Monday, November 07, 2005

dun feel like sleeping yet - tho i m dead tired - so here i m blogging

went for a walk/hike at lake district over the wkend.. we went for the 'shortest' route.. juz 8.5km to go to the highest peak n down.. tinking tat it'll b nice n gentle n picturesque.. oh god how WRONG can we get..

it started off being nice n gentle - cuz walking on road ma - n c sheep all over its really pretty.. den it started drizzling.. so ok lor.. cuz i wore the longsleeve i bought fr hk which is v warm.. can juz wear that w/o any coat.. so w/ e slight drizzle still tong a bit.. den it started getting heavier so i wore my coat around my bag.. tinking tat i shd keep my bag warm..

den happy happy till the ascent.. all the time i was trying hard to keep my shoes dry.. haah they're quite gd actually being waterproofs.. ok fast forward to the 'bad' part..

the climb was ok.. haha but being the nt v fit person i was i stayed at the back.. yan n ying ping were having some problems climbing up. so stay behind w/ them lor.. so i can sneak a bit of rest while waiting for them to go up.. was tinking tat it shdnt get any worse than that.. juz rocky slopes -- when we hit a STEEP slope.. followed by another STEEP slope.. (and followed by another STEEP slope) ^ infinity

n thats not the worst part!! it was cold n misty.. i had only the longsleeve n the waterproof coat on which cant b zipped up cuz of my bulky bag.. n den it was raining v heavily and the winds were DAMN STRONG.. haha which was why i hadta wait when the wind is blowing b4 i move.. else i will b blown sideways.. and then there was hail.. i din noe it was hail at that time.. juz cursing n wundering y the wind is so damn strong such tat the rain felt like needles pricking on my face.. so was trying to climb up wet rocky slopes with the wind n the rain/hail.. and waterproofs r only waterproof to a certain extent.. think probably 3-4 h into the walk i was TOTALLy soaked thru.. not a bit of dry part anywhere..

i considered opening my bag n taking out my gloves etc.. but in order to do tat i will haf ta take off my coat subject myself to the harsh wind etc b4 i can put on the dry ones.. so held on there.. (n lucky i din.. else i wun haf any dry fleece coat to wear today).. and so the walk continued n continued.. every time i reached a flat enough slope i'll look down wanting to c how much ive climbed.. but everytime i'll c e same sight.. the rocky slope i juz came up on, and mist.. its juz deja vu all the way.. haha was having suicidal tots actually.. 'wah if i slip n fall down tat's it sia'..

i noe i was so cold tat i felt my legs n arms cramping up.. but luckily kept moving lor.. (n after tat yan was toking abt hypothermia n thgs like tat..) which was again gd tat i was at the back.. by the time i reached the pt where the others were waiting, they wud haf moved on.. so its gd tat i was moving-at least it wasnt tat cold etc.. but at the times we were stopping to rest.. i cud juz shiver forever.. i dun wanna sit down cuz then my pants will b pressed against me n i'll get cold.. so i will juz stand n wait n shiver n hope to move on asap..

finally we reached the peak (after bashing thru countless little slopes n getting more n more psyco-moto (however u spell the word).. and then we moved down lor (the walk was cut short cuz of the bad conditions) went down a slope.. den gotta climb up again cuz it was getting too steep for us to take.. n den we went down the way we got up (n i was wundering y i m climbing up so high for.. cuz i hafta climb down the same dist).. i rmb i hated the coming down part when i was at gunang datuk.. but then i was loving it.. haha easier to come down.. will slip etc but still it's coming down n away.. haa n there was a need to rush cuz it starts darkening at ard 4). n finally after like 9 h of hiking (abt 6pm) we reached back the pub (which was the supposed ending pt)..

haha then our supposed 8.5km climb + mayb abt 3-4km walk to the peak ended up to b sth exceeding 20km.. n den the peak (cant rmb exactly how high it is.. haha richard u can tag the ht if u wan) was -5 to 5 deg celcius tat day.. can u imagine? in totally wet clothes n hair n shoes n on the peak at that temp?! the other ppl ended up back in the hostel after ard 4 or 5h of hiking.. even the supposed 21km hike became 10km.. so ours was the slackest turned most xiong one..

injury time: i tink i injured 2 ligaments on each knee.. the right knee right lig is a bit swollen.. and the rest are ok but pain a bit.. so ya i cant really walk n exert pressure on the knees.. ie sit down cant stand stand cant sit down n cant walk up n down stairs w/o pain.. sux big time.. i dunno wad to do to a ligament strain.. tie both knees tog n immobalise n i'll b invalid for the rest of the wk or sth..

countless wounds n abrasion n blue blacks.. surprisingly ive NO blisters.. woohoo.. like 3h into the hike i can feel my heels giving way.. but it muz b the cold n wet socks tat cooled it.. haha and also i was wearing 2 pairs hoping to reduce friction..

and lastly an injury i juz discovered.. a blood clot in my toe nail.. it's smallish la.. but can see.. my toes are hurting slightly.. the pinkies n the biggest one.. but din noe they were injured.. but anw its better than yan n ying pings.. their nails r totally black/blue..

sigh-- nxt time.. go hike in dry season :).. i shant b able to play netball/fence in the near future.. n the fencing novice comp is tis sat.. how?? i shd juz go sleep it's 130am..