · 07-01-2014 10:58AM

3 Words:

FCUK....THAT...SH1T

gobnaitolunacy · 07-01-2014 11:03AM

Even those gob****es with padlocks manage to get up there.

Wibbs · 07-01-2014 11:03AM

greedygoblin wrote: »

El caminito del rey

I've always said I'll give this one a go when I finish college. It's a bit closer to home too.

Wow that's just... wow. :eek: Close to home as you say. I'd love to try that one. That's probably more dangerous than the Chinese one, because of the lack of safety harnesses.

Our own Skellig Michael is a bit of a trek too and windy with it, which adds to the arse clenching. No safety line, no rail, just steps made from the living rock between you and squishy death.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SUtPe8RaGY

A couple of people have fallen to their deaths attempting it in the last few years. How they built that out there originally and god knows how they survived winters. It's scary shít in high summer, but in the teeth of an atlantic winter storm? Jesus. Though the monks cells are pretty damn sheltered and clearly built to last.

gobnaitolunacy · 07-01-2014 11:07AM

The Skellig isn't bad, climbed it once in a scuba diving dry suit (don't ask) but you'd want to have your wits about you all the same. Surprised they don't get you to sign a disclaimer or anything in the compo world we have here.

kirk buttercup · 07-01-2014 11:08AM

Wibbs wrote: »

Wow that's just... wow. :eek: Close to home as you say. I'd love to try that one. That's probably more dangerous than the Chinese one, because of the lack of safety harnesses.

Our own Skellig Michael is a bit of a trek too and windy with it, which adds to the arse clenching. No safety line, no rail, just steps made from the living rock between you and squishy death.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SUtPe8RaGY

A couple of people have fallen to their deaths attempting it in the last few years. How they built that out there originally and god knows how they survived winters. It's scary shít in high summer, but in the teeth of an atlantic winter storm? Jesus. Though the monks cells are pretty damn sheltered and clearly built to last.

I worked on skellig Micheal for years and walked the pathed trail to the monks beehives and the trail to the peak with no path on the other side to the hermits cave and garden dozens of times and that was a walk in the park compared to what that looks like. scary stuff.

First Up · 07-01-2014 11:10AM

Wibbs wrote: »

Yea I'd give it a go. Sure you're attached to a safety line for feck sake, so it's probably safer than going up a ladder and clearing out leaves from your gutters.

Not sure a carabiner attached to that rather thin rope would be all that re-assuring.

harvester of sorrow · 07-01-2014 11:12AM

Just think of it this way,you're 1/4 of the way up on one of those rickity planks,slightly foggy and the pathway is busy,next thing the fuccker infront of you bottles it and stalls clenched on to the side of the mountain for dear life,nothing will shift him..........then the the crowd that started after you arrive one by one to a bottle neck.........now what.:eek:

For that reason alone.NOPE.

Mr Freeze · 07-01-2014 11:13AM

Not a hope in hell would I go near that climb, never mind that bit with the chain and bit of wood walkway, I would have had enough at the steep steps, I hate heights.

And they up if for a cup of tea? I can have tea here with a lot less risk

conorhal · 07-01-2014 11:17AM

I have a reasonable head for hights but there's no way I'd touch that with a ten foot barge-poll, I've done some levada walks in Madeira that were quite hairy some like the one linked below but with no railings. Let me tell you, you don't actually spend much time admiring the view, you're far too focused on the three feet in front of you and the placing of every step!

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Zfo696i6vUA/TaN1ClocTEI/AAAAAAAAFVc/tkQOsLqyRKI/s1600/LEVADA%2BDOS%2BPIORNAIS%2B3%2BABRIL%2B2011%2B159.jpg

gobnaitolunacy · 07-01-2014 11:20AM

harvester of sorrow wrote: »

Just think of it this way,you're 1/4 of the way up on one of those rickity planks,slightly foggy and the pathway is busy,next thing the fuccker infront of you bottles it and stalls clenched on to the side of the mountain for dear life,nothing will shift him..........then the the crowd that started after you arrive one by one to a bottle neck.........now what.:eek:

For that reason alone.NOPE.

Putting my engineering hat on, nope also!

greedygoblin · 07-01-2014 11:22AM

Wibbs wrote: »

Our own Skellig Michael is a bit of a trek too and windy with it, which adds to the arse clenching. No safety line, no rail, just steps made from the living rock between you and squishy death.

A couple of people have fallen to their deaths attempting it in the last few years. How they built that out there originally and god knows how they survived winters. It's scary shít in high summer, but in the teeth of an atlantic winter storm? Jesus. Though the monks cells are pretty damn sheltered and clearly built to last.

I had intended trying Skellig Michael this past summer. I never got round to it in the end. I imagine boat trips out there operate year round?

HeidiHeidi · 07-01-2014 11:29AM

greedygoblin wrote: »

I had intended trying Skellig Michael this past summer. I never got round to it in the end. I imagine boat trips out there operate year round?

I imagine not! (although I don't actually know that) I went out in August and the trip was cancelled the first day, we made it out the second day and it was - not rough, but very swelly, and VERY wet!

Looking at that video brought me out in a cold sweat again - I got left behind when we landed (there were very few boats that day) and wound up climbing the whole thing on my own - started hallucinating about what might happen if I slipped or got blown off - there's quite an updraught in spots, and it wasn't even that windy that day :eek:

Coming down was surprisingly much easier than I thought, apart from my knees protesting vigorously.

But planks hanging off a cliff face.... no thanks!

Ridiculously dangerous trail, would you do it?

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