Sunrise on Hua Shan 华山
In continuation to part 1 here is the continuation of that post. It’s been pointed out to me that the trees on the mountains there look like eyelashes…

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So, this was the scene at 7am. Just before sunrise. We woke up at about 6:30, and gear’d up, walked about 5minutes from the hostel to get to this view.

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Another big panorama.

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A nice outcrop. You really don’t wanna stand on there and look down.

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An interesting obelisk at the peak.

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Another panorama.

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Very photogenic early morning mist.

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The sun trying to peak it’s head out. (picture left)

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The sun rising.

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Hello sun!

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This is looking up at the place where we watched the sunrise when we climbed last year. It’s just a 2minute walk away. Last year, in summer, it was packed. As far as I could tell, there were just 3 people on that peak this time.

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Nice and misty!

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A kick-ass panorama. Click for big version!

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Sunrises never get old.

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And, one of my favourites of the day.

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La la la….okay, that’s all the shots of the sunrise.

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How much do you not want to go to this toilet.

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This was the view out of the hostel “lobby.” Not bad. 😉

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Check out the moon.

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I liked these trees.

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This was the view on my bed. Again, not bad.

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Looking towards the south peak.

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That’s no tree!

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Breathtaking.

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Misty.

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This was the walk up to the hostel.

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A sign near one of the peaks, at 2,096m.

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Random photo of a tree.

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Make no mistake. Still cold. Areas like this don’t see the sun.

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A quick makeup adjustment.

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I think this sign means no burying people in snow.

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This was one of the areas where those with vertigo need not go.

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High. Really high.

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Surreal landscape.

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“Eek!”

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Taking these photos, I’ve never been so scared of dropping my camera.

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Good, sensible advice.

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Of course, more padlocks.

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Looking back at the hostel. Check those steps.

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This means “I love you” in Chinese. (5…2…1. sounds a bit like “I…love…you.”) I worked out which way would be facing towards B, and took this picture. Awwh. I know. Cute. Okay, you can stop throwing up now. 🙂

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Frank looking down and thinking.

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This is the central peak.Again, check out the stairs.

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Cold!

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This photo is my camera’s 20,000th photo! Woop! Happy birthday camera!

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Pretty epic stuff.

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Pretty high. 🙂

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This doesn’t even need captioning.

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Danger!

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This was a wishing well to throw money into on the peak of the mountain. Frozen. Meep!

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I think this is for GPS, for gauging the height of the mountain. Maybe. It was in the ground at the very highest part.

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More padlocks!

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Me!

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More of me!

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Posing with Alice. She’ll get crazy kudos for this photo. On top of a mountain AND with a foreigner! Windy stuff too, check her hair.

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Looking towards the west peak, and the chess playing pavilion.

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Frank writing some poetry, as the highest guy around for a few hundred miles.

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This is a huge 360′ panorama from the peak. Click for biggest version!

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This tree had some interesting lean!

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An interesting doorway. A doorway to heaven if you go through.

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I like this panorama. From my foot to the sky.

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The chess playing pavilion.

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and me!

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More obviousness.

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Half way up the moderate flight of steps.

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Magic Lotus Lamp Split Rock to rescue his mother.

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Inside the chess playing pavilion.

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More cats!

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This one was super cute!

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Awh!

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More panorama goodness.

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This one was pretty ugly. 😛

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Needless to say; this cat got down a lot quicker than I did.

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So.., now we’re on our descent. You walk through the middle where the sun never shines. It’s cold and snowy.

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So, at one point we were a bit naught, and jumped a sign that said a certain pathway was closed. This is why. Ice. Lots of ice. I consider myself to have pretty good balance; I went on my ass twice. Moving on…

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This place had a very funnily translated name that I can’t quite remember. But, basically it’s a place for newly weds. 🙂

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“SQUIRREL!”


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Pretty!

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I love this photo.

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Frozen stream. Did I mention it was COLD?

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Bring your ice skates.

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Good advice. Due to falling on my ass. Camera went back in the bag for a small while.

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MORE padlocks.

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An interesting before | after. (before on the left.) Old one was taken last June, one on the right from this trip.

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and another.

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Saw this guy carrying some Coca-cola. Despite this manual delivery method, a bottle of coke at the peak is still only 8RMB… (80pence)

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Delivering red bull. Not as iconic as Coca-cola.

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Yet another panorama, and yet more stairs. You bored of reading yet?

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Saw this craziness on a bench. Any ideas? Weather observation? WiFi? Some sort of fuse / switch board?

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Going down can get depressing. Harder on the legs too!

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you spend a lot of time staring at the steps like this.

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This bits interesting.

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Took a few photos of these birds, and then headed home.

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And that wraps up my Hua Shan photos. Right. Now just another gazillion photos to post, then I’m up to date. 🙂

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