Dancing on The World's Most Dangerous Hike™ (Mt. Hua Shan)

Many have dubbed Mt. Hua Shan's 华山 "plank walk" the most dangerous hike in the world. Cliff walking on Hua Shan actually is not dangerous, just scary if you are morbidly afraid of heights. I do not like heights, but I was perfectly comfortable on the cliffside path... so much so that we had an impromptu dance session. The most dangerous part of the plank walk is the number of people on the planks at once. We travelled there in the summer and were on the trail early, two factors led to an increased number of people on the planks. It is one of China's five sacred Taoist mountains, so tourist and pilgrim traffic will always be relatively high. Since it is a one-way path, you must walk around people or patiently wait for people to finish coming down the "ladder." All in all, while the plank walk's 1500 tall cliffs is a great experience that produces mind-blowing pictures, it is not the main reason to visit the sacred Mount Hua Shan. Hope you enjoy this glimpse of what it is like to climb Mt. Hua Shan!

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[atbf]

why is there trance music playing?

[dgireland]

@atbf Your guess is as good as mine.

[2704heatherwolf]

I mean the girl had to hike up there...... the hike alone is pretty dangerous she had the sense to say no...

[dgireland]

@2704heatherwolf The rest of the hike actually wasn't too bad. You can take a gondola up to the first summit and avoid a lot of the near-vertical stairs in the first stage of the hike, which most people do. That said, this section was totally option. It doesn't even lead anywhere... just to a cliff with a shrine on it! I think some of the girls might've been playing their fears up a bit to get attention... but maybe not. A one mile drop can be pretty scary!

[Sinoschism]

2:00 wtf at the music?

[iCombii]

CHINA MUSIC!!! :D lol

[ThePeg1979]

i saw on another video of this walk that the music is played by the guard kinda person that sits up there and helps people if they get scared. i am 13 and i SOOOOOO wanna do this, i also want to go to devils pool! THRILL SEEKER ALERT!!!!

[MrSandokany]

No thanks , I better take the cable car !

[Barraclough98]

This hike is totally on my bucket list!!! lol

[hmnanda]

i like how that chinese dude has his little cubby hole blasting techno music on his boombox

[digitalgear]

there is one guy doing photography business there and playing chinese trance song to entertain the client.

[myonlynick]

OMG Music....OK where is the bar and the drinks?!I guess some booze will lift you UP!

[Jangaboo]

think about dancing rather than height thats why its playing

[hongyewu]

@kkdkk7 kick him out of the way?

[belami66]

i will love to see someone fall down