{"id":1782,"date":"2011-08-14T12:56:13","date_gmt":"2011-08-14T11:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.china-by-bike.de\/blog\/?p=1782"},"modified":"2019-04-09T17:21:29","modified_gmt":"2019-04-09T15:21:29","slug":"walnut-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/china-by-bike.de\/blog\/2011\/08\/walnut-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"Walnut Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/china-by-bike.de\/touren\/yun.php\" target=\"blank\">S\u00fcdlich der Wolken<\/a>, 06.08. bis 28.08.2011<\/strong><br \/>\n______________<br \/>\n<strong>Hinweis<\/strong>: Die Blogeintr\u00e4ge f\u00fcr diese Tour schreiben die beiden Teilnehmer Erwin und Julie. Ver\u00f6ffentlicht werden sie zun\u00e4chst in ihrem privaten Blog <a href=\"http:\/\/ritzmann-in-china.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"blank\">ritzmann-in-china<\/a>. Wir danken sehr herzlich und mit Nachdruck f\u00fcr die Erlaubnis zum Abdruck!<br \/>\n______________<\/p>\n<p>Heute steht die 25 km Wanderung an. Da wir um 06 30 losmarschieren wollen, klingeln die ersten Wecker bereits um 05 45. Kurz duschen und mit Rucksack, Wanderschuhen und St\u00f6cken losmarschieren. 2 Std bergan. Im Hotel gab es kein Fr\u00fchst\u00fcck, so dass wir erst nach 6 km den ersten Zwischenhalt im &#8218;Naxi Guest House&#8216; einlegen k\u00f6nnen um uns zu st\u00e4rken.<\/p>\n<p>Vorz\u00fcgliche Pfannkuchen in sicherlich 20 Variationen, dazu Tee und wohlriechender Kaffee entsch\u00e4digen uns f\u00fcr den ersten Anstieg. Auf der anderen Talseite Bergspitzen mit 5596m, welch eine Kulisse. Auch heute ist der Himmel strahlend blau, mit einzelnen Schleierwolken \u00fcberzogen, was uns f\u00fcr den weiteren Aufstieg gerade gelegen kommt. Es folgen 24 Kehren, welche es zu erklimmen gilt. Da bleibt einem schon mal die Luft weg, und die Lungen keuchen.<\/p>\n<p>Immer wieder kommen uns Einheimische entgegen, welche versuchen ihre Pferde f\u00fcr ein paar Yuan (chinesisches Geld) anzubieten, um &#8218;Langnasen&#8216; ( so werden westliche Touristen genannt) auf den Berg zu transportieren. Unser Stolz liess dies nat\u00fcrlich nicht zu und so haben alle, ganz zum Unverst\u00e4ndnis der Chinesen, den h\u00f6chsten Punkt erklommen. Nochmals eine kurze Rast um die verlorene Fl\u00fcssigkeit zu erg\u00e4nzen, bevor wir uns weitere 5 km sp\u00e4ter im &#8218;Half Way House&#8216; f\u00fcr die Mittagsrast niederlassen.<\/p>\n<p>Mittlerweile hatten wir 17 km in etwa 8 1\/2 Std (Pausen inbegriffen) zur\u00fcckgelegt, vorbei an steil abfallenden Bergflanken, unz\u00e4hlige Motive welche sich auf den zahlreich geschossenen Photos wiederfinden, zwischen frei laufenden Pferden hindurch, welche uns den Weg versperrten, der an manchen Stellen nur 1\/2 m breit ist und hart am Abgrund zur Tigersprungschlucht vorbei f\u00fchrt. Beeindruckend auch die vielf\u00e4ltige Pflanzenwelt, Kakteen, Farn bis hin zu einer kleinen Wiese \u00fcbers\u00e4t mit Edelweis.<\/p>\n<p>Noch blieben uns gegen 3 Std f\u00fcr den teilweise sehr steilen Abstieg, welcher mit dem notwendigen Respekt gemeistert wurde. Noch 20 Min der Strasse entlang, bevor wir gemeinsam in &#8218;Seans Guesthouse&#8216; eintreffen. Zimmerbezug, kurz unter die Dusche, etwas ausruhen, gemeinsames Nachtessen, welches sich diesmal noch etwas ausgedehnt &#8211; Eva, nochmals vielen Dank f\u00fcr die Getr\u00e4nke und alles Gute zum Geburtstag. 23 30 war dann definitiv Zeit, das Bett aufzusuchen&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><em>The alarm clock woke us at 0545, so we could be ready to leave at 0630. Rucksacks packed and hiking boots on, well at least those of us who&#8217;d brought them. We hiked uphill for 2 hours, on paths bordered by cactus, bamboo and a huge vareity of other plants, before we finally were able to stop for breakfast. After delicious Chinese style pancakes with banana, apple, chocolate etc, we set off once more, climbing higher and higher.<\/p>\n<p>Every now and then we could hear the bell of a mule, which was being led along the narrow path, it&#8217;s driver calling &#8218;hossie, hossie&#8216; with the aim of picking up a tired hiker and transporting him to the next inn. The weather was perfect for hiking, warm but cloudy, however it wasn&#8217;t until the sun broke through that we saw the majestic mountains that rose up high above us. Quite breathtaking.<\/p>\n<p>On and on we hiked, ever higher until about 11.30 we finally reached the highest point of the hike. No time for long celebrations, since there was still a long way to go. Instead of stopping for lunch, we decided to just have a refreshing drink at the Tea Horse guest house, before continuing on along the narrow path. There was always a steep drop down, but the path was mostly wide enough to feel quite safe, however I wouldn&#8217;t want to do the hike in or after rain! After another 2 hours, around 1500, we finally stopped for lunch at Halfway House, however we couldn&#8217;t quite work out where it was halfway in between! After sandwiches (Chinese style), garlic bread, noodle soup or even chips, we set off for the last part of the hike, all slightly tired.<br \/>\nNow came the tricky bit, a path along a cliffside, sheer drop down on one side and cliff face on the other, however the path was wide, at least 1.5m, and we all got passed safely, even those with a fear of heights! Now it was just a slight matter of crossing the waterfall, before we started the long descent down to Seans Guesthouse.<\/p>\n<p>We finally arrived at 18.30, greatfully took the keys to our rooms for a well-deserved shower before dinner. 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Ver\u00f6ffentlicht werden sie zun\u00e4chst in ihrem privaten Blog ritzmann-in-china. Wir danken sehr herzlich und mit Nachdruck f\u00fcr die Erlaubnis zum Abdruck! ______________ Heute steht die 25 km Wanderung an. Da wir um 06 30 losmarschieren wollen, klingeln die ersten Wecker bereits um 05 45. Kurz duschen und mit Rucksack, Wanderschuhen und St\u00f6cken losmarschieren. 2 Std bergan. Im Hotel gab es&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/china-by-bike.de\/blog\/2011\/08\/walnut-garden\/\">Weiter lesen!<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[216],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/china-by-bike.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1782"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/china-by-bike.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/china-by-bike.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/china-by-bike.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/china-by-bike.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1782"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/china-by-bike.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1782\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3002,"href":"https:\/\/china-by-bike.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1782\/revisions\/3002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/china-by-bike.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/china-by-bike.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/china-by-bike.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}