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    Re: The Vast Sky Plank Walk at Huashan

    Jesus wet :shock: don't think I could do that.

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    Re: The Vast Sky Plank Walk at Huashan

    Blimey! :shock: Even hooked on I don't fancy it!
    :)

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    Re: The Vast Sky Plank Walk at Huashan

    Could someone please advise on how to get my balls to descend, they appear to have retracted inside watching that!

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    I feel sick, no way could I do that

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    Re: The Vast Sky Plank Walk at Huashan

    Quote Originally Posted by GraniteQuarry
    Could someone please advise on how to get my balls to descend, they appear to have retracted inside watching that!

    :lol:
    S'easy, swallow 200ml of cold Castor Oil as quickly as you can whilst getting someone to wallop your arse with a wet cricket bat! :lol:
    :wink:

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    Re: The Vast Sky Plank Walk at Huashan

    What's more...someone's filming it. :o

    Think I saw this on a TV programme recently and there's a restaurant at the top that's free?

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    :shock:


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    Re: The Vast Sky Plank Walk at Huashan

    :shock: Not for me thank you very much! :shock:
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    Re: The Vast Sky Plank Walk at Huashan

    No thank you very much. Eek.
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    Re: The Vast Sky Plank Walk at Huashan

    Sod that for a laugh.

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    Re: The Vast Sky Plank Walk at Huashan

    I fail to see the pleasure in such a feat :shock:

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    Re: The Vast Sky Plank Walk at Huashan

    Don't get it.

    Is there a Burger King at the top?

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    Re: The Vast Sky Plank Walk at Huashan

    I feel dizzy. I like the girls comment, "is it ok to feel a little scared?"

    Actually no it's not, a normal person should feel a lot scared :shock:

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    Re: The Vast Sky Plank Walk at Huashan

    Saw a picture of one of those freeclimbers in the paper this morning which made my feet tingle sharply just looking at it.

    No ropes, no harnesses..just his hands :shock: ...but he has a parachute on his back in case (chicken!) :P

    Michael Kemeter is his name. The guy who follows him around and photographs him is Alexandre Buisse.

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    Re: The Vast Sky Plank Walk at Huashan

    ...people started to use safety harness there only in 2005..
    :shock:

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    Re: The Vast Sky Plank Walk at Huashan

    Quote Originally Posted by scarto
    Saw a picture of one of those freeclimbers in the paper this morning which made my feet tingle sharply just looking at it.

    No ropes, no harnesses..just his hands :shock: ...but he has a parachute on his back in case (chicken!) :P

    Michael Kemeter is his name. The guy who follows him around and photographs him is Alexandre Buisse.

    http://www.alexandrebuisse.org
    You looked at the wrong picture then :) In the centre spread of the Independent he's about 500ft up with no parachute, absolute nails.

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    Re: The Vast Sky Plank Walk at Huashan

    ive done stuff similar to that in the past, although not quite as extreme. theres a tradition of doing stuff like this on buddhist and taoist pilgrimages. it gives you a chance to reflect on your own mortality.
    Good luck everybody. Have a good one.

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    Re: The Vast Sky Plank Walk at Huashan

    Now that looks fun. I get pins and needles in my feet when watching that. I'm not a huge fan of heights. But would like to see if I could do it.

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    Re: The Vast Sky Plank Walk at Huashan

    Can't view the video, but here is some more on the walk:

    http://www.ssqq.com/archive/vinlin27d.htm

    "There in front of me were nearly two hundred feet of wooden planks jutting out from the side of the cliff. We had arrived at 'Changkong Zhandao', a plank path built along the surface of a vertical cliff. (Note: This ramp had an English name: Floating-in-Air Road)"

    The walk is a dead-end off the route to the top of Hua Shan.

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    Re: The Vast Sky Plank Walk at Huashan

    anybody know how long it takes to do it

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    Re: The Vast Sky Plank Walk at Huashan

    just thought I'd post this as a comparison of someone who probably wouldn't be bothered by it
    skip to about 2 minutes if you get bored easily

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N70DLM8Az_8

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    Re: The Vast Sky Plank Walk at Huashan

    Quote Originally Posted by scarto
    Think I saw this on a TV programme recently and there's a restaurant at the top that's free?

    Yeah but the drink are really expensive!

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    Re: The Vast Sky Plank Walk at Huashan

    That looks awesome.. gotta add that to the 'bucket list'.

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    Re: The Vast Sky Plank Walk at Huashan

    Quote Originally Posted by K300
    just thought I'd post this as a comparison of someone who probably wouldn't be bothered by it
    skip to about 2 minutes if you get bored easily

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N70DLM8Az_8
    The most astounding part was the witch doctor playing jazz on a trumpet... :shock:

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