To be honest, I was quite nervous while preparing for this trip. After all, I have early morning duties for school open house in the day, and the hike is on the same night. The last time I did something without enough rest I nearly died [ ± _ ± ]
We met late night at Tung Chung, and with many late comers, we set off the hike after midnight, after getting off the special shift bus which the bus company kindly arranged for us!
I would say the hike is relatively easy, as kindhearted people have already paved a path using boulders to create a staircase of sorts. It is steep and slippery, but at least nobody's going to get lost. Which is super important because after 5 minutes of uphike, we can no longer see anything in the thick fog. All we can do is to use the headlight to look for your own stepping stone and hope that you are not too far behind.
It was about 2am-ish by the time we reached the top.
Pinching the tent in strong winds... As if we were standing within a typhoon or something.
The tent tore several times because the wind was too strong. (๏д๏)
Partial group photo in "better visibility".
Group photo again with good visibility.
Sunrise/ sunlight switching on
The original path actually looks like that!
Returning using the original path. Everyone's so tired that nobody's talking anymore.
Autumn highlight: Silver grass all over the mountain.
Overall, it was an interesting experience to hike in the darkness with such a thick fog. Especially when the mountain top is so crowded you would have mistaken it for a public transport terminal or something. I am super impressed and thankful for all those who carried the boulders one by one uphill, so that we can use the "staircase" throughout the hike!