This content chronicles a challenging yet rewarding multi-day hike through China's Tiger Leaping Gorge, highlighting the physical exertion, breathtaking scenery, and personal accomplishment of the trekkers.
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this video is brought to you by Squarespace this is just the starting point and it's
already epic we got the perfect day oh everything tastes so good how are
you doing both my legs are cramping up because of the downhill right yeah I
wasn't sure how the rest of the 5 hours would go I was a bit scared
the bus not here yet no uh it's going to look like this but the license plate number is not
this one we have about 7 minutes I can't wait to get rid of these bags this
is killing me hiking 10 minutes up from the Old Town with this bag I need oxygen
just put your bag down here so you don't have to carry it I see something steaming over
there I'm going to check it out okay okay got anything good I got some steamed buns eight
tiny steamed buns for 10 Yuan is there anything inside I think there's pork inside they don't
have the plain ones that we like is it good good yeah has pork inside oh that's delicious
oh hot so we are leaving Lijiang this morning to go to the starting point of our 8 hours hike it's
8 hours on day one 3 hours on day two oh okay so our 11 hours hike that covers I think 20 km but
it'll be fun I hope you think it'll be fun I feel out of shape right now I'm questioning our
decision sometimes like we are no hikers the last time we hiked was in Nepal and that was just an
hour hike yeah and somehow in our minds we thought it was much longer but I think it will be worth it
because we've experienced like the city life the countryside life we've been in kind of really busy
places we're getting near the end of our China trip so I think this will be a very different
experience and a memorable one for us this is our ride yeah is this one it looks pretty full
sit in the back is good yeah back is good I think we have about a 2 to 2.5 hour
bus ride or van ride to the starting point of where the Tiger Leaping Gorge area is so we're
not going to be right at the Gorge right away we have to start at a village buy our ticket
and then start hiking from there but we'll find out more as we go and the weather looks
absolutely incredible the sky looks clear so we might have a really really beautiful day
of enjoying the Tiger Leaping Gorge I just saw the glimpse of the mountain it's so
clear today that one is the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain and on the other side of that is the
Flying Dagger no Haba Mountain and the gorge is right in between awesome on a side note
this is the most English I've heard there's at least like seven English speakers maybe they're going to do
the hike too then it'll be nice to have some friends most likely they their hiking sticks
with them oh we don't have any we'll find some broken branches or bamboo stick around there
we have to get our tickets here for the scenic area but you can actually start hiking from here
like a couple hundred meters from here is already the starting point of the trail but you can also
get a like a shared car to go a little bit further where it is a bit more fun to start hiking because
this part is more boring and there's construction going on so let me ask if the other people want
to start here or if they want to go further cuz it'll be cheaper if they share car with us
how much are the tickets 45 Yuan per person I guess so yeah okay have fun bye walk safe
what's happening we're going to share a car to get to the Naxi Guest House and then start
hiking from there so it will be 20 Yuan each perfect and what do we do with our bags so the
driver is going to drop off our big bags at Tina's Guest House which is where our
destination is tomorrow okay we just need to carry these ones okay good so we'll pick our
bags up tomorrow when we get there awesome should we take a photo of our bag no just
in case no it should be fine right he knows I trust them okay okay we're switching cars yeah
doesn't it suddenly feel colder yeah much colder yeah it'll be nice when we get in the sun
she says that you can take a horse or maybe a donkey what are those horses yeah no those are
mules you can take them up as well but I think we still have energy we just saved ourselves
like 2 hours it's good to know that we have options but since we have saved ourselves some
time we're not in a hurry maybe we should get a coffee yeah sounds good this is insane this
is just the starting point and it's already epic look at what this one says crazy this
one says I am at the Tiger Leaping Gorge and I fell in love with trekking wow you see that I
know so this we actually on the side where we're on the Haba Mountain Side so what we
see over there that one is the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain that looks so epic you can see
snow on there and it's like 5,000 something meters I think so close you can reach them
cheers you know it was interesting that in like the three groups that were in our van that were
going trekking we all have a different route or a different plan we are doing it over the course
of 2 days staying one night at the Halfway Residence the other two from Belgium they're
doing it all in one day they're going to end up at Tina's today wow that's a long day yeah and
then the other couple I'm not sure where they're from but they're doing it over the course of 3
days that's why they didn't want to take the car to come up because they have so much time they
want to slowly enjoy the process so there's lots of options huh you know what's funny
well not really funny but my right knee kind of hurts oh from squatting that toilet just now
this way right yeah wow just a quick update see that on our progress we're
now 15 minutes into the hike and we're both dying
I thought our bag was light but it's a little bit heavy I hope this vlog isn't just us heavy
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get back to the video because we are about 2,200 or 2,400 meters above sea level it is a bit higher
altitude than what we are used to so I think an important thing for us is to just take our
time go at our own speed don't try to rush and we also bought this can of oxygen from the Old Town
yesterday so it was only only like 12 Yuan and you get 100 puffs of oxygen but usually usually
you don't need to use that during this trip but we're special but we might need it but we're like
you know just in case it's an extra like 12 Yuan we might as well get it in case we were so unfit
I already find it hard to breathe you do yeah the air is thin the air is dry my nose is all
dried up yeah my throat is pretty dry but I'm trying not to drink all our water at
once because then it's pretty hard finding a private place to pee on this trail I would
say you just pee in the woods babe just close your eyes no one will see you you
mean I won't see anyone if you don't see them you wouldn't know that they see you
he's really trying to sell you the horses he said it's about half an hour to get up there
and he's like it's really hard it's really hard it's okay we got it it's funny because
we look like we need it [Music]
we're now at the beginning of the 28 Bends so it's like zig zag like this
28 times that's why he said that we have to basically climb up to the top of this
mountain before we start crossing over to the other other side it looks so steep so steep
I said we're still considering
that's funny it's actually kind of nice to keep seeing the same people on the
trail like we take turns resting so we passed a couple and then we rest
and then they passed us and it kind of feels safe in a way that there's
constantly people around but not too many that you're in each other's way
and quite a few of them also said to me
means oh I'm so tired but keep going
this is awesome how beautiful is this just for this view I'm glad we decided to do it yeah
wow so kind of them lending us the walking stick cuz it helps they said they're using one each
they have two just hanging on their bag they're like feel free to use it don't
be shy we'll keep seeing them on the same path okay and they're also stopping where
we're stopping tonight perfect is it much better it helps for sure
wow this part is this way is harder for sure
I'm so hungry yeah we have some snacks can we just rest here and eat have our lunch we
have beef jerky and you want banana do they have bananas yeah they do oh bananas looks good I got
you the most expensive banana how much is it 6 Yuan that's not bad that's a dollar is it yeah
I got a water water is just a backup because I think there's still an
hour and a half before we get to the bigger tea house where we can
have like a proper lunch so I got an extra water we have some beef jerky
and egg oh and egg yeah and I got a Snickers so this the beef jerky
mhm we got a couple types some are five spiced flavor and some are Mala flavor it's funny because
we were looking for protein bars everywhere but we couldn't find any no it's either this
or chicken feet yeah individually wrapped chicken feet which is probably good collagen
and some protein but I don't feel like sucking a chicken feet in the mountains
oh good I needed food badly
that's delicious ooh spicy the 28 Bends was pretty difficult is that the hardest part of the hike I
think it's one of the hardest parts of the hike they could call it the 28 Rests I feel like every
bend we're like let's rest we at least stopped 20 times for sure everybody did this is good practice for
us cuz eventually maybe some sometime this year we want to do the Annapurna hike and that one is
9 days hike we're already struggling with this one and this is considered like a relatively
easy hike but I think if we do the Annapurna we would definitely get a porter without taking our
heavy bags I think it would be easier yeah that would make a big difference [Music]
look at this the hiking cafe and pub in the tea house except here it
says keep going you still have one and a half hours to go
how are you doing okay except both my legs are cramping up because of the
down hill right yeah luckily we we got the walking stick helps a lot but still
so painful both knees or one knee it's not it's
above the knee like inner thigh I need to stretch it out [Music]
I think we need to take a moment to appreciate this spot that we just found oh my goodness
isn't it crazy no words no words I lost words to describe how beautiful this place is so basically
from here you see everything you see the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain on the side and this is
the Haba mountain and right in the middle is the gorgeous Jinsha Lake or Jinsha River you
can hear the roaring of the gorge you hear that too yeah I hear frogs frogs everywhere we go you
know why it's called the Tiger Leaping Gorge no because there was a tiger that was being hunted
and he came to the to the end where the river is and then he leaped across the river to the other
side of the mountain to run away from the hunter so there is this one rock I believe down
there somewhere down this river that people go to visit and they take photos there and they've kind
of made this tiger statue to represent that tiger that jumped over the gorge I mean leaped over the
gorge does the rock look like a tiger yeah it's beautiful but I don't know if we get to see it
because we're doing this trail most people either go from Lijiang or Shangri-La and they would just
take a car or van or a bus or something directly to the viewpoints if they're not interested in
hiking but I don't know where that point is for us if we will get to see the tiger
but I'm not complaining because I think we get to see so much more by doing this hike [Music]
this is our reward the portion is insane this is four times the rice that I would eat so what
did you get me what's this this one is tomato chives and egg stir fried on rice and this one
is I think it's gourd and chicken and chilies and peanuts I'm so hungry they call this one
kungpao chicken though oh man for some reason working for your food feels satisfying isn't it
we walked like 5 and a 1/2 hours
yeah we have walked 5 and a 1/2 hours and it says we walked 13,264 steps almost 10 km
climbed 126 flights of stairs but after this we still have 2 and 1/2 hours to our guest house for
tonight or our inn for tonight probably going to take us longer too we're pretty slow I would say
but I'm enjoying the process and the view has been so amazing so every time I feel tired no
hesitation I'm like let's just sit down and look at the view of the mountainsyeah so this place
is actually a guest house it's called Tea Horse Guest House and some people will just spend the
night here before they move on or like us grab a meal and then move on it's not overly expensive
this was 30 Yuan for a dish and I see a parking lot you can actually drive all the way here
if you want to start your hike here instead of why would you want to miss the 28 Bends that was
house that was the hardest part oh yours is quite yummy and when you look around the walls
here these are all the people who have come here before isn't that neat there's Chinese
there's English there's Korean there's French how did they get it on the ceiling this person
actually wrote here from Angie from South Africa said you can ask for a ladder and you can write
on the ceiling let's leave our marks here before we leave they sound a perfect place to write our
name here in the sunlight and no one will write on top of it it's perfect cuz we love the sunlight
my calves are tight though my back is sore so you can't sit too long or else it kind of
tightens up how are your boots good but I think I might have blisters underneath my
my feet yeah potentially I think I might have a blister on my right my left toe wow look at
how dusty our shoes are oh my gosh which way is the halfway halfway point they speak um Chinese
hello they speak Chinese you have to say yeah yeah wow look at how he's standing just on the
edge of that rock yeah that's why they call them mountain goat that's so crazy you guys you guys
are very balanced huh look at this guy like I don't care if I fall down I'll climb up again
oh okay this way this way thank you that's nice of them to help us so friendly we need
to uh keep up the pace to make it for Sunset look at how the dirty your bag and your butt is
that's a sign that we stopped a lot and sat a lot on the dirt I feel so dirty and I feel
super dry look at my skin yeah look at the cracking up yeah my finger actually cracked open
sorry this is gross but can you see it you don't need to show them your gross finger
my gross arm's already gross enough
so the section right after the Tea Horse Guest House where we are right now this
3 hour hike well 2 to 3 hour hike depending on how fast we go is supposed to be the most scenic
part of this hike and easiest cuz it's just flat I think not the easiest but definitely
easier than that 28 Bends monster ascend that we had to do how did you feel after uh doing that
28 Bends I wasn't sure how the rest of the five hours would go I was a bit scared and
at one point I was like where's the donkey man he probably would have got me near the end but
somehow after the um 28 Bends we got to some shaded areas and then I felt so energized and
that Snickers definitely helped if I see another vendor with Snickers I'm going to get another one
I'm really glad we did this this is a side of China that we didn't know about it's incredible
and honestly it's been pretty straightforward and it's one of the most popular hikes yet it's
not that crowded I just asked the shop owner she said we are about 40 minutes
away from the halfway house oh that's not bad yeah and we actually made okay
time it's almost 6 I think we'll get there before 7 um check in we'll be able to go
to the platform to see the sunset we should get going there all right bye mountain
7 and 1/2 hours later we have arrived yes we are at the village we're going to spend a night and
another hotel is just right there that one on Trip.com it's called like Halfway Residence Inn
but it's actually called Judy's looks pretty nice it's not as busy as the Halfway Guest House which
is the most popular one that is easily booked out and a bit more expensive than Judy's but I
think it'll be good I just want to shower we're coming Judy looks pretty nice I hope we get one
of those balcony rooms yeah I'm not sure what I booked actually I also hope we have a balcony
I think you look pretty tired even the last few steps he said keep going words of encouragement
3188 oh I'm so excited for this that's the most beautiful sound of the hotel
door opening oh god let's see wow oh wow oh my god automatic curtains oh
fancy wow oh we have a balcony and two queen beds yeah I couldn't get one bed
but I think we would enjoy having our own bed yeah I don't mind let's see
what the wow now look at this balcony oh
nice work babe I love this place this is nice how much
is it again $65 USD a night oh that's not bad at all yeah it's pretty big
sleepy time shower time I feel so gross need to shower so proud of you I'm proud of you too I'm proud of us
it was not easy for us at least it was not easy but we've done the hardest the
hardest part of the two days tomorrow we just wake up make our coffee in the
room enjoy our beautiful balcony view of the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain and it's
only a 3-hour trek to Tina's and then we can reunite with our bags we hope they're there
I'm curious to see what my feet look like I'm in pain oh no the bottom my foot
do you have any blisters yeah got a blister ew don't show people
that's gross how about this one no just on this one how's the shower so good oh
it's perfect it's hot the pressure is good life changing oh this is the best
I'm sore everywhere both my knees I'm worried about the 3 hour trek and I
think it's downhill maybe check with the reception see if it can take the car back
I think if you drive to the next place it's only about 30 minutes yeah but I don't know
if there are cars so we can ask okay but if we hike then it's 3 hours just check for me
right here here they are this one and that one all right we got our bags and we are off to
