9.10
I Need Some Advice
In one of my previous entries, I wrote about a cave on my last hike trail. (You can find the video link here if you haven’t seen it.
It’s a wild cave, which means there’s no dedicated team to take care of it.
When we got there, we found some trash on the ground, but we didn’t have the tools to dispose of it, let alone carry it down the hill.
Luckily, that area belongs to a small village, so villagers will come to clean it in their spare time.
But, I still feel it’s wrong. It’s unfair to leave those pieces of trash in the cave and make the villagers do extra work.
In the meantime, I have to admit that some guys in the hike team are shameless. Maybe it’s only about 5% of the population, but still, we can’t put an end to littering.
So I decided to help the villagers build a garbage collection program as a game project.
The project plan hasn’t been finished yet.
If you have any advice or suggestions, feel free to tell me!
And if you have seen some successful solutions to similar problems, please share them with me. I have never hiked to any wild area outside China, so it’s totally unknown to me.
9.9
Birds Outside My Window
In my last entry, I told you about the birds who landed outside my window and how I couldn’t take a video of them.
A few hours later, I took some pictures of them.
They were still scared of me and flew away whenever I stood by my window or placed my camera on my windowsill.
But they were not too scared to fly far. They just stood on my neighbors’ clothes rails.
So I was able to capture some photos.
You can see them here.
I think the first bird is a turtle dove and the other is a Chinese bulbul.
9.8
A period of time through my windowsill
I have to accept that only a few plants are alive on my windowsill.
The strongest one is a weed, and I don’t know its name or how it came to be here.
I didn’t cut it down because it’s nice to see a strong living thing when I open my window in the morning every day.
A few days ago, I found that some birds like this weed too. They like to land beside it and then chat with each other.
Yesterday I decided to take a video of the birds sitting on my windowsill, but the birds probably saw my camera and refused to come back.
I retrieved my camera with disappointment but was surprised to find that the video without birds seemed to tell a story about time.
So here is a video of how time flies through my windowsill.
Feel free to give me your feedback, if you have any advice or thoughts.
9.5
An Interesting Fact
I discovered an interesting fact about myself. The earlier I get up, the better I feel.
It’s a little bit funny because I’ve been told as a kid that the more you sleep, the better you will feel.
Personally, if I slept for more than six and a half hours, then the best time to wake up is between 6:00 AM to 7:00 AM.
Exploration is exciting, whether it’s exploring the world or learning about myself.
9.3
The Triple Happiness of Hiking
I just uploaded a short video of last Saturday’s cave expedition. You can watch it here.
I enjoyed making this video because it made me feel like I was back on the mountain again.
Every time I hike, I can gain three times the happiness.
The first one is the time I spend hiking. I can appreciate nature, the mountains, the plants, and the people around me.
The second one is when I watch the videos and pictures I took of the hike. I relive the pleasant memories.
The third one is when I share it with my old friends and you folks. At this moment, I hope you can have a nice time in nature as I have had.
9.1
Yesterday’s Hike
I went on a hike yesterday with several friends.
It was our first hike this autumn. The weather was still hot, so we chose a cool trail that included a deep cave.
We had planned to reach the cave opening around two hours before the hottest time of the day, but we underestimated the effect of the weather on the human body.
One of our friends got heatstroke on the way to the mountain. Luckily, the symptoms were quite mild. We left him at a grocery store where the owner could care for him.
We finally reached the cave one hour before the hottest time and spent three hours exploring it.
It was really extraordinary. I have traveled to many huge caves in China, but all of them had good infrastructure. This cave didn’t have electricity or phone signal. As visitors, we needed to have a certified guide with us and bring professional equipment such as headlights and hard hats.
The most interesting part was descending tens of meters below ground on a rope. I had never done this before, but I observed others while waiting in line, so it was quite smooth when I did it.
It’s always fun to experience something new.
When we returned, we picked up our friend who had been unwell. He had fully recovered and told us it was so nice to take a nap on the mountainside.
It was a nice day for all of us.