A Local Tourist Trying Out Some Amazingly Heavy Cargo
You might be surprised to see how fast my coverage of Huangshan was. It was in fact due to my extreme fatigue that I didn’t have the interest to take photos nor to do anything else as a matter of fact. Another factor was that the weather wasn’t particularly good during our ascent. It was very hazy with thick mist obscuring all but the nearest peaks. However, it is also true that the ascent here isn’t that picturesque, the good parts lie beyond, perhaps the next day.
More Steps?!
I was only too glad to complete the three hour climb up Huangshan as I’m sure many others felt. The view from the top was quite underwhelming since there were a lot of people resting at the top of the stairs. However, more impressive are the workers who ferry supplies from the bottom to the top of the mountains using only their arms and legs. These men carry fifty and above kilograms of supplies for a fee of course. There was a man who was carrying a large gas tank for cooking or heating supposedly a hundred kilograms. To think that they do it everyday of the year is certainly amazing feat. My British companion tried lifting the cargo and he couldn’t belive how heavy it way let alone carry it for three hours up a mountain.
We were kidding that this is probably how China trains their Olympic weightlifters. It would be best to keep out of the way of these men as you do not want to get crushed if they happen to suffer a mistep because of fatigue. Our next job is to find a place to stay at least for my other companions.
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