"The snow was so heavy I could hardly open my eyes" – Chinese hiker warns hikers off perilous trail after surviving for 10 days by eating toothpaste

Qinling Mountains in northwest China.

A Chinese teenager who was rescued after a 10-day ordeal lost in freezing conditions in the mountains of northwest China has urged others not to attempt the same trek.

“I feel terrified after the incident,” Sun Liang revealed on social media, the South China Morning Post reported. "There are no picturesque views and the weather changes abruptly.”