My legs were tired and there were mosquitoes everywhere, but I made it up Lynn Peak. There were a total of 5 people that went. I was probably the last one to make it up to the peak since I did not want to make my friends wait. I wasn't even at the peak for half a minute before they all said, "OK. Let's go back down there are mosquitoes everywhere." I was like "But I didn't even get to take a picture yet!"
Whatever, I'm all for leaving the mountain. In fact I wanted to roll down it just to get out of there ASAP. I think the information desk told us that it was supposed to take us 4 hours in total to hike up and down the mountain. Instead, it took us 5 hours.
I thought going up the mountain was difficult. Boy was I wrong. There were loose rocks everywhere! I did not notice them when I was going up but I definitely felt them as I was going down and it just didn't make it easy. I was slipping and twisting my ankles multiple times as I was going down the mountain.
I was the slowest of everyone and I just wanted to say thank you to Lynn (the mountain was probably named after her) and Dave for sticking by my side even though I was falling over as we were going up *and* down the mountain. Chris and Nancy (Lynn's friends) kept on hurrying us to go faster because it was getting dark and they're afraid that the gates might get locked up before we can get the car out. I really want to get out of there too, but my legs can only move so fast as I do not want to slip and crack my head on any giant boulders.
The park's gates closes at 9:00pm and we didn't make it down until 9:30pm. Luckily, Dave's car did not get locked up. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said about Chris' car. So he actually had to go back to the park the next day to pick up his car.
Talking about this experience actually brings tears to my eyes because I solely regretted about going. In the end, I came back with one picture that I took once I made it to the peak, sore leg muscles, painful toes and 3 giant mosquito bites on my back.
I don't know if I will ever go hiking again. I'm really ashamed about myself since I probably ruined the experience for everyone.
1 comments:
Heh, I've been to Lynn Valley - didn't make it up Lynn Peak though since we didn't have enough time. I imagine it would be a nice hike though - if you hiked more, you won't get as much pain plus it's a great way to get in shape. Next time, bug repellent and a smaller peak =)
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