June 11, 2006
虎跳峡 & 玉龙雪山 tiger leaping gorge and jade dragon snow mountain
Some photos of five days I spent wandering through Tiger Leaping Gorge, some from the high trail, others from when I went off wandering upwards on my own little journey. This is one of the most beautiful places I have ever been, and I've been drawn to Yulong Xueshan since I saw photos of it a few years ago. It is more awe-inspiring than any words I could write, the photographs are only poor scratches in dirt beside incomprehensible immenseness, and the desire to catch a farmer's ferry across the gorge and climb the endless peaks was almost irresistable.
early on the trail looking to yulong xueshan
looking straight down into the gorge
sunset over five fingers mountain
morning down the gorge to daju
evening high in the mountains
sunset over the lower flanks of xulong xueshan
tiger leaping stone