Sanqingshan, March 31st – April 2nd, 2008
Oil Vegetable Flowers, i.e. 油菜花; a.k.a. Brassica campestris or rape blossoms.
Ain't no mountain high enough! Hence, we climbed the Sanqingshan, literally Three Clear Mountains. We were not at all well prepared. Without proper climbing gears, we did not even do proper warm up before setting off. After some light breakfast early in the morning, we were so excited and headed for the cable station, within a few minutes of walking distance from the Goddess Hotel where we stayed for two nights. The cable car sent us to the upper station; we were soon out of sight on the other side of the mountains. The cable system was constructed by some Austrian company in the last few years and had just recently open to the public in early March.
In fact, climbing is only a metaphor but we walked most of the time on the hanging walkway that is built to ease pedestrian traffic. While hanging on the edge of the mountains, at times the view could be very much plunging. I would soon suffer from nauseating due to acrophobia. With right foot suffering from minor cramp and left knee finally gave in and wobbled, I had to take two steps down for each stair step made for the final leg of descending to the cable station, and heading for the village at the bottom of the mountains.
Jeremy
Monday, March 31st thru Sunday, April 6th, 2008
Oil Vegetable Flowers, i.e. 油菜花; a.k.a. Brassica campestris or rape blossoms.
Ain't no mountain high enough! Hence, we climbed the Sanqingshan, literally Three Clear Mountains. We were not at all well prepared. Without proper climbing gears, we did not even do proper warm up before setting off. After some light breakfast early in the morning, we were so excited and headed for the cable station, within a few minutes of walking distance from the Goddess Hotel where we stayed for two nights. The cable car sent us to the upper station; we were soon out of sight on the other side of the mountains. The cable system was constructed by some Austrian company in the last few years and had just recently open to the public in early March.
In fact, climbing is only a metaphor but we walked most of the time on the hanging walkway that is built to ease pedestrian traffic. While hanging on the edge of the mountains, at times the view could be very much plunging. I would soon suffer from nauseating due to acrophobia. With right foot suffering from minor cramp and left knee finally gave in and wobbled, I had to take two steps down for each stair step made for the final leg of descending to the cable station, and heading for the village at the bottom of the mountains.
Jeremy
Monday, March 31st thru Sunday, April 6th, 2008
The hanging walkway.
A natural stone statue, the Goddess of Spring.
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