| Walk on 3 November 2002 - Son of Death March in Reverse |
Like a bad horror movie, every misfired walk deserves a bad sequel -- something not exactly the same, but eerily familiar. Trampers who did the "Death March in Reverse" walk last autumn (or at least those who dared to return after that one) will vividly remember the final two hour descent into Tung Chung where we were groping our way in darkness along a barely discernible path. Well, this sequel will take place further south on Lantau, but the same idea prevails (other than, hopefully, the finish in the dark) -- a cross island hike over the mountains from one coast to the other. We will meet at 11:00 a.m. on Sunday morning outside the turnstiles at the southern end of Tung Chung MTR station. PLEASE DON'T BE LATE! -- It takes about 45 to 60 minutes to get to the starting point of our walk by bus, and a late start will increase the likelihood of our finishing in the dark. From Tung Chung, we will take a bus to Shek Pik reservoir, where we will begin our walk. From Shek Pik, we will be heading immediately uphill towards Ngong Ping plateau. We have done this stretch two or three times before and, after a short steep climb at the very beginning, the remaining hour and a half of the ascent is mostly by way of a winding path along a relatively gentle grade. That will probably be the easy part of the walk. From Ngong Ping plateau, we will skirt around the Po Lin Monastery and the Big Buddha to a trail which will take us around Nei Lak Shan, and then down one of two possible trails ending either at Kau Liu or at San Tau (just east of Sha Lo Wan) on the northwest coast. From there, we will head along the coast back to Tung Chung. The whole walk will involve an ascent from an elevation of about 50 metres above sea level to about 580 metres above sea level, and then all the way back down again. Because of this, and because we don't know how good the trails descending from Ngong Ping will be (if they exist at all, as the map claims), we are giving this walk a THREE BOOT rating appropriate only for fit hikers. On top of this (and the risk of ending the walk in the dark again), there is the risk of having to fend off striking monks at Po Lin Monastery if they follow through with threats to take wild-cat action. We'd suggest you bring along some lotus flavoured gum to offer to the monks in case of assault -- a stick of gum is just the thing to cool monkish tempers. Last but not least, the area between Ngong Ping and Kau Liu/San Tau (which we have never walked through before) is rumoured to be the territory of some of the meanest flying cows on Lantau. SO DON'T SAY YOU WEREN'T WARNED!. Last update: 20-05-2005 10:55
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