Hey all, shameless self promotion here.
I wanted to share this travel article I wrote about hiking Hua Shan, near Xi'an. There's an infamous old article on the net about Hua Shan being a deathtrap, and I wanted to write a kind of response. Hiking on Hua Shan was one of my favourite things in Xi'an, even though it is quite busy.
http://www.suite101.com/content/hiking-chinas-hua-shan-mountain-a299518