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Show STEPS TO HEAVEN. Mount Oml. on the border between western west-ern China and Thibet, has the largest staircase in the world. On top of the mountain there stands a Buddhist temple, around which gather some of the oldest traditions of that relielon. and which is mode a Mecca to the Chinese. To facilitate the ascent of its slippery sides some 2n,ono steps have ben cut in the mountain forming a single flight, up which the pilgrim tolls. Because of Its inaccessibility few" Europeans Euro-peans have ever visited the spot, hut a number of travelers have ascended the stairway and are positive that it Is no legendary myth. There Is a legend that In earlier times the pilgrim was forced to ascend the mountain without artificial aids, unUh the ; monks concrtved the plan of reqilldvig 1 every pilgrim who would gain espeil !. benefit of his journey to cut a aingl tup. l " |