I went on a hike yesterday with Mike and his Trailwalker teammates who were training. For those who don't know, Trailwalker is an annual charity hike across Hong Kong's MacLehose trail. The whole thing is 100km and Mike's aiming to finish within 24hrs (good luck to him!). To give you an idea, the winning time is around 11-12 hrs and those crazies RUN the entire distance!
Anyway, we met at 9:00 at Wong Dai Seen MTR and took the minibus to the start of section 5 of the trail. Then it was hiking all the way till the end of section 8 with brief rest stops in between. We passed:
Monkey Hill - there are groups of monkeys hanging out all over looking to snatch food from unsuspecting hikers/weekenders. I almost got attacked twice by them. Their numbers seem to have increased from the last time is was there a few years ago. Remember to hide your Welcome/Park n Shop bags or they will snatch them!
Needle Peak - steepest climb, particularly brutal with the sun beating down on you.
Grass Peak - grass and shrubs all over, a pleasant climb.
Tai Mo Shan - one of the higher peaks in HK with the top usually shrouded in clouds / fog. Can get a bit chilly up there.
A total of about 30km. We were going at a pretty brisk clip and our final time was around 6h45m. When I got home I found a blister on my toe. My shoes were too tight at the tip. Long distance hikers should buy shoes 1-2 sizes bigger than your usual size as your feet will expand as you hike.
A tiring but memorable day!
昨天跟朋友们去爬山。他们下个月要参加香港毅行者爬山比赛。为什么是叫毅行者呢？因为要完成这个比赛是要爬完整个麥理浩徑，约100公里！
我们是9点在王大仙地铁集合，达车到麥理浩徑第5段开始爬，一直爬到第8段尾，中途经过了：
猴子山 － 这里有几百只猴子在路边抢食。差点被猴子抢走了我的帽子！不要给它们看见你的塑料带，要不肯定会被它们欺负！
针山 － 看名字就知道是一个非常陡的山，要一口气爬上去真是不容易。
草山 － 很可爱的一个山，整个山坡都长满草，感觉庭舒服。
大雾山 － 香港一座比较高的山，山顶常常被雾云笼罩着。
一共30公里用6个小时45分完成。对我来说是非常快的，真的很累。回到家后还发现脚趾起了水泡：O
