My companions seem to be very eager to exercise as they immediately said to walk down now. We did have the option of the taking the cable care down but I wasn’t keen either since the Western steps are said to have the better scenery. My companions seemed to have already recovered from the three hour walk we did the previous day and it seems that they are eager to do more. The Westerns steps are longer however it is downhill hopefully it won’t be as gruelling as the Eastern Steps.
The government has developed an extensive network of trails on Huangshan and more are coming up. There is a trail that is even longer than the Western steps but it seems like it will take a lot of time to complete. I don’t even know if we can survive something like that. There are also trails which are not yet open to visitors as they are still under construction. It is really impressive how these are all built by hand considering that it is all on top of a mountain.
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