MT.Wutong, Summit-Foot, both ways on foot, impossible!!
I hereby advise that the connecting bus the 700m platform to the foot of the mountain should be resumed.
About 1.5 years ago, there is connecting bus from the foot to the mountain and later, the service was suspended and reportedly due to poor rewarding.
It's ok, then, the one has a car could drive up to the 700 platform, instead of climbing 3-4 hours to there.
Later, the government ban the traffic to the peak except for a few privileged vehicles with police license or distinctive licenses, I understand that. But, subsequently, it's affecting me and I started pondering on the inconvenience that arised out of both decisions.
Firstly, How can everyone ascend to the peak in every hike? if they can not, that means they have to linger around the mountain foot....My hike at MT.Wutong on last Sunday was probably my 30th, (not many indeed), around the stream and reservior, I have never seen so many human-beings gathering there(maybe the most populated moment since Jurassic). The attraction will not go down, more and more people will flocks to there, and the mountain foot will soon be a rotted site, even though essentially that is something delightful, but it is will be wise that people could reach evenly on the whole mountain area.
Let's say one is dare to climb to peak,what about the way back? 2-3 more exhausting hours!! I am a stupid one who tried it but regret till now.
Secondly, for those who already came back from the summit, it would be much easier for them to take a bus back to the mountain foot, it is an absolute torture to climb up and down both ways on foot, very few elites could do that, not to mention about those family hikers.
The sole voice that could possibly turns against this will be the enviromental issue, but since the mountains's attraction is jumping, people will keep coming, it is not problem to distribute them evenly, unless the government to seal mountain, otherwise, it is silly to keep the visitors only at the foot.....furthermore, the policy of "non-drive to the top" should be kept, but the bus service should be resume.
At least, I will have gut to summit, not dont need to worry about the way back.
My hike at Wutong has lost its meaning without summit.
hoho
my first time hike to MT Wutong is " up by feet ,down by car" ~~~~
well ,though comfortable it was after long hours ` climbing , i think ,something ,maybe the happiness or the challenge , had be missed when i enjoyed the comfort the car took me ~~
thereafter, i have climbed for several times ,during which i was always on foot.... and u know ~it becomes easier and easier for me to get to the peak~~~