04.11.15 Songluo Lake Trail journal- part 2

You may wonder why I carried eggs for hiking… The truth is, we carried much more than eggs, it was a whole set for mutten hotpot, including pot, gas stove, cabbage, instant noodles etc. Back to the eggs, the only luck I got lucky part was we were still at the rest stop, I could wash the egg off and didn't have to get along continue on with it the whole time. My friends helped me carry my stuff and I took a plastic bag filled with the rest of the eggs and some light things. Without my backpack, I looked like I had just done some shopping in Walmat and ended up in the woods out of nowhere. LOL.

This trail is really quite a hard level, especially if you do a round trip in one day. I didn’t do any research, so I had no clue and just went with my foolish bravery. Every time I thought, this must be the hardest section, there was always another one even harder, sometimes we had to use a rope to help us climb up. (Now I can literally feel the sores just by thinking about it.) At about noon, I finally made it to the lake, even though I didn’t look like a hiker at all. Haha. It was really foggy and rained lightly by the lake, we couldn’t take a good rest, but we were still very satisfied with the hotpot. There’s nothing better than eating a hot soup after a long rainy day hike. (Actually there is, a good sleep. But it was no chance there was no chance for that to happen anyway. Haha)
On the way back, our backpacks were much lighter since we consumed most of the foods and water, but our feet were also much heavier. I was so exhausted and wasn’t sure about if I could manage the same trail again. “Could somebody give me a rescure helicopter?”, I shouted out in my head.
The weather became worse and worse, and we had to leave the woods before it got dark, we didn’t have much time to take a rest on the way. My knees were killing me, it took a lot of willpower to take every step. We kept telling ourselves, “almost there! last 30 mins!”, and about 5 more 30 mins went by, we finally saw our cars!!!!!!!! I couldn’t be happier!! Then we drove back to the B&B, the owner was so kind letting kind enough to let us use some bathrooms, and I had the best shower ever!

My feelings of about this trip were so complicated, starting from stuffed, tired, regreted, satisfied, anxious, painful, accomplished to proud. And my legs were like iron rods for the next 3 days. I’m not sure If I would do it again, but I’m really happy that I did and also blissful that I have a bunch of friends could do it with me. We made it!! I’m so proud of us! :D <The end>