I often will wait for quite a while to get a shot with no people in it.

Stairs to Sky

One Line Sky Road. The road has a nice name, Romantic Lucky Road. I cant understand its meaning. I guess: meet up right people on the road in the hard climbing; or encounter the romantic lucks after climbing this road. Whatever, hope you all have the romantic lucks after see the pictures.
The upper stairs are very narrow, from there the sky looks like a thin line. The stairs are very steep.

Who carved the stairs and when? They are wonderful! I suspect we would have built something over the rock (probaby a cable car) rather than carve the stairs directly in the rock. I like it your way better. It lets man be part of the landscape. I really like the view of the bottom of the stairs way down below in one of your pictures on the page before this one.

Billy, the pictures are AWESOME. If your buddies, don't like the pictures, tell them don't look at them. Sheesh.

As for landscape pictures, I too have taken thousands of pictures with no people in them. They remind me of the part of my trip that had no people in it. If I traveled to a park or wilderness like you've shown us here, the WHOLE POINT would have been to see some things without people being the focus. It's only natural to also take a picture of it too.

I love the pictures, Billy. Thank you for taking and posting them. It feels like I get a little vacation with you when I look at them and read about them.

Billy, the pictures are AWESOME. If your buddies don't like the pictures, tell them "don't look at them". Sheesh.

As for landscape pictures, I, too, have taken thousands of pictures with no people in them. They remind me of the part of my trip that had no people in it. If I traveled to a park or wilderness like you've shown us here, the WHOLE POINT would have been to see some things without people being the focus. It's only natural to also take a picture of it too.

I love the pictures, Billy. Thank you for taking and posting them. It feels like I get a little vacation with you when I look at them and read about them.

Billy, I'm a long time lurker and first time poster just so I can say to ignore your colleagues! These are great pictures and I've enjoyed all of them you have posted. You have a good eye, just take pictures of what you like. Please keep them coming, I've enjoyed this virtual trip to China.

Oh, hi Cellar. I like you too. :)

Welcome gtown! Know any of our other folks from Austin, or did you just wander in here by chance?

hi G!

Naw, we just string cables to hang on to. :mg:

Beautiful Billy.
Hi gtown. :)

The mountain was found and climbed more than 2000 years. I cant check for the specific carved time. Almost Chinese famous mountains were carved this style stairs in old time. It is hard to take things to mountains. The food is very expensive on the peak hotels because all the grocery are backpacked by men.

My family is of the same mentality - if a photo doesn't have people in it, it's "like you were never even there," according to my mother. Both her and my father go out of their way to ruin fantastic landscape and building photos by (rather awkwardly) injecting anyone available into the image. :mad2:

Someone from Austin sent me a pic of the day link that started my long-time lurking, but no idea if they are regulars. More than likely irregulars with this group. ;)

Naw, we just string cables to hang on to.
Half Dome, Bruce?

It wasn't me, I swear! :) Though I arrived through a locally posted IOTD as well, so it's always possible we know some of the same people...