Day 25- Up to Wu Dang Mountain

The day had come for us to climb Wu Dang Mountain. We all need to be out from the marvellous hotel room by 7am. I going to miss the hotel room as it was one of the best places I stayed in China. We need to be at the dining area around 7.15am to have our breakfast. Breakfast is one of the most important meals for everyone as it with give you the energy needed for the whole day. We need the breakfast for the energy needed to climb up the mountain and down the mountain.

EAT EVERYONE! YOU NEED THAT ENERGY LATER!

After the breakfast, everyone needs to assemble at the entrance of the hotel. Everyone needs to carry their heavy bags up the mountain BUT, the kind hearted hotel staff let us put our bags at the counter area so that we do need to bring heavy stuff up the mountain. When I step out from the hotel, cold wind brush against me and I can smell the fresh and cooling mountain air. The air around the mountain is very clean and refreshing.

Woah! the Cloud is inbetween the mountain..
The starting point of the Climb of Wu Dang Mountain

SHOPs?!

That's the way they transport things to the shop at the mountain

Finally we reach the starting point of the mountain. Most of us were pump up to climb the mountain but some is just too lazy and want to go back to the hotel. The first part of the journey up the mountain, everyone is still walking slowly and enjoying the view of the mountain. The interesting part of climbing Wu Dang Mountain in the morning is that, there are clouds that are covering the top of the mountain and the view is so spectacular. There are shop houses that are located at the starting point of the mountain. There was not much variety of things that is being sold at the shop houses. Each shop houses sell almost the same things, such as drinks, sausages, corn and swords.

WOAH!! Never Ending

Ninja TIME!

The second part of the journey, now the tedious part of the journey begins. There is millions flight of stairs that is being build, is order for us to reach the halfway point of Wu Dang Mountain. There were few hundred people climbing up the mountain and all of them from different age group. There are old people that can is around 70+ years old that is climbing the mountain and there can be also small kids at the age of 4 years old that is climbing the mountain. Anyone can climb the mountain, is up to the individual weather they are strong or capable enough to reach the top of the mountain.

BEWARE!

100,000++ of stairs to GO!

They are making stone railings

Tough Job!

the FIRST GATE!

COOL! ICE!!

there is a temple at the mountain.

SECOND GATE!

Houses

The third part of the journey is the most memorable part for me. We must choose whether to choose the route easier but the distance is longer OR we can choose another route that is much more difficult but the distance is shorter. 3 of my close friends and I choose the difficult route and all of us know that we are capable and fit enough to reach the top of the mountain. The difference both of the route was, the easier route, all the stairs are very proportionate but for the difficult route, the stairs are not proportionate and it is very steep. People that are poor in their balancing should avoid the difficult route. The other difference is that, the scenery of the mountain is much nicer when taking the difficult route but when taking the easier route the scenery is mostly trees and vegetation. The last difference was, on the easier route, there is no traditional or cultural site to visit but on the difficult route, there was temple, ancient and traditional craving and traditional houses located at the mountain itself.

WOOHOO! GOLDEN SUMMIT!

A few more hundreds More steps to go

the Temple of Wealth

Tourch the Bronze Bar and it will give you good luck

Finally we reach the GOLDEN SUMMIT. It is a sense of achievement after reaches our final destination. When I reach the Golden Summit, there were so many people surrounding the cramp area. Everyone that reaches the Golden Summit will pray to the temple of wealth which they think that it can bring them wealth and good luck in the years ahead. They will donate a sum of money and start praying to the temple. The structure of the building is mostly built by bronze but we can’t really see it turns to black due to exposure to the weather for the pass few hundred years ago. There were also other temple that is located at the Golden Summit and a shop house that is selling lock and pendent.

Some shops at the Golden summit

We reach together as a group!

CONGRATZ EVERYONE, WE HAVE REACH THE FINISH LINE!

After feeling proud when reaching the Golden Summit, we must head back down to meet my other classmates and to go back to our beloved campus. It’s a pain to let go as we came so far to reach the top but we need to head back down. A group of friend and I when down together and we took the easier route down. The time taken to reach the starting point of our climb is much shorter than the time taken to reach the Golden Summit.

We finally are back at our hotel. We need to pick up all our heavy begs and head back home. I going to miss this place as there is so much I accomplish in Wu Dang Mountain. Everyone is tired and some are sick and we ready to head back home to have our good night rest.

Reflection
One thing that I learn today is how important is your friends to you. My friends have helped me a lot in this trip as they are the closes to me in this trip. They are a family to me. We go through the bad times and good times together. On the trip up the Wu Dang Mountain, my friends and I have helped each other and push each other till the very end. Some of us is very tired and think that they can’t go all the way but there are friends that are on our side that push us and wants us to share the same achievement with them. There is no I in a TEAM.