"It was immensely satisfying that you have accomplished your mission of reaching the top of the mountain whereby others are unable to reach it; and to be proud and said to yourself that you’ve finally conquered one of the mountains upon it’s peak"
Pitt Lu, a Taiwan professional tour guide who is an experienced boy scout and hiking lover. He mentioned that hiking at Mt. Nanhu in previous article and he will be sharing the basic knowledge and hiking adventure part 2 in today's article. Besides, he will expose his personal backpacking adventures so that travellers can know more about necessities as they travel around the world.
He did give up several times when he and his teammate were trying to climb to top of the mountain. Due to bad weather, he was forced to give up along their journey. Sometimes, if one of the teammates was injured, it might need some experienced people who have medical knowledge to stay back and take care of the injured, and others would have to continue their journey on their own.
Besides of having good stamina, they actually need to do a lot of research before hiking. They need to clearly understand the route, picking a good weather day, prepare all necessary stuff, make sure the body is in good condition and be cautious on any unexpected events in the hiking adventure.
One of the most dangerous hiking experiences for him was the day when he was accidentally trapped by tree roots while hiking which caused him to nearly fall down from the cliff. Luckily his shoes were stuck between the tree roots so he was safe. That's why he claimed that hiking is a dangerous adventure, it's not always safe, because you couldn't predict what will happen the next minute or second. But at the same time, people who like to experience adrenaline rush, this will definitely suit them.
Furthermore, on that very same day, they did a wrong estimation, which resulted in inadequate of drinking water. There is only about 400cc of water remaining yet there are 6 people in a team. Luckily they found a pot with water. In order to make it clean and safe to drink, they used filter papers to filter it.
Even if you didn't have any proper method to make it clean and safe to drink, you must drink it, as water is the most important substance for human body. Pitt Lu said, "You would rather have a stomach ache than feeling the pain while dying in this situation". In other words, we need to stay alive no matter what.
Actually, there are a lot of easy packed snacks and food in Taiwan, so you can buy and bring them along with you. Still, if you found out that there is no food leftover, "You might need to consider to eat grass" claimed Pitt Lu. Grass is the safest substance or plant to eat and it caused no harm.
What is inside Pitt's backpack?
Pitt always travels around the world, so he mentioned that first aid kit is the "closest friend" to us, that's why we need bring it during travelling. This is because unexpected event might occur and mostly will injure you or your friend.
Other than that, he will bring essential equipment such as torch light, whistle, a paper fan, thermos, cardigan and so on. Besides that, he will bring two wallets, whereby one would be normally filled with foreign money and bankcards and a main wallet filled another insurance card, identification card, and other important cards.
The funny part of the video is that he actually showed his professional tour guide card, which is recognized by the government just to prove that he is not a faker.
So, why do you still hesitate? Grab your bag and start your own hiking journey!
Since, we always talk about what to do if we have holiday in Taiwan?
Well, you might feel quite bored that travelling to those familiar places!
And now, Sue will introduce a different kind of travelling, it could be very fun too!
Hiking~!!!! It's vigorous outdoor activity but it brings out extraordinary holiday trip!
In this interview, Pitt Lu-- the international tour guide will be sharing his personal experience hiking at Mt. Nanhu. He is a very experienced boy scout who love to travel around the world and also challenging the mountains in Taiwan. There are several questions has been asked to Pitt Lu.
The reason why Pitt Lu has chosen this mountain is because that time he with his teammates were using 8 days and 7 nights to complete it. It's actually a very challenging and full of many unknowns adventure surprising every climber.
Yet, we asked Pitt Lu what's so special about this mountain? And he replied back "it's actually has many unique species of flora and fauna. Besides that, you can experiences many challenging route which include in another mountains. So, it's difficulty might be around 4 to 5 stars".Other than that, Pitt Lu said that, every single Taiwan climber named Mt. Nanhu as the king of mountains because of its shape of imperial crown. It's also has 5 fake peaks that can confuse inexperience mountain climber, so when you thought that you already arrived the peak of the mountain. But, you're wrong.
Pitt Lu also taught us how to go to Mt. Nanhu by taking a bus/train from Taipei to Yilan, and then take a bus to Wuling farm, lastly walk to the trailhead of the Mt. Nanhu.
(Because there is no other way to directly reach the Mt. Nanhu, so you need to walk from the Wuling farm)
We ask that is there any necessary actions or staff before trying to climb the mountain and he claimed that you need to have a very good stamina so it's good that you need to go jogging at least 30 minutes per day, and do it for one month before you start your journey. For the staff, he recommended that it will require sleeping bag, 2 pairs of wears, towel, torchlight, hiking shoes, and etc. The most important is to estimate how many food do you need within these few days.
Besides that we asked Pitt Lu how to take care our hygiene such as pee/poo, bath or brush teeth. He claimed that you can pee anywhere but for poo he recommend us to bring shovel in order to dig a hole and settle it. As for bath and brush teeth, it can be easily done within the mountain. The mountain has clean water, so they just need to bring along their towel as well as their brush.
Pitt Lui also taught us how to organise a hiking trip and said that "You can actually find the official hiking institutions and they have the hiking package of different mountains. You need to pay for the tour guide fees around NTD 1,500-3,000 and also you can pay for the porters who can carry 40-50kg; it's around NTD 4,000 per day."
p/s: You couldn't light a fire to cook your food, it's against the rules. So you need to bring along a small gas cooker and also you need to bring along your rubbish with you.
Hope that you will get to know the hiking details after reading my blog!
Let's try this out next time ;)
ice cream put inside the popiah with peanut and vege (weird combination, but nice try)
making peanuts
they really have this elementary school exist (funny name)
the map of the waterfall
the water is so cold but I like it!
arrive the Fo Guang University, this is a Buddha university, they have monks and also very peaceful environment.
they had a very big compound on the hill.
nice scenery on the mountain, there is actually the turtle island in over the sea.
woah!!!!!!!!! credit to this picture!!!! we're the rockers! haha
we went to the Jiao xi hot spring
luckily we knew a friend who can get the free tickets for us, so we had a relaxing spa for free.
my first time ever to try out naked spa. OOPSY, SOOOOO SHY.
after 2 hours spa, we went to the very famous Luo Dong night market. There is a lot of people inside there (SHOUT)
BA BU-- is the childhood memories to every Taiwanese, the ice cream.
we try the famous bao xin feng yuan, 包心粉圆, they actually have many branches over Taipei too.
this is the MUST TRY!!!
p/s: We went to the night market on Saturday night, it's actually a long narrow street with tones of stalls, therefore it's soooooo crowded. OMG!!! I just couldn't line up for every single stalls, and it's so many delicious food over there. ( I didn't have the chance to try it! ) Well, luckily we still managed to try the dessert there. Hurray!
About the accommodation, our Yilan friend provide us stay in her house. I got to say this is just so awesomeeeee. SWEET FRIEND. She lived in 4-storey house, and her mum (a very friendly auntie) provide all the necessarily stuff for us. I saw many package of toothbrush and also towels inside the toilets. Her mum still ready two big plate of fruits, biscuits and also chicken soup for us! I got to say i'm sooo lucky! The night ended up with a sweet dream. (I share a big king size bed with a girl ) hahaa!
#Dec 30, 2012 Sunday
The weather suddenly drop 10 degree Celsius, and the early morning was just 9 degree Celsius.
(BODY SHAKKINNGGGG!!!)
the famous breakfast shop
the train station! it's too cold for us!!! super windy day
the saddest moment is SAYING Goodbye.
It's a very happy moment when everyone keep on shouting SO COLDDDD....
winter sonata?!! haha
look like i'm in Japan now.
WAIT FOR ME.
ohya! the YILAN most famous food is cream rolls.
The local said this is the delicious one. DONT FORGET! MUST BUY THE YILAN CREAM ROLLS..
I love the 牛尾巴.
we were on the way to Taipei, it was just 2 degree Celsius. (JUMPING)
the very cold couples.
mercy look, raining and too cold. i'm just freezing.
I believe we're the craziness. on the way, it's so windy and cold. we forced to stop after awhile of ride,
and we were finding hot water and also hot stove to keep ourselves warm.
the beautiful view in Yilan.
the bad weather caused we ride from 1pm until 8pm, and we just dare to drive 40km/h in the mountain roads.
this was a nice motor ride memory for me.
Yilan county is a beautiful rural area, there is many paddy fields with many independent houses.
If you feel like so pressure living in the city like Taipei, so you must take your beg and have a ride to Yilan. It's a relaxing trip to let yourself breath a fresh air and start from the origin.
Get back your energy and be happy.
Conclusion, you can choose different kind of travelling experiences. For motor ride, you can feel the totally different feeling as it's open air travelling, you feel the wind, you feel the rain, and you feel like you are the bird flying in the sky.
MOTOR RIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SYIOOKKKK! COOOLLLLL!!!
