Successfully and Safely Ascending Huashan
Huashan Scenic
Leaving Huashan has been for a while, and I haven't been able to put pen to paper to write about it, firstly because I was afraid of dishonoring Mr. Jin Yong's, secondly because I was frightened and my heart was still beating wildly in my chest.
The peaks of Huashan, each has its own characteristics. The perilousness of the West Peak, the height of the South Peak, the beauty of the East Peak, and the grandeur of the North Peak are all breathtaking.
The West Peak cable car is the most thrilling cable car I've ever taken. To allow the cable car to smoothly ascend, the cable car began to accelerate as soon as it started, when the cable car traveled to the deepest valley, a gust of wind suddenly came, making the cable car sway back and forth, although the amplitude was small, but the wind brought not coolness, but sweat pouring out from my back.
Despite being unable to grasp anything, my ten fingers were deeply embedded into the soles of my shoes. I closed my eyes and didn't look out the window, but I couldn't help but be curious, I looked, and my heart rose to my throat—the sparse vegetation below completely obscured the huge boulders, the peaks stood like knives and arrows, it seemed that if I wasn't careful, they would pierce my internal organs.
The young man next to me, still looked quite robust, closed his eyes and his face turned from white to blue. I managed to stand up and recorded a short video, but he still didn't let go of the backrest he was holding, when we thought the cable car was finally arriving, it turned out that it was only the mid-station of the West Peak...
On the 'Dragon Ridge Trail' of Huashan West Peak, there is a precipice of ten thousand feet, and a 45-degree slope. On the 'Dragon Ridge', the steps carved by previous generations leaned towards the slope direction, which was a respect for nature. Nevertheless, those who walked on 'Dragon Ridge' still staggered and tilted towards the slope, although the railings protected them, it was still frightening.
To ascend to the South Peak, one can grasp the sky, and clouds can be ridden. Looking down at the West Peak's 'Dragon Ridge', there are people climbing up. Underneath the South Peak, four peaks surround it. My feet are on the vast Qinling Mountains, through the telescope, the Yellow River and Wei River look like a winding belt. This made me recite's poems: 'Only heaven is above, no mountain is as high as Qi. Raising your head, the red sun is near, lowering your head, the white clouds are low.'
'Five o'clock watch the sunrise, one night listen to the autumn wind,' the East Peak is a place to watch the sunrise. People with preparations came to the East Peak and set up tents to witness the magnificent sunrise of Huashan. A huge boulder stood out from the cliff, like the mouth of an eagle. The eagle seemed to have locked onto the distant red sun, its wings flapped and was about to fight with the long sky, to welcome the rising sun.
Precisely because the North Peak is the lowest, people can observe the entire granite texture more closely. The mountain is in front of you, the setting sun shines on the mountain, which was once frightening, giving the mountain a golden robe. Raising your head, you can watch a hundred golden statues.
Huashan is beautiful and dangerous, those who climb Huashan are brave adventurers, they are unyielding fighters. Every step on Huashan is full of surprises. However, on this road, there are still pack mules who were carried down from the bottom, their meager income supported a family's living expenses, they supported a family's hope with their backs.
Looking back to 70 years ago, a 'Chieftainly Action to Huashan' People's Liberation Army troops, did not believe in 'Since ancient times, Huashan has only one road' evil, relying on their feet completed almost impossible tasks.
Just taking the cable car, we have already gone mad, the builders of the cable car faced even more unimaginable dangers. How did those huge concrete pillars of steel and concrete cast successfully? How did those thousands of meters long cables pull up the mountain? I thought about it for a long time.
Huashan is treacherous, Huashan is beautiful, but if you talk about 'Huashan Sword', pack mules on Huashan, People's Liberation Army soldiers, the builders of the Huashan cable car, even every one who climbs the peaks are 'Huashan Sword' winners.
Source: People's Daily Overseas Edition
