From 6:30 in the morning to 10:30 in the evening, excluding the rest time, I climbed for almost 14 hours. If I don’t post this photo to show off, how can I be worthy of my knees!
I was woken up by the alarm clock at five o'clock in the morning. For Tengchong, where it gets dark at 7 o'clock and it is considered early to get up at 8 o'clock, 5 o'clock is really very early. After washing up, having breakfast, and distributing supplies for the mountain, it was almost 6:30 when we arrived at the foot of the mountain. A group of 13 people were ready to cross Gaoligong!
Beizhai Gongfang and Ziwei Mountain both belong to the Gaoligong Mountains and are both mountain shades, but there are many differences. Beizhai Public House belongs to the core area of ??the reserve. You must apply to enter the mountain and be led by professional rangers. The vegetation is relatively thick, and one tree may be parasitic to more than ten other plants. Ziwei Mountain is relatively free, and villagers at the foot of the mountain can do whatever they want. It only takes five or six hours to go up the mountain (there is a Ziwei Temple on the top of the mountain) to go up and down the mountain. Moreover, the Hokusai public house route is longer, taking more than ten hours, and is more challenging than Ziweishan!
The humidity in the mountainous area is very high, and the trails are almost covered by vegetation. A few locusts appear on the leaves from time to time, so we encounter the biggest obstacle on the road. The locusts along the way love us too much and are always there. Crawling on us without our knowledge. After walking for a while, you have to stop and check whether there are any leech attached to your body. Even so, many people still fed several leech. By the time they found out, Mr. leech had left silently, leaving a wound that kept bleeding. . Fortunately, I also fed a locust. This can be regarded as a small contribution to Gaoligong by our group of people who went into the mountains!
I like the mountains and water of Gaoligong, but along the way there are roads blocked by rivers, so I have to face the difficulties. We are not afraid of slipping, have good balance, and can cross the river directly by stepping on the rocks, but it turns out that none of us have this ability. Those who try to cross the river by stepping on rocks also get "wet feet". Liberate your nature, go barefoot, and have close contact with mountain spring water.
The biggest surprise along the way was to see a spectacular waterfall with an ancient monument underneath. The whole thing is in good condition, but there is too much moss on the surface and most of the writing can no longer be seen. Another friend jokingly said, "Why don't you bring tools and make rubbings?" I don't even want to bring more dry food, so I would probably have to live in the mountains if I brought tools to make rubbings. I couldn't see the name clearly even when I was trying to find it. It was quiet and not often exposed to the public, so I asked the forest ranger the name of this waterfall. The ranger replied, "There is no name, no one knows!" The height of the entire waterfall The "huge" drop of about twenty meters makes a "buzzing" sound. It is the most spectacular waterfall I have seen so far!
Finally arrived at Hokusai Gongfang at about 13:00 noon. Hokusai Gongfang is the site of the Anti-Japanese War. I heard that the route we took this time had many trenches along the way. In the second half of the 20th century, villagers could still go into the mountains. A lot of helmets, bullets and guns were picked up.
Although the road down the mountain is fast, it is very hard. The biggest mistake this time was choosing a pair of shoes that were not suitable for mountain climbing. I didn't feel it when I went up the mountain, but the friction between my feet and the uppers of my shoes increased when I went down the mountain. When I arrived at my destination, my feet were red and swollen, so I threw them away and bought a pair of slippers to wear. Moss can be seen everywhere, and I walked through a sea of ??bamboos and swamps. As I walked, I thought: "Will there be a plot in a TV series where I suddenly fell into a swamp and couldn't get up?"
I walked to a small place where I could overlook the entire Bazi. On the slope, the viewing angle is very good, so I had to stop and pose for a photo. This pose was the most satisfactory, so I took it twice. From this place, we can see the forest ranger station we are going to pass. It looks very close, but it actually takes almost two hours to get there.
If the mountain climbing process during the day is long and it takes almost nine hours to get to the Mangkuan ranger station, then the short journey down the mountain from the ranger station can only be described as torment and collapse.
According to the previous plan, the two rangers escorted us from Tengchong Huangjiazhai Forest Range Station and stopped escorting us when we arrived at Mangkuan Forest Range Station. We had to go down by ourselves from the ranger station to the foot of the mountain. After resting at the ranger station for nearly an hour, we started heading down the mountain. At around six o'clock in the evening, the sky in Baoshan started to get a little dark, and the moon had already come out.
Following the ranger’s instructions, it would take us at least two hours to reach the power station where our friends in Baoshan picked us up. On the way up the mountain, I heard from the ranger that there were people who didn’t go out after 10pm. At that time, we agreed that we should be back at the hotel at seven or eight o'clock. Even after leaving the ranger station, I still thought that I would arrive at the foot of the mountain at eight o'clock at most, get in the car and have a good rest! It turns out that too young is too simple! ! !
It got dark after seven o'clock. Among the 13 people, some were fast and some were slow, and the queue was relatively long. Fortunately, I prepared a flashlight and a mobile power supply to ensure that my mobile phone could always be charged. . I walked a little faster, but it was dark, far away from the group, and I was still a little scared to walk alone on an unfamiliar road. I stopped and walked, and time passed little by little, and the time before meeting up with my friends became longer and longer. We are getting closer, but we haven’t seen the end of the mountain yet!
I thought there was only one road with no forks, so I just kept walking along the mountain road. The sudden appearance of a fork in the road made my already tired body feel a little more anxious. Fortunately, the signal on this section of the road is still good. I contacted the ranger, but couldn't explain it clearly. There is no place to go, and the road section described may not be clear to the ranger. It was completely dark, and I was in a dilemma. Later, I asked my friends at the bottom of the mountain to send their positioning, and relied on the compass to find the general direction, and rushed down the mountain. The sudden barking of dogs sounded like it was coming from the foot of the mountain. After much discussion, we decided to divide it into two groups. One group followed the vague guidance of the ranger and headed towards the mountain. If you go down the mountain in the direction of the barking dogs, it is best to ask a local for directions. The other batch is waiting to be confirmed and will go on the road once it is confirmed.
Based on our feeling, we went down in the downward direction. One of my companions, Yijiao and I, went down the mountain first. We can only keep going down, no matter how hard we go, there is no turning back. The further we walked down, the more it felt like the road section was similar to the one described by the ranger on the phone, and then we realized that the place we just described was not the same place as the one described by the ranger. I was very lucky. I met a local uncle at the next fork in the road. I confirmed the direction with him and called my companions on the mountain to tell them to start going down the mountain according to our route. On the forked road we passed, we used dry corn stalks as a simple guide and hurried down the mountain.
At almost 8:30 in the evening, we two pathfinders were still wandering around the mountain, and we could vaguely see The sound of dancing on the road and square at the foot of the mountain. The flashlight in my hand can only illuminate the road under my feet, the shape of the mountains in the distance, where is our end, and how long we have to go on. We have no idea. However, we are exhausted from the long climb and our knees are weak. It hurts. In order to go down the mountain as soon as possible, I can only go faster and faster. I stop to rest and the pain immediately spreads throughout my body.
After walking for more than an hour, we could already see the villages at the foot of the mountain, and finally saw hope. We met villagers who were returning home in the village and wanted to pay them to take us to the agreed power station. After some conversation, we found out that this village is still 4 kilometers away from the power station. I'm very confused as to why there is such a big deviation when going down the mountain road. The fellow suggested that we go to the small shop in the village to inquire. It is already 10 o'clock in the evening, and most people have already gone to bed. I ran all the way looking for a canteen. I looked around and felt that one of the canteens was closed, but the lights were still on. As the ancients said, "There is no way out, but there is no way out." We simply explained our purpose of coming, and what we got was "Are you the friend that so-and-so is picking up? He was sitting at our house just now, and he was just about to leave." I'm going to pick you up at the power station." When I heard this, the first thing that came to my mind was that I finally don't have to walk anymore.
The 11 people who were still on their way in the mountains didn’t know how to describe the journey when they contacted me again. They felt like they had gone crazy. In the end, it was decided that the companions on the mountain would rest where they were, and a local friend would ride a motorcycle into the mountain to find them.
It was already 11 o'clock when everyone came down the mountain to meet up. Drive from Mangkuan to a friend's place in Lujiangba. The climbing distance is almost 39 kilometers and the driving distance is 70 kilometers.
Sitting in the car, although everyone was very tired, it is estimated that the soreness of the muscles that had just stopped had already reacted, and they were still very excited. They felt that today’s experience was slow, but the whole process was completed overall. , and I later learned that Yijiao and I actually walked down the mountain for an extra hour because we didn’t know the shortcut and took the wrong direction. In fact, there was a path on the way that was covered by grass. I didn't find it, so I turned around and took this path and reached my destination in about 500 meters. It is precisely because we walked fast that we found local people to pick them up in the mountains, which saved them from taking the wrong path! Looking back on the day's experience, it was still very good! We were mentally prepared for the hard work, but we didn't expect it to be so difficult. We had already reached our limit. If you add in the distance from Tengchong Jietou Town to Huangjiazhai Forest Guard Station, you walked 44 kilometers of mountain roads in one day, and completed a full marathon, it is worth celebrating! Jokingly said: "To warm up for my half marathon in November!"
(Some pictures are from Huali and Yi'an)