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In the world there are many quite dangerous stairs for human life. In this article we will only talk about some, without exaggeration, fantastic climbs that far can not be overcome each.
Staircase of the Angkor Wat Temple complex in Cambodia
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You can get to the topmost temple here, climbing a steep stone staircase with a slope of 70 degrees. Usually, people in this case help themselves with ropes. The stairs are made like this cool and dangerous, as the guides assure, not by chance: people should remember how difficult it is to go to heaven. And get down from them? It’s for many tourists become even more challenging …
Cableway to the top of Half House in the USA
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To climb the famous Half Mountain peak that located in Yosemite National Park in California, you will have to overcome 10 kilometers of wilderness, which but it’s getting steeper and cooler and in the last section of 100 meters turns into a very steep and dangerous cable ladder. Pass on it no more than 300 people a day, and all of them receive special equipment for safety, but no one will not provide a cure for fear.
Inca Steps in Peru
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To rise to the Temple of the Moon on Mount Wine Picchu in Machu Picchu, you need to overcome the steep stone staircase that was built about 500 years ago. Firstly, the staircase is old and therefore unsafe. Secondly, on one side of it – wet stone a wall, and on the other – a chasm over the Urubamba River. Truth getting to the top, you can enjoy a fantastic view of the ruins ancient city, but … soon you will have to go down the same creepy stairs back. Every morning only 400 people – such is the limit set by the local by the administration.
Heavenly Stairs to Huashan Mountain in China
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One more impressive may seem to be a heavenly staircase for one of the five mountains of Taoism in China, namely, Huashan. It is practically vertical ascent along stone steps, the number of which no one knows, since everyone who started counting them is already soon forgot about this stupid occupation: when your life hangs on by a thread – not up to the bill already. But climbing this hellish ladder many tourists don’t even suspect that no less creepy walk along a three-board path over a precipice fenced just a chain that is scary to hold on to, how much it all seems dilapidated and unreliable. And all this so that on top of Huashan see the magnificent tea house and admire the stunning from there view. However, many do not enjoy this because burdened with fear of the upcoming return trip …
Staircase of the Temple of the Holy Family in Barcelona, Spain
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At first glance it seems that the spiral staircase of the Catholic Sagrada Familia in Barcelona does not represent anything serious. But you won’t enter it yet, because these amazing stairs built here (unique creations the famous Catalan architect Antonio Gaudi) in the form spring toys Slinky. On this staircase there’s not even a railing that can protect a rising person from falling. And fall to the foundation of these miraculous steps is very simple …
Hawaii Stairway to USA
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This is the most dangerous staircase in the world because it consists of almost 4 thousand metal steps, each of which can cost you your life – everything is so shaky and unsuitable for lifting. This staircase was built in 1942 for laying military communications, however, it has long been abandoned. No wonder that climb the haiku stairs to the top of kulau hawaiian Oahu has long been banned (since 1987), for this purpose even security is exhibited, and for violation you can end up in jail. However, this fact does not stop desperate tourists, who leave for the summit early in the morning while the guards are still sleeping, since it’s not just a magnificent view, you can still swing on the most terrible swing in the world – right above catcher.
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