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Wow! Finally, friday arrived! Can't help feeling so excited about the final trek that even a huge hiccup at work dim dampened my excitement. Stepping into TPAC room, some of my friends are already there, some was packing their bag while some was distributing food items. After the briefing by the in-charges, we gathered our enormous bagpack and set off to MT Ophir.
It was about 3am when we reached our campsite at the foot. Everywhere is in pitch dark, with our touch light as our guiding lamp. The thought of having only 3 hrs of beauty sleep expedite the process of meeting zhou gong. Was giggling in my dream that luckily i wasn't the one who need to wake up early to prepare breakfast for the 3 days. ;p The thing of sleeping in outdoor is that even though the ground is hard, maybe sometimes having some inclination, well, worst still, i hate most is a damp tent, i really enjoyed the feeling of waking up in the forest with full satisfaction to the sense of hearing and viewing the nature.
We took the Asahan trail up Mt Ophir. The terrain is not that steep or difficult which i thought it is. The only part which was still fresh in my mind is the steep rock which i used up all my arm power to pull my rope with all my strengths which i realised on that night with aching body. Oh yes, except for a small rain that occured along the way, the next very very minor event that i experienced is bumping my head against a fallen truck. ha ha... was busy watching my steps on the ground that i forgot my to see upfront. hai... really cannot multi task. "Dr Chu" was pretty nice to apply ointment on my head but without STERILISING his hand! We reached our second campsite in late afternoon. After pitching our tents, we settled down to prep and cook dinner. Our menu for Day 2 is hainanese chicken rice (er... without chicken) and streamboat! I had my fills compared to camp 2, perhaps is due to not being the in-charge for food this time round. 'Beautiful' is not enough to describe the surrounding. That moment i watched the whole process of sun set. I really wish for this scene to appear infront of me everytime when i am feeling down. It was so serene. That night i couldn't sleep well, maybe is due to the very cold temperature, was actually shivering but do not dare to tell leslie coz he warned us to bring enough clothing or else he will strip us and place a guy in sleeping bag together with us if we experienced hypertermia.
The next morning, we woke up early to climb to the submit. If only we can camp up there, we can have sun break in front of us too. The afternoon sun was blazing hot. After taken lots of photos, we proceed to our next destination, the square pool. Personally, i felt that this portion of the hike is more siong, esp when we need to cross some danger spots e.g. KFC (Killer For Climber). Wow, no words can describe that, i was like "Oh my god" whenever i saw one cliff followed by another cliff. I knew that i have to mobilise my whole body together with my brain. In short, i am a very lazy person, i would prefer partial usage. :p But it was very fortunate that i have this gang of friends or faciliators to set up safety point here and there and the effort they put in in running up and down to help those weaker ones. It was pitch dark when we reached our 3rd campsite. After analysing the danger in trekking at darkness and the trail ahead, we decided not to camp at the square pool but further away. At this moment, everyone is so tired that what they wished for is not food but zzz...
Finally, we trekked down to the opposite side of Mt Ophir. The end is always sweet and bitter. The former is due to we have suceeded in climbing Ophir. The latter is the fact that we might not get together again to do this adventure as a whole group. But whatever it is, like what Yuchze sang in our bus ride home,
for you my dear friends
i'll be always on your side
当你很想远离痛苦寻找爱
with you, my dear friend
越过高山和大海
勇敢面对危险
(we're)on the road again
