Lets hike!!: August 2009

Monday, August 31, 2009

20090829 將軍行

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Date: 2009/08/29

Route: 太古 --> 鰂魚涌郊野公園 --> 將軍石 --> 柏架山

Length: ~ 5km

Time: 09:30 - 14:10 (exact times shown on map)

Temp: 炎熱 ( > 30 C)

Difficulty: Difficult

Well... 是次「男女當行山 official 處女行」飛機率甚高... 幸得葉氏一家支持，總算沒有爛尾，令小弟感動 T_T ~~
Anyway 這次少一點人也好，皆因路線比想像中難，而且天熱酷熱，以「處女 function」而言的確不太適合...

From 20090829 將軍石

這次挑戰的是位於鰂魚涌郊野公園、柏架山下的將軍石 (as far as I know, there are more than one 將軍石s...)，出發沿衞奕信徑二段行，轉上康柏郊遊徑，很快便到達前 post website 所說的涼亭了...

From 20090829 將軍石

這處亦是小弟被 fake 得最厲害的地方，就是花了整整 40 分鐘去找 website 所說的「過了涼亭後見一路不通行的指示牌」--- 小弟在涼亭附近不斷尋找小徑，當中不乏一些危險動作，例如:

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這裡稍一不抓緊，星期日就見報了... 小朋友切記不要模彷...

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「正途」其實在康柏郊遊徑標距柱 C4305 過一點點的小路(並沒有「路不通行」牌 lor...)，入口非常明顯，路旁是鐵絲網，路上還有一點藍點指引... 大家留意了.

From 20090829 將軍石

過了一會就落一個斜坡落引水道，講真句，I don't think its necessary 因為看地圖應該直行都 ok... But anyway 因為我信個 website... 所以照落吧。不過落去都好，有清涼山水作獎勵 ~

From 20090829 將軍石

這護士牆都 ok 斜... 鏡頭是側了小小，但實情都係斜，要拿著繩子落.

From 20090829 將軍石

之後沿著這磈木板過引水道上，就是真挑戰的開始了... 打後一小時，基本上大部份時間都要「四腳爬爬」...

From 20090829 將軍石

看來繩索不夠用，有人竟想到用 Lan 線 + AV 線做繩索...

From 20090829 將軍石

這是傳說中的 "Pat Pat 石"，等我地摸下先 ~~

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真正主角就是這個將軍石，佢都 ok 大份的，遠遠處都望到它 ~

From 20090829 將軍石

將軍虎瞰筲箕灣、鯉魚門、油塘至將軍澳一帶

From 20090829 將軍石

將軍石附近的路段極度費力難行，大家起勢爬... and 小心草木界手...

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終於到頂了... 大家吃個「慰勞梨」先 ~~
由於大家水源耗盡，所以都急急下山... 一小時便回到山腳，立刻衝入 7-11 買飲品... 旅程圓滿結束 ~~

Monday, August 24, 2009

20090829 trip plan

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ok guys, here's the tentative plan for this Saturday's hike:

The purple route is the "hope-we-can-make-it" route, which is the route suggested in the blog I gave you guys to see earlier before: http://www.phomon.com/ckli/pakkashan.html. This is not an easy route and I'm not sure whether we can really locate the entrance/exit -- we'll just try and hope for the best :) Oh note that this is the ONLY route that we could possibly reach 將軍石...
The red route is the "backup" route that we will try out in case the purple track is just too difficult/hidden. I personally located the entrance and walked a few steps into it -- again not a easy track (need hands + legs) but at least its "obvious". In case we decide to abandon this route + the purple one we'll just have a nice and easy walk (not making it to the hilltop) and dismiss ~~
The green route is where we'll go home at the event that if we make it (by either route), the route that we go downhill from. Very easy paved road -- will reach the bottom within an hour I guess.

So here we go... just a couple more to note:

Be prepared -- This is not an easy hike :)
If everything goes fine, this is not gonna take very long -- but I guess we'll be having some troubles finding the routes so... I guess 4 hours will be good.
Gonna be very sunny I guess .... make sure you have "anti-sun" measures of some sort ~

Lastly, lets meets up 9AM to TaiKoo MTR Station Hang Sang Bank. See you there!