Thrilling Hike in the Mountains of Sichuan // This is China
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- Опубликовано: 18 окт 2024
- Jianmen Pass makes for an incredible weekend trip from Chengdu, especially for thrill seekers. It's possible to hike along a mountain cliff edge, harnessed to a wire or chain, with foot-paths as narrow as a couple feet. It's not for the feint of heart, but the views are some of the best in the province. This part of the hike cost 65 RMB, which includes the equipment (harness and helmet), some instructions, and they even took our blood pressure before deeming us worthy.
Jianmenguan is also the home to a giant military gate that has been called the world's most impregnable pass. It was originally built around the 4th century BC, during the Warring State Period. Thirty thousand soldiers from Shu (now Sichuan) were able to hold off 100,000 invaders from Shaanxi because of the strategic position of the gate. The gate that stands there now was built in 2009, but it's still an incredible sight, and it shows you how strategically placed it was.
The pass is also apart of the Shu Roads, a series of ancient roads that connected Chinese provinces.
ADMISSION:
Jianmen Pass Scenic Area is 100 RMB.
Additional costs include cable cars (50 RMB per trip), the slide way - a giant slide that goes part-way down the mountain (30 RMB), the cliff-side hike (65 RMB), a 4D Cinema (50 RMB), and various buses around the park (10-15 RMB).
HOURS:
open from 8AM-6PM.
HOW TO GET TO JIANMEN PASS:
China changes so fast that it's hard to give accurate information. At the time of posting this, there is only a slow train to Guangyuan, however in about a week they'll be opening the high speed train from Chengdu to Xi'an, which will stop at Jianmenguan. When that opens (around the end of 2017), it will be possible to get to the park in an hour or 2. But until then, the bus is the best way to get there.
From Chengdu's Zhaojuesi Bus Station (昭觉寺汽车客运站 - 166 Zhaoqing Cross Rd) take a bus to Guangyuan (buses run from 7:40 AM to 6 PM and take about 3.5-4 hours). Stay overnight in Guangyuan and then in the morning go to Guangyuan Nanhe Bus Station to catch one of the buses directly to Jianmen Pass Scenic Area (7:40 AM or 8:40 AM), or take a taxi there.
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china.... so beautiful....
Nice video, dude. This place is in my list now.
Great for self challenge. 👍👍
soo thrilling
you deserve more and more subs
kool , thanx
No shortage of beautiful things to fall and die from in that country. Oh China..
What if the person above you falls back onto you😮😅
Hii I really enjoy your page ☺ Keep it up!
Question: If they went to all the trouble of making the path up the mountain, why didn’t they make it wider?
Therein lies the challenge
nice - looks good!
You should check it out - just a short train ride there now.
坐标，广元，剑阁，剑门关
How many Shu soldiers? Says 30,000 in the description.
+TennisGvy whoopsies. It should be 30,000 vs 100,000. But there was a sign up at the gate that said that for every 1 man guarding the gate, the enemy would need 10,000 men.
Itchy Feet on the Cheap it's just a Chinese idiom， 一夫挡关，万夫莫开，that describes how hard it is to take the pass/gate in ancient time, it doesn't really mean a one over 10K relation.
I think I am too old to try this !
love it
beautiful but..
Hi sweet channel ☺ Keep it up!
Have been there before
That is too scary...
Hi, do you know what snack your better half was munching on? It looked delicious!
+apple cn it was a cheap Chinese chocolate bar. I thought it looked good too but it was terrible.
Itchy Feet on the Cheap Their chocolate isn't really up to much, nonetheless great video :)
是不是士力架
wow 哈哈😄😄😄😄
Hey great channel ☺ Keep it up!
Hii great page ☺ Keep it up!
Thanks but no thanks, I can't even look at it on the video.
Whoa. solid rhyme. Height's much worse than at first glance, I would definitely ship my pants.
Where are you going to ship it to?
To the nearest landfill. You need to wear haz mat garb to handle that. so Tobyn will be triple-charged for it.
剑门蜀道难
You need to close your videos with "please like comment and subscribe", like every other youtuber.
+syncmaster915n I always end them with "please subscribe", but I don't want to pile on the requests. And I think people hear the please blah blah blah so much these days that it's lost all meaning. I'm sure it still helps, but I want people to comment because they have something to add, not just because I asked them too.