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Day one, at Lushan Hot Springs
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A slow trip to the trailhead, obstructed first by roadworks...
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...then by a cement mixer...
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...and finally stopped in its tracks by a muddy quagmire of a road...
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...the last kilometer or so to the traihead is on foot
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repairing the huge landside damage at the trailhead
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Just down the path from the trailhead, there's a big landslide, being repaired when we visited
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View from close to the trailhead
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Trail to CHilai South Peak
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On the landslide
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The second, biggest landslide on the path
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middway along the path, an old charcoal kiln stands beside the trail
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The weather deteriorates as we approach the hut on day one, after 14 long kilometers, but we all make it to shelter before the rain starts
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The saddest sight of the trip, a lovely, but cold and wet dog who lives at the hut, seems constantly hungry, very nervous, and suffers from epilepsy
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Waterlogged campsite near Heaven Lake
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The rain-soaked camping area in front of Tian Chi Hut, 14 kilometers from the trailhead
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Sleeping quarters at Tian Chi hut
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This waterfall, a hundred meters or so along the trail beyond the hut was as far as any of us got on the second, constantly raining, day of the trip
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Inside the hut near Heaven Lake (Tian Chi), en route to Chilai South Peak
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In the hut at Tian Chi
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Amusing ourselves on the long day stranded inside the hut
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On the return
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Waterfall on trail to Chilai South Peak
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Negotiating the landslide on the return
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Near the trailhead, Chilai South Peak hike
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The group: Ray junior, William, Sean, Chandu. Zohar, Ray senior, Mei-Hwa, Lewis, Me, Ellen, Oksana, Steve. Marc and Kevin