Travel Notes | Wugong Mountain-Life along the way

As long as your route is in the right direction, there will actually be people traveling with you along the way.

When we arrived at the station, we rented a seven-seater car with two little girls from Guangdong, two young lovers from Hubei, and an outdoor friend from Jiangxi, Xiao Hei. They originally planned a one-and-a-half-day trip and entered through the scenic spot. We went back to the Golden Summit and the camping base. The young couple listened to my introduction to the route and planned to take the same route with me. In this way, our team of four was formed along the way.

When we arrived at the foot of Longfa Villa, we met many people who were resting and cooking noodles. Seeing that everyone was fully equipped, everyone had happy expressions on their faces. We are all outdoor people, and we all seemed to have known each other for a long time, looking after each other and helping to take the departure photos.

Along the way, I met many friends from all over the world, including a skinny little girl. She said she had been here four times. I also met a few friends from Guangdong and Shenzhen, and they mistakenly thought I was from their group. Along the way, everyone chatted about their own experiences and outdoor travel experiences, and then talked about dialect songs in their respective places. They sang in Cantonese and I sang in Hokkien. At the rest stop, everyone will share fruits and delicacies with each other and encourage each other. On the first day, after climbing all the way, we arrived at the inn more than an hour earlier than planned. The young couple felt that it was too early, so they moved on. When we arrived at the inn, we met a dozen travel friends who had arrived early. A few of them were warming themselves around the charcoal stove and playing the wolf-killing game. Xiaohei and I put down our backpacks and joined them to warm up by the fire. I wanted to take a hot shower, but the water pipes froze and I couldn't take a shower. There is no power supply on the mountain, so we have to wait until six or seven o'clock to recharge, when the boss uses a generator to generate electricity. Staying in an inn costs 120 yuan per person per bed. At least it can protect you from wind and rain. The innkeeper has been busy in the kitchen. In the evening, they cooked two dishes for Xiao Hei and me, as well as a large bowl of egg soup. The portion was quite large. You can eat such farm food in the mountains. The next morning, there was also a bowl of hot egg noodles. As I recall, this sense of happiness kept coming out, and it was really satisfying. While eating, I heard the innkeeper say that it was very cold outside after seven o'clock, but there was another person who wanted to stay but he hadn't come yet. Looking at the temperature outside at about zero degrees and the darkness, I was very impressed. After a while, a girl opened the door and came in. It was a bit like the feeling in an ancient inn when the door suddenly opened and everyone looked up amid the wind and snow. And through understanding, she made time through scheduling and came to Wugong Mountain alone. We all worship in our hearts. I really appreciate this kind of personality of leaving when you want and when you say it. But do you know that on the second day, we met this girl again on the way down to the Golden Summit. She said that she fell and sprained her foot while walking alone, and the cable car stopped. You can only go up and live on the Golden Summit, and then go back down the next day. We went up for about 50 minutes, but she said she estimated it would take an hour and a half, with a helpless smile on her face.

The next day at 7 o'clock, we set off with the group of people at the same time. After walking for an hour, we contacted the young couple using WeChat. They were just about to set off at 8 o'clock, and we happened to meet him again at the inn where they were staying. . They said that we had to go down the mountain tonight and take the evening train back. I had to go to work tomorrow. I thought about it, so I speeded up and walked the rest of the distance today. Later, I was grateful to the trekking poles, which helped me save a lot of energy.

At the top of Haohanpo, I met a group of elderly people from Beijing whose average age was over 50 years old. The equipment is very complete. They are traveling from Shenzi Village to Mingyue Villa. This route is 42 kilometers long. Watching their vigorous steps and sonorous speech, they kept taking photos at the monument at Haohan Slope. I feel this is what old people should look like. Many times, I often hear that I am old and can no longer walk. But I feel that they can not only move, but their strength is not much worse than mine. It rekindled my confidence in the outdoors and my understanding of life.

At the foot of Jinding Mountain, we originally planned to stay at the Diao Mazhuang Inn, but after thinking about it, if we can get there in time, we might as well take the cable car down the mountain. I happened to meet the group of people warming themselves by the fire at the inn. They come every year, so I made good time. We went down the mountain just before the cable car stopped operating, and no matter how we planned, it was definitely too late. There was an older brother in their team who walked the entire distance with his hands in his pockets without trekking poles. But we still plan to climb to the Golden Summit. In the process of going down the mountain, I met friends I met along the way. They would stop and communicate with each other. It really felt like old friends who had known each other for a long time.

These are the people I have met and interacted with along the way.

When you go out, you will definitely see scenery you have never experienced before, especially on Wugong Mountain Road, where there are works everywhere that will make you mesmerized by the lens.

As I climb from Longfa Villa to Fayunjie, I will pass through a bamboo forest. In this bamboo forest, the ice formed on the bamboo leaves last night fell on us under the influence of the wind and turned into water. The layers of ice on the steps are like covering the earth with a quilt, but it is not to warm the earth, but to bring moisture to the earth when it melts. In the middle of the mountain, I saw the rime that I have longed for, as if I had entered a fairyland. At a glance, the pure white and the ice hanging on the pine leaves were like pine trees wearing ice armor. One by one, row by row, standing majestically on the mountain. Walking by them, Xiao Hei naughtily knocked the rime on the pine tree with her hiking pole, but what she received was ice shards all over her body.

When we were at the supply point halfway, we would see icicles ranging from 20 to 50 centimeters long, hanging from the simple roof edge of the supply point. It looks like an inverted bamboo shoot, crystal clear like glass. I took one from my fellow traveler and held it in my hand through my gloves. The thick feeling of the ice made me, a southerner, very excited.

When we passed through the bamboo forest and pine forest, we came to the meadow on the ridge. Looking from a distance, the side facing away from the sun was completely white. I jokingly said to everyone, "Look, does this mountain look like the top of my head?" white hair.

When you come to Wugong Mountain, you can’t miss the sunrise. I have seen sunrises in many places, but the sunrise in Wugong Mountain this season feels so gentle, not so colorful, and does not feel warm. But don’t all sunrises represent a new day? Does it represent a good beginning? Looking at the sun through the ice hanging on the grass, the light reflects the beautiful yellow color on the ice.

Our route happened to be at the top of Haohan Slope, and going down, we came to Despair Slope. Looking up at the Despair Slope, I saw that the top of the mountain and the slope looked really desperate. But some people have said that the Despair Slope is no longer desperate at this time, because someone has added some guardrails. It took me about forty minutes from the bottom to the rock pile at the top. My traveling partner took about an hour. When I climbed to the top and looked at the mountain, I saw that the sea of ​​clouds was gradually forming. Yes, the sea of ​​clouds in Wugong Mountain is the most beautiful scenery here. How can we miss the scenery of sea of ​​clouds?

We first came to the meadow camping base, which is a place where bathrooms are free and a mature scenic spot. However, there is generally no water in the faucets here, and there is no hot water here. It may be that it is not the peak season, or the water may be frozen, which is a bit different from the previous guide. During this season, there are fewer people camping in tents here, but it can indeed accommodate a lot of people. I heard that in the summer, you can watch the sea of ​​clouds and the starry sky here, and activities are often held here. If you have the chance, next time, when the flowers are blooming in spring or in the hot summer, come and have a close embrace with nature.

I saw the endless sea of ​​clouds at the top of Jinding Mountain, the highest place in Wugong Mountain. It feels like the sea of ​​clouds has repositioned the height of the ground, and everything is hidden under the sea of ​​clouds, but I can only express my wonder at this sea of ​​clouds. Neither panoramic nor wide-angle shots can capture the beauty of the entire sea of ​​clouds. If you give me a skateboard, I hope I can skate on the sea of ​​clouds, from here to the other side of the mountain, overlooking the beauty of the entire mountain.

We can't catch the cable car. It was gone at 4:30. Originally we were going to stay in an inn before climbing to the Golden Summit, but after thinking about it, we just went down the mountain, found a better hotel, and took a hot bath. But the steps going down the mountain were covered with a layer of ice about one or two centimeters, just like the ice ladder in the "Frozen" movie. Xiao Hei and I had prepared crampons, but it was very difficult for the young lovers. We were careful all the way and almost slipped. But the speed of going down the mountain didn't take too long. It took us more than two hours to get out of the entrance of the scenic spot, and it was already dark. At the entrance of the scenic spot, I took a photo as a souvenir. I got on the car I ordered in advance and returned to Pingxiang.

In this way, we completed the three-day journey in two days after climbing over many hills. After looking at the number of exercise steps, 46,000, I felt a sense of satisfaction and pride.