Travel Notes | Crossing the Double Ridges of South Taihang

When you feel like you’re not good enough

Just go climb Taihang Mountain...

Time 2020/4/11

Picture | Sunset at Cross Ridge

00 / Preface

Before traveling, I plan to write a travel diary when I come back, recording the route, mood, and experiences, so as to enrich the business scope of the official account and add a sense of ritual to life, so I will consciously take pictures of the scenery I encounter on the road, and my mind will wander. Afterwards, I will code a few keywords in the notes and organize them into memorable moments after the trip is over, which is also a pleasant approach.

This journey started the moment I put my bags on my back and stepped out of the house, and officially ended when I saw the familiar bedroom when I returned; the entanglement and expectation when I set out, the continued satisfaction and excitement during the hike, and the return journey. The reluctance to give up... coupled with my brain that is thinking all the time, there will always be something to gain.

02 / Running account

Picture | Full route map

Apart from going to school, this is the first time I have traveled so far to do something——

I took the urban rail from home to the Zhuhai Jinwan Airport. I was afraid of missing the early flight so I arrived at Zhuhai one night early. I took the Zhuhai-Zhengzhou flight the next day, then took the train from Zhengzhou to Xinxiang City, and finally from Xinxiang City chartered a bus to the mountain entrance, and stopped at the ferry , which took 40 hours.

Some people may say, "Hey, isn't this normal?", but as a novice with little travel experience, I have truly felt the transformation process of "leaving the city and entering the mountains", which can also be understood as a transformation process. A sense of ritual.

This reminds me of Master He’s feelings when I visited Uncle Liu in Yunmeng before entering the mountains for winter training in December last year, and went into the mountains to inspect the situation. It probably means that this time we went into the mountains brought me a kind of Bad feeling, I feel that Yunmeng Mountain is too easy to enter, but Yunmeng should be a sacred and inviolable place in our hearts. Indeed, if you do not enter the camp on foot, but take a 5-minute car ride to reach the camp, it will really ruin the "holy and precious" image of Yunmeng Mountain in your heart.

I walked along the entrance to the valley. At first, there were stone stalls and gravel roads, and then flowing water and vegetation began to appear. The mountain was a bit barren, and I didn’t bring a camera. For me, there were no scenes worth recording, so I just kept walking. Looking forward to the scenery behind. The mountain road at the beginning is quite friendly, which is perfect for warming up. It winds deep into the valley. When you stop and look back, you have already lost sight of the way you came from. It is a classic view halfway up the mountain. At this time, the mountains on both sides will form a V shape, with mountains on both sides. , with the sky in the middle.

Picture | Classic "Photo Fraud"

This time the route into the mountain is a bit like Beijing’s Houhe River. The road to the valley goes up until you pass the highest peak of the mountain in front of you, and you will reach a new horizon. I can’t remember the exact route behind, so I stopped at Baiyun Temple at noon.

Baiyun Temple is the first rest point on the route, and there is also a supply station run by a farmer. You can drive up directly from the mountain, but the driving route is unclear. Therefore, you can have a wide variety of dishes to choose from here, as well as hot water, drinks, and electricity supplies. Before setting off, you can buy some life-extending Feizhai Happy Water here.

I can’t remember the road behind Baiyun Temple very well. The roads are pretty much the same. When the scenery is not the most beautiful yet, I walk to Jiguan Staircase, which is a section of stone steps with a strong sense of exposure . To put it simply, it is The danger is psychologically unbearable for newcomers or those who are afraid of heights, but in fact, it is just like the stairs without railings, and for those with climbing experience, it will bring inexplicable happiness.

Picture | Chicken Crown Ladder

After the Jiguan Ladder is Cross Ridge, you can see the stone forest on the way. Shiziling is the highest point in South Taihang and an excellent spot to watch the sunrise and sunset. This is our destination on the first day. Our group arrived just in time for sunset, so we ran to a place where there was nothing blocking us and sat down to wait for the sunset. At that time, we watched the sun set at a speed visible to the naked eye. Because the mountain fog in the distance was too thick, all we saw was the "fog horizon", but it felt like a dye bottle had been knocked over. The setting sun disappeared into the clouds and mist, and the clouds and mist were pushed away by the afterglow, and then slowly repaired, which was quite interesting.

Picture | sunset

I’m not very good at expressing my feelings at that time, but the three of us sitting side by side must have been touched by each other, and what moved me was thinking in my heart, “I hope the sunset can set a little slower, a little slower.”

Watching the sunset is not enough, but if you want to watch the sunrise, the arrangements are really clear. Check the sunrise time and set the alarm. Use hand-free spray to disinfect the washbasin at night, use hot water, let it cool and then wash your face for a while, the experience is +++

Picture | sunrise

I won’t go into details about the sunrise. After sunrise, I have breakfast. The supply point provides stir-fried vegetables, pickles, steamed buns, and corn and millet porridge. It is simple but delicious. The goal of the day is to go to Guoliang Village to see the hanging wall highway. The highlights of the road are all Here, I don’t know how to describe how majestic the mountains are, how to climb mountains and ridges during the journey, and how varied the terrain is. Every time you climb a mountain, it is a new horizon.

I remember that C11 asked me on the way where the joy of hiking comes from. For me, every step and every scene ahead is an unknown surprise. Moreover, I am already in the mountains, and I am happy no matter what I do. It's so simple, so simple that I sincerely admire the charm of the outdoors. The vast world and the miraculous craftsmanship allow me to follow it and feel at ease.

This day's itinerary was very pleasant until we had lunch at Wangmangling Scenic Area. We can even record it in a journal, but what happened next is more valuable to record: Simply put, it was because of the unexpected incident The reason was that we deviated from the track, and encountered many difficulties on the way back to the original track. Finally, we found the original track and descended the mountain from a nearly abandoned mountain road. There was a three-meter-high cliff in the middle. The gravel slope kills the spirit... Since this is a running account, I won’t write too many details here. When we arrived at Wanxianshan Scenic Area in the evening, the chartered bus driver could only wait for us in the parking lot. Brother A5 insisted on walking the entire distance in the evening. So he took us to Guoliang Village at night, and finally saw the hanging wall road, which fulfilled our wish. We chartered a car to return to Xinxiang City, rested in the city the next day, and prepared to go back to our respective homes.

The last day was surprisingly comfortable and comfortable. I woke up in the morning to take online classes, went upstairs to pack my things around 10 o'clock, spent a long time, stored my luggage, and visited the Sahara Bookstore. I wanted to spend the rest of the afternoon strolling around the surrounding scenic spots, but maybe everyone was not in the mood, so we ended up on the train I stayed at a milk tea shop near the station and chatted all afternoon, and then set off to go home.

Picture | "The Last Supper"

03 / moment

In addition to the most basic pleasure of walking in the mountains, there are also moments that can shock my heart.

uncanny workmanship

To put it bluntly, it’s just that I am ignorant and short-sighted, and I am used to seeing mountains in Beijing. When I came here and saw mountains with different landforms, shapes and characteristics, it was quite new. Looking back at the pass, we can see that although the mountain in front of us is flat, it is formed by alternating valleys and ridges. It seems as if someone took an ax and split it into this shape. The words "amazing workmanship" suddenly popped into my head... It's a bit silly in retrospect, but this is another time I have experienced a word so vividly, and maybe it's close to the state of mind of the person who created the word.

Picture | from the Internet

sunrise and sunset

Looking back, this should be my first time to watch the sunset and sunrise seriously. The last time was at the Great Wall of Jiankou in Dayi. The sunset happened while I was on the road, and I couldn't get up the next day, so I missed the sunrise. This time, I finally got it. I have already written about my feelings in the diary. Beautiful scenery like sunrise and sunset, in addition to the sensory shock that heals everything, other things are looming in my heart, jumping up and down I can’t remember what those emotions were, but I am sure that without sensory triggers, these thoughts will never appear in my mind again. It sounds quite abstract, but it is true. If you don’t believe me, go and experience it for yourself.
cave hole

Kuchang Cave is located on the road from Shiziling to Wangmangling. While walking in the mountains, I suddenly saw a mountain with a hollow lower part. I heard it called "Kuchang Cave" from travel friends. It is said that a long time ago, a river flowed below, and over time, the lower part of the mountain became hollow. A hole was punched out of the mountain, leaving the upper part in the shape of a bridge. Travel friends also said that there is a wonder in Nanjing called "Tiansheng Bridge", which has a similar principle but is more spectacular.

Picture | Cave Cave

04 / Adventure

"Always remember, there will be reverberations"

When everyone around you says that the road you want to take is blocked, will you still take it? It’s very easy to think, “I’ll go for a walk and try, and if it doesn’t work, I won’t go anymore”, but what about the reality?

When we left the Wangmangling Scenic Area and prepared to go to Guoliang Wall Highway, we got "pointers" from passers-by saying that the road ahead was closed. Since we didn't have enough time, the leader A5 took us to another road, which is from here At first, our trajectory deviated from the original trajectory.

Figure | The blue line is the target trajectory , and the red line is the actual trajectory

Then we went to a farmer's house below the scenic spot for lunch. We continued to ask the farmer how to get to Guoliang Guobi Highway, but they said we couldn't walk. We called the scenic spot and they said we could go, which confused us. After being entangled in everything, we decided to find a way to coincide with the trajectory. On the road, we met a fishing guy named Guo Liang. He was a dark and handsome guy in his 20s. He told us that we couldn’t go, but he could help us find a way. After a long time, I finally squeezed out a sentence, "Just tell me how much you can afford, and I'll find a car to take you there. " I burst out laughing in my heart, because he was not skilled at all and was taken advantage of from the beginning. I saw through it, and I could see all the bad stuff I had been holding back since then.

Picture | There is construction in many places in the yellow circle, and you can’t find the way to the blue track

After the little episode with the handsome black guy, I saw that the target trajectory was quite close, but I couldn't find the road. There was either construction in front of me or it looked like I couldn't walk at all. I was very confused. Being pointed at by others along the way, the team leader A5 was already very impatient. He had two options in front of him: find the road/charter a car to end the trip. If he found the road, he had not walked the rest of the road. He only had the track in his hand, and he was confused. , and the fear of the unknown.

Finally, we found the road in a hidden opening. Although it didn't look like we could walk, we did return to the track. The track is attached for you to experience for yourself. The risk is controllable, but for someone who didn't look at the track at the time, It requires absolute trust in the team leader... I won’t spoil it any more, I can only say that the risks are controllable.

Figure | Look at the contours

Night attack on Guoliang, the road under the moon

We went to the Wanxianshan Scenic Area with great efforts, and walked from the abandoned part of the scenic area to the business part. It was already past 5 o'clock. Although we couldn't reach the wall-mounted road, we were already in a place where we could take a bus. Logically speaking, He said that if he returned to Xinxiang by car, he would be able to stay in a hotel and have a good rest. The travel companions who were traveling with him could no longer walk, but Brother A5 couldn't let go of the hanging wall road and was ready to move.

“It’s already dark when we get there, and we can’t see anything,” my fellow traveler advised me, but Brother A5 still wanted to go. I asked A5 the same thing, and he said, "I want to walk the entire distance. It doesn't matter if I can't see." I asked C11 if she could walk, and she said yes, even though she shouted "I can't walk" almost 40 times in one day. ”. Let's go then, happily decided. It was already dark when I decided to leave.

Figure | The yellow line is the actual route

"The moon is so bright, maybe I can see the wall-mounted road," I thought to myself.

Soon after, the sky completely darkened. There were no street lights, but the moonlight was still very bright. It seemed like we had to walk for more than an hour. Looking into the valley, the lights in the scenic area turned on at night were indescribably shocking, like a model of a night city ( The kind of model that is placed in the sales center gives you a sense of familiarity).

The temperature dropped, and everyone was very cold and hungry. So in order to distract myself, I took the initiative to be "forced to open for business" and became a team builder, and we arrived while chatting. "It stands to reason that you can see the wall-mounted road from this place," A5 said. We looked towards the opposite mountain wall, it was pitch black, and it felt like we were staring into the abyss. After a while, a strip of bright color suddenly appeared, which was probably the road...

In the end, it was really wonderful. We had already booked a car to take us down, but we didn’t know that the way the car went down the mountain was the Guabi Highway. I finally saw the Guabi Highway that I had been thinking about, and the car passed by it. It was true. This line.

Because the pixels of my mobile phone were too poor, I almost didn’t take any photos, and I kept all the beautiful and stunning ones in my mind.

05 / Why travel?

1. Strip away the original life and face the new unknown

Let me first attach my thoughts that I jotted down in a note on my phone when I set off:

Sure enough, I still like to have a little bit of tension and uncertainty in my heart. I travel during the epidemic and go to an unknown hiking route. In the process, I have to face unknown environments: Zhuhai Jinwan Airport, small hotels, and... 6 a.m. Zhuhai (to catch an early flight), everything is so strange and familiar, making people feel that they have the ability to complete it, but it is not too boring.

Wandering around on the platform, I suddenly understood that one of the meanings of travel is to separate from the original life and enter a new environment, from adapting to slowly enjoying it, and feeling the unknown and surprises during the journey. Compared with following, traveling independently The tour guide's check-in can highlight this significance.

Before the trip, my family objected because my mandibular lymph nodes suddenly became inflamed and swollen a few days ago. I thought my Qingming hike would be in vain and I expected my condition to get better. However, when my condition improved, I began to withdraw and avoid because the inflammation might cause The risks I bring (for example, the body may cause fever symptoms due to inflammatory reactions when exhausted), but this is just my speculation.

Starting from Zhongshan to the destination Xinxiang, we need to transfer at least once, and I chose the air-rail combination for the outbound journey, which is naturally a lot of trouble, but the purpose is to meet the team's time, and it is also a forced sacrifice. If I had not been sick, I might have been shopping in Zhuhai I went to school all day long, and then slept overnight in a small hotel near the airport as planned. I got up early the next day to catch my flight. But in reality, I had to continue to monitor my condition at home, and debated whether to leave... In the end, I carried it on my back. I packed my bags and got on the urban train to Zhuhai.

The section in bold in the middle is one of the answers.

Sheep said:

When I fell in love with a lifestyle and concept, I had to tell myself to get out of this circle so that I could view my love more objectively.

I very much identify with and resonate with this sentence. Perhaps it was the huge resonance that made me read it only once but always remember this sentence clearly. Traveling allows me to step out of my original environment and circle and re-examine my original life. This state of mind is unique and cannot be obtained when you are stuck in your schedule.

2. Welcome variables and enjoy the unknown

The entire trip is a very coherent experience, including departure, transfer, ferry, entering and exiting the mountain, resting, and returning. There will be many moments worth remembering along the way, but the reflections you give yourself during the whole process are even more valuable.

The short three to five days really made me forget the boredom of daily life and saved me from the routine life day after day. From this perspective, travel is the spice of life, but it is not only the spice. Because during the journey, you will meet all kinds of people, experience or hear all kinds of things, and what you see and hear will have a special weight in your heart and have a special impact in the special state of mind of travel. .

For example, Brother A5’s persistence and never-forgetting behavior during this journey, C11’s courage and trust, triggered my reflection on my own life. This kind of power of personal experience Far more powerful and effective than a chicken soup article, an inspirational book can directly touch people's hearts.

Picture | C11 (left) and A5 brother (right)

These are the variables in life, because you don’t know what you will encounter or experience before traveling. These small variables will make life richer and more interesting, and they are also what attracts me most about travel.

Picture | A5 brother

3. One period and one session

I once longed to pursue a relationship between people: helping each other and forgetting each other in the world. In my heart, this sentence is more suitable for close friends. And for the people who meet by chance during travel, such as the strange companions who travel together, I prefer to use the sentence " "It's not necessary to know each other before we meet", and he enjoys getting along with and parting with strangers very much. The interactions are sincere and the partings are free and easy, unlike some relationships in daily life, which are headache-inducing.

Figure | Shadow

And this idea got a new addition during the journey, which came from C11's words "One issue, one meeting" .

"One period and one meeting" comes from the Japanese tea ceremony. "One period" means a person's life; "One period and one meeting" means only one meeting. It means that the person who performs the tea ceremony will sincerely treat every guest who comes to taste tea with the feeling of "a rare encounter that should be cherished in the world".

Life and every moment cannot be repeated , whether it is good things or people, if you miss it, you will not come back. Even if you take the South Taihang trip again, your partners and mood will be completely different, so whenever you treat people on the journey , I will be more honest and honest than usual, and get along with others without pressure.

Picture | Junior high school students’ spring outing...

06/Taotao

You may feel that the running account is too long and boring, but the original intention is to record rather than display. The standard is to be able to recall every bit of what happened now through words and pictures many years later. As for my feelings, there is no idea of outputting values, it is just to record a stage. mentality, I want to see my own development process, that's all.

On the last day of rest, I decided to buy myself a book that suited my mood at Sahara Bookstore, so I chose "Walking Life" by Yu Minhong. I quickly browsed through it on the return train. The writing was a bit scattered, not what I wanted. You see, this is the surprise of life.

Picture | Sunset state of mind

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