Laojunshan Park Liming Scenic Spot

This guide to Laojunshan Park's Liming Scenic Spot in Lijiang starts with the red sandstone towers around you and the Lisu honey hunters who once hammered wooden pegs into these cliffs to build ladders straight up the rock. It follows the climbers who arrived in two thousand ten, bolting hundreds of routes into the same walls and turning a small village into an unlikely name on the international climbing map. You'll hear how that popularity collided with the mountains becoming a national park in twenty fifteen, and how rangers and climbers spent years testing who was allowed on the rock. Stand with a hand on the cold sandstone and feel why so few people ever get to try it.