Let's climb a mountain!

[blinry@chaos.social]

Let's climb a mountain! This is the entrance of the 碧桐道 trail, leading to the top of Mount Wutong.

[blinry@chaos.social]

At ~1000 m height, Mount Wutong is the highest mountain in Shenzhen, China.

I think the way up will be mostly... stairs.

[blinry@chaos.social]

I ike the view after 10 minutes already!

[blinry@chaos.social]

Why is blinry climbing a mountain, why are they climbing a mountain?

[moss_the_texie@rheinneckar.social]

@blinry
So we don’t have to do it.

[blinry@chaos.social]

Passed this refilling station, where you can grab a bottle of water or a snack and pay via QR code!

[freedomtux@linuxrocks.online]

@blinry take care of scams & check there isnt a QR code added on top of the original (someone stealing the income)

[blinry@chaos.social]

Made it to the top, in a bit under 2 hours.

Hiked the last few meters together with this person, who really wanted to take a selfie with a foreigner! ;)

[blinry@chaos.social]

On the ascent, I got to practice my nǐhǎo a lot, the trail was somewhat busy!

People seem surprised, but happy, when I try. And then often respond something I don't understand. 😬 Maybe meaning "good luck, you can do it"?

And I got an English "Welcome to China!" :P

[ubahnverleih@chaos.social]

@freedomtux @blinry and how would you verify this? A scammer didn’t need to stick a QR code on top but could simply swap the cards. (And would also probably disclose their identity by doing that)

[blinry@chaos.social]

Breathtaking view from up here!

[blinry@chaos.social]

Now down again! Having luck with the season, a lot of blooming Rhododendron bushes.

[schreiblehrling@bonn.social]

@blinry Oof. But surely a breathtaking path as well. You didn’t count the stairs I guess 😅

[jak2k@mastodontech.de]

@blinry Did you hug the mountain? Did you make love to the mountain?

[bleeptrack@vis.social]

@blinry to hug the mountain!

[pim@c.im]

@blinry wow!

[signaleleven@social.tchncs.de]

@blinry to hug the mountain. To envelop that mountain.

[wombatpandaa@mastodon.social]

@blinry they probably look confused because Shenzhen doesn't have a lot of white people, let alone white people who bother learning any Chinese. Could you attempt to romanize what they say back to you? I speak a bit and my wife speaks more (we currently live in China for work) so I might be able to tell you what they're saying.

[daniel_bohrer@chaos.social]

@blinry nicely framed as well!

[mushu@social.troll.academy]

@blinry the guardrails whisper 'Riven' to me a little.