Instant sports
Author: Yan Minghui
2020-09-14 17:32
Last update date: 2020-09-14 17:33
Last Saturday (September 12) Ms. Yang was vacated by Wu Jiao to issue the Guishou Rock to Huangzhujiao Tsui, but the return time was too late and the weather became worse, so she had to spend the night at Baijiao Mountain.
She continued to return on Sunday morning, but her husband could not receive her message and was worried about her accident and called the police on her behalf.
When Ms. Yang arrived at the top of the Phoenix Wat at 11 am on Sunday, she was rescued by a helicopter from the Flying Service.
She was interviewed today and talked about this accidental experience. She said that she had enough food and water throughout the whole process. She admitted that she had never thought of calling the police and was confident that she could go down on her own.
Ms. Yang posted a post on the Facebook group last Friday, planning to go to Guishou Iwatoyama last Saturday and asked if any netizens would like to travel with her.
In the end, no netizens accompanied her. She got on the minibus from the Tai Po Market Railway Station alone at 6:40 a.m. last Saturday and arrived at the starting point of Wu Jiao Teng at 7:20.
Before Ms. Yang set out to go to Guishou, she recruited netizens to travel with her, but in the end she went alone.
(Picture of "The hiking Database Mountain & News Library")
Guishouyan is located at Wong Chuk Kok Tsui in the Plover Cove Country Park. It is a long way and it takes 30 kilometers to walk from the sky to the dark.
This route through the Plover Cove Reservoir Country Trail to Wong Chuk Kok Tsui is regarded as a difficult “test route” by the hiking boundary.
Ms. Yang said that she had prepared enough food and water for this trip. She brought 5 liters of water, two sprigs of treasure, two oranges and two apples, two cans of eight-treasure porridge and bread; she also brought a camera and a tripod to take pictures.
However, she admitted that she did not know enough about the route. She said: "I didn't predict the time to go down the mountain. I don't know when I've been there or how long I will go."
Guishouyan at Wong Chuk Kok Tsui.
(Photo by Yan Minghui/Data Picture)
She passed Dadong and Guanyindong, and walked to Luhudong at 11:30. She came to the intersection of the Plover Cove Reservoir Picnic Trail and turned to the trail out of Huangzhujiao Tsui.
Ms. Yang said, "I went all the way to the death of a dog and started to take the wrong road to Fenghuang Watding. There were 3 roads there. I chose one of them. After a long time, I found the wrong road. Then I went through the forest. After tossing around, she found the right path and continued to Wong Chuk Kok Tsui.
Ms. Yang said that it was 4 o'clock when she went to Huang Chuk Kok Tsui, and she was anxious to return, thinking that this was a ghost hand, so she hurried away after the filming.
(Provided by interviewee)
Ms. Yang arrived at Wong Chuk Kok Tsui at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. After that, she went to see the bacon stone, but she said she was in a hurry and missed the famous scenic spot Guishouyan.
At 5:30 in the afternoon, she started to return. It was dark after 6 o'clock and she had to turn on the flashlight.
She said, "I drove the flashlight on for two hours and reached Baijiao Mountain at 8:30. It seemed like I was taking the wrong path. I couldn't see the way forward at night. I could only see what I was in front of me. Then it started to rain again. I think it is getting better and better. If it's wrong, just sit down, open the umbrella, and wait until the sky is light before continuing."
[Ms. Yang goes to Wong Chuk Kok Tsui]
After she stopped, she took advantage of Baijiao Mountain to receive a mobile phone signal to inform her family that she would spend the night on the mountain. The family also responded. She said, "He didn't say anything, so he told me to wait for the sky. I told him that the sky is rising. He will be notified again when he is out.” Ms. Yang said that the weather was bad at first last Saturday night and there was thunder. She put away the umbrella, and when there was no thunder, she opened the umbrella again.
Ms. Yang said that after one night in the bushes in the photo, she waited for daylight before returning.
(Provided by interviewee)
"It's a bit of thunder, and it has sounded many times, and I was shocked. There was no thunder after 9:30 in the evening, but it was raining, so I was not too worried; there was no rain at around 11 in the evening, even if there was light rain "Ms. Yang continued: "It's a little bit cold. I opened the cover and it was okay, but at two or three o'clock in the middle of the night, I felt the most freezing."
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Have you ever thought of calling the police in this situation?
She said: "I have never thought about it. I have never thought about it. I have the confidence to do it." She said that she was bold and had the experience of walking in the night mountains. "I don't worry about other things, only thunder."
Ms. Yang set off to go to Guishouyan last Saturday morning, and was rescued by the flight service team until 11 a.m. Sunday morning.
(Provided by interviewee)
Ms. Yang didn’t sleep all night, until the sun was up on Sunday, and finally saw the situation in front of her. Fortunately, she didn’t move forward. She said, “I found myself in a place where I was “not the road,” completely “not the road”. At night, I saw tall trees on both sides and short grass in the middle. I thought it was a road, but it turned out that I was doing a wrong thing. If you continue to do it, it will consume more physical energy and may not do the right road, it will be even bigger!"
Ms. Yang sent a message to her family, saying that she had found the right mountain road and was ready to set off and continue the return journey; in order to save power, she turned off the phone after sending the message.
She said: "I can't think that the ghost hand journey was so long. I gave up around the lake and planned to go back to Wujiao."
At around 11 o'clock in the morning on Sunday, Ms. Yang had been 28 hours before the departure time. When she walked back to the top of the Phoenix Wat, she saw the helicopter.
She said: "I thought to myself, is someone calling for help? I never thought that they were trying to save me. I don't know that my family called the police. I saw that the helicopter did not leave, hovering near me, getting closer and closer. Are you really here to find me?"
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[Sunday firefighters were called out to search and rescue Ms. Yang]
"A fireman came down to ask me if my surname was Yang. I knew that my husband should have called the police. He should have been surprised that I lost my way. He knew that the distance was long and surprised me that I could not hold it." Message of her departure in the morning.
She said, "I told the firefighters that it would be okay. I could go back to Wujiaoteng by myself. I did this the day before and I know how to go back. The firefighter said, "No! This kind of weather is dangerous." , And called the police, you can go with us!" I got on the helicopter and went to the flight service headquarters without going to the hospital." Ms. Yang emphasized that there was sufficient food and water. When I was rescued, there were still two liters of water. One apple each.
The mountain road to and from Onishou Rock is long and long, which is definitely a master route.
(Provided by interviewee)
Ms. Yang is in her thirties and has two years of hiking experience. She has been hanging lanterns before.
She said that she often goes hiking alone, exploring new routes alone.
In addition to family members, a group of netizens in the Facebook group are very concerned about Ms. Yang’s safety. On Saturday night and Sunday morning, many people left messages, hoping that Ms. Yang will report safety soon. Some people blamed Ms. Yang for contempt. This route.
Regarding the comments made by netizens, Ms. Yang said, "Thank you for their opinions. They are a little bit practical. They are all from the bottom of your heart. They must be accepted. The weather is very important for hiking."
She said that after this incident, she would pay more attention to the weather on the mountain.
She said: "If the weather is bad, it is best to choose a short route. The long line will not have time to fall. It is best to find some retreat. It seems that this is a long and no retreat, it is not good."
Ms. Yang continued: "This time the road conditions are beyond my imagination. Almost half of the road is out of the mouth. There is a person in the jungle as high as a person. I will cover the road. I have to cross. My feet are scratched by the grass. To wear long trousers, I was not prepared well this time."
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