Dewey's China Trip: Photos: Yunnan: Forest Hike

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Pictures from our forest hike

We hike with some travelers we meet in Baishuitai, climbing a steep path up a thickly forested mountain. Large | Medium | Small We stop for a rest in a small clearing Large | Medium | Small That's Wei Zhaozhou standing and Wang Yaoqiang sitting in front of him. Large | Medium | Small The trail is unrelentingly steep, but pretty. Large | Medium | Small There are a lot of rhododendrons growing here, just like the forest back in Washington State Large | Medium | Small Tall trees hung with beard-like Usnea lichen, also just like back home Large | Medium | Small We're now at a height of 3,800 meters (12,500 ft). There are still lots of big trees, but we can see rugged peaks rising above the treeline higher up. Large | Medium | Small A red fungus growing by the trail Large | Medium | Small This meadow is as high as we're going to hike. We stop for lunch. Large | Medium | Small People here live in several tiny one-room log cabins. Large | Medium | Small A lunch of stir-fried wild mushrooms and meat is cooked over a fire inside the log cabin Large | Medium | Small Since the cabins have no chimneys, the smoke from the cook-fire escapes through the cracks between the logs. Large | Medium | Small Two small horses in the meadow Large | Medium | Small The peaks have come out of the clouds. Large | Medium | Small I fashion a waterwheel out of bamboo. It turns merrily in the small stream. Large | Medium | Small A slightly longer exposure better shows the motion of my waterwheel. Large | Medium | Small An old man weaves a basket. Large | Medium | Small I pose for a picture with the rest of the group, which includes the two friends I met in Tiger Leap Gorge as well as a bunch of people we met in Baishuitai. Large | Medium | Small I get another shot of the trees as we begin our hike back down the mountain. It another few minutes it will start pouring down rain and won't stop until the next day. Large | Medium | Small

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