The most dangerous hiking trail on earth?

A fearless couple had the thrill of a lifetime when they scaled a dangerous mountain trail and snapped stomach-churning selfies from a dizzying height of more than 7,000ft.

The nail-biting snaps show Leonardo Pereira and his girlfriend, Victoria Nader, from Brazil, on the edge of Mount Hua, or Huashan, where they walked its infamous ‘plank walk in the sky’.

Standing on a narrow wooden platform, the adventurous pair enjoyed breathtaking views of rugged mountains as they tested their nerves.

Leonardo Pereira and his girlfriend, Victoria Nader, snapped dizzying photos from the 'plank walk in the sky' at a height of 7,000ft

Standing on a narrow wooden platform, the adventurous pair enjoyed breathtaking views of rugged mountains as they tested their nerves

Mount Hua, near the city of Xi’an in Shaanxi province, is one of China’s five sacred mountains and holds religious significance as it’s home to a number of Daoist temples and structures.

Wearing safety harnesses, fearless Leonardo, 23, and Victoria, 19, tackled the most dangerous part of the trail, balancing precariously on the wobbly plank of wood as they made their way across.

Leonardo, an engineering student, said: ‘As scary as it seems, it was actually just really fun.

‘The moment I saw this trail on Google, named the most dangerous on earth, I said to Victoria, “We need to go there”.