第一次的徒步行-Copland Track

As highly recommended by a friend, before I left Franz Josef, I tried so hard to take leaves from my hotel job and went for Copland Track.

Travel information tells that this track is suitable for tramper with some prior experience, and it can be quite tough for beginners. However, I decided to go for it without any hesitation at all! Well .. I was just thinking, “I’m always proud of my tough feet and willpower, I wouldn’t feel tired easily even for a long distance of walk..”

Obviously, I underestimated this track, with a variety of challenging condition to cross over, it is one’s bodily coordination and balancing that matter. I’m the one without much kinesthetic sense, but luckily it’s still fine, willpower takes the lead for any other matters, no matter how frequent I fall, how many times I’ve made myself so ugly, I think I am still quite resilient to stand up and go on, haha, bragging.

It took about 6 to 9 hours to finish the track (one way). In the very early morning, my friend from Hong Kong and I started with it and till the evening, we stayed in a hut. The next day, we went back to the origin.

因为一个英国朋友大力推荐的缘故，离开Franz Josef之前，我硬要抽出时间，不惜从酒店的工作请假，就是要完成Copland Track徒步走就对了。旅游资讯介绍说这track是很险峻的，适合有稍有些经验的徒步探险者。我是毫无经验的，可是我一点犹豫都没，要去就对了，我心想：我的脚力毅力一向来都是比一般人好的，我走多远都不言累啊。可见当时的我太低估这track了，其实不是我脚力好就行的，走这种track，个人的身体协调能力和平衡能力更是不可忽视的因素。但还好，所有这些因素都是建立在毅力之上的，我这个人是没什么运动细胞 的，跌倒了无数次，出丑也当习惯了，但我就是撑得住，继续走到终点为止…

其实这是得用一天时间走完的track，我和以为来自香港的朋友一大清晨出发，直到傍晚抵达终点的小屋棚过夜。

这经验对我而言是难忘的。有几次，我跌下小悬崖，那时朋友被吓倒了，还好只是小悬崖，还好我跌下那一刹那恰好抓紧了树干，还好我爬得上去。还有一次，我和朋友走散了，我自己一个人不知怎么地，就迷路了，走到了不是路的路，地势更为险峻的路，我爬啊爬，奋力抓紧那树干，我身后的是零零散散的山中树丛，也看得见底下疾疾而流的小河，我无从可逃，我必须找到出路，我只能往上看，横着倒下的树干太大了，我该怎么攀过？从树干底下弯身而越过吗？那支撑着我的身子的是什么？稳不稳固？要是，要是我不小心失足，要是山泥倾泻，我不幸掉下去悬崖了，那怎么办？

可想而知，其实那时候的我是异常害怕的，当时的心悸是令人难以想象的。我越是害怕，越是想找到出路。幸亏，后来我真的走出了。只是，其实在那千钧一发的时刻，我发现自己那一刻最深的牵挂是什么，要是我有什么三长两短的话，我最遗憾的是什么，我告诉自己，“你真的不能有事，不然爸爸妈妈会很伤心的！”。原来在危急时刻，我才了解我如今在世上最挂念、最放不下的人是双亲，我是一个我行我素，有些非传统的女孩，他们的话我未必听，可是在我的心深处，我完全了解爸妈对我的爱的，令他们难过，会是我千万个不愿意看到的事….。如今我安然无恙了，在纽西兰流浪六个月后，我平安到家了，我想我该感到欣慰的。

事情过后，我想起了孔老夫子的一句话：未知生，焉知死。

The experience with Copland Track is really a memorable one for me. From there I encountered the greatest fear, despite the initial fall at the turning point amidst the narrow mountain path, there was another time I lost touch with my friend, somehow I just unheedingly walked on a path that wasn’t supposed to be a path!

I struggled to find my way out, what’s behind me was the scattered bosk and it looked like a cliff, I could see the fast-flowing small river too. No, no, I can’t turn my head back and I can only look upward … I grasped the tree branch so tightly, and I wondered if I was steadily supported?

Luckily I found my way out. I was terribly scared, and I realized one thing: at such delicate situation, what worried me the most. At that moment, my mind only thought about that I couldn’t let anything happened on me, else my mom and dad would be very sad … then I knew, in the world, parents are the ones I care the most. I am not a very obedient daughter, am actually quite a reckless one especially when going for things I want, yet deep inside my heart, I know their love is forever unconditional to me..

有道是“不经一番寒彻骨，哪得梅花扑鼻香”，我这下言之，“不经一路荆棘行，哪得温泉暖我身”。
是的，徒步行走了超过五小时后，在抵达今夜留宿之处- 小屋棚时，那儿是有一个自然温泉等着我们的，全身酸痛，累到乏力了，此时看到那温泉，让我太感动了，那还是自然温泉，我这辈子第一次泡温泉，第一次看过的温泉还是天然的！
No pain, no gain; finally after more than 5 hours of trampling, when we reached the hut, there was a natural hot pool awaiting us! I was so touching to see the hot pool and I quickly jumped into it!

This is a journey, and despite all the hardship and pain, I would still go for it, because I would never want my journey to be a wholly flat one.

Heli-Hike at Franz Josef Glacier 乘直升机攀走于冰川之中

我这辈子，第一次近距离接触直升机，原来其引擎发出的噪音是那么响的；更令人雀跃的是，我要登上它直往冰川，再落冰行走攀顶了！

The very first time in my lifetime to see a helicopter such close, and so I know how vibrant and loud it was for the noise generated by its engine. The fantastic part is, I am going to take a ride in it and go up to the glacier! I will land on the ice up to the mountain!

好了，直升机放下我们，落地了。得为我的攀山靴子装上鞋底钉。Okay, so this was how we landed. I struggled to fix crampoon to my hiking boot here. 领队给我们一伙人讲解攀冰之行得注意的安全措施。The Heli-hike guide explained to all of us about the safety precautions to mind when walking on the glacier. 好，走吧，领队先生，辛苦你了，为我们开冰劈路。Okay! Let's go! Mr. Guide, thanks for your hard work, slash the ice and lead a path for us!
就指靠你的鬼斧劈工，化寒冰为小道了。So we're counting on your strokes of an axe, let's march on. She jumped! I caught her motion! She's the Germany girl who took the helicopter with me earlier on. :) 她飞身跃过！Hmm, it is getting hard to climb. 使劲攀山。
我看似神气，可是和那些洋人比较起来，我好想走得像企鹅似的，使力保持平衡啊，免得滑倒。This is me who is a little bit clumsy and usually got to walk like a penguin to avoid slippery.
“嘿！瞧见我吗？” "Harlow! Can you see me?"
白茫茫冰川之中，我是如此渺小。I am too little at this far-reaching glacier.
Melting. 融化中。
touching the ice, oh! it's really ice, crystal clear! 摸摸冰，感觉很新奇，真的是冰吔。

真的很壮观。It is truly a nature's masterpiece, we're just speechless to express our wonderment.
Oh! We've walked a distance, it was a little hard though for a short distance. 短短一段距离，可是走起来还挺吃力的。
好了，是时候乘直升机下去了，这里始终是属于大自然的。Ok, it's time to leave. This place belongs to the great nature.
That's a fine sunny day. The temperature is quite high, yet icy glacier is able to maintain its volume, its phenomenon strikes our curiousity. Oops, I am not good in Geography.

以前远远眺望冰川，我看到的像是白石啊，来之前也不知道冰川为何。远远看，仅是慨叹其特殊的面貌，现在才知道，冰川就是会移动的冰之河，以你肉眼看不到的速度无时无刻在流动着，为何会形成如此构造？真的很神奇！

I used to stare at glacier far away, for me, it was like a bunch of white rocks at the mountains. Before I came to Franz Josef, I didn't even know the meaning of "glacier", I got to check the dictionary. Look from far, I was only amazed by its unique appearence. Now only I knew, glacier is a moving icy river, it moves from time to time with a speed that is invisible to us. How on earth there is such structure? This is truly amazing!

去看冰川了 Going to see Glacier!

一路上也看到好多游客和我一样，沿着可行的石子路，越过小川流，只为了近距离看冰川。

There're just many other tourists walking along the stony road like I do, crossing over some streams, to catch a closer view of the magnificent glacier.

四周围的山，有小瀑布啊。 Some hills that surround Franz Josef Glacier, look, there are cascades!到了! 但不能走得再近了，只能在安全范围走动，因为石崩的可能性还是存在的。

I've reached! But I can't walk any closer, only can get around in the safety region due to the possibility of avalanche.
警惕游客的告示牌。The warning signboard to get visitors on guard. 壮观的冰川。据说它背后有一段凄美的毛利传说，从前有个爱登山的女孩，执意要其爱人和她一起登上这一座特别壮丽的山，结果在他们登山期间发生意外了，她眼睁挣地看着爱人失足而从山中坠落，她伤心愧疚过度，泪流成河，在那寒冬的季节，成了这绝美的冰川。

It is said that there is a Maori legendary love story which is sadly beautiful pertaining to this glacier. Once upon a time there was a girl who loved mountain-hiking, insisted to get her lover to climb this spectacularly beautiful mountain. They climbed together and at the end, an tragic accident occurred, she stared helplessly at his lover's misstep and a subsequent fall from the mountain. The heartbroken girl was too sorrowful to shed her tears endlessly and turn the tears in this chilly season to evolve as such magnificent glacier.

单车登山记

那一天，我踩单车征服了Temata Peak!! 哈哈，其实我没那么厉害啦，踩到半山，脚酸到不行，挺累的，看着前方蜿蜒的路，何时到山顶处啊!? 不行了，停下来，坐在树下，喝喝水，吃面包补充精力。噢，半山树林处这里好荒凉，人影也没，啊，我一个人的，听到鸟声和怪声(实则虫鸣声?)，啊，会不会突然有大熊向我扑来啊? (我的想象力太丰富了)。还是赶紧上路好，真是走到上气不接下气。











在这样半山得栏杆处踩单车，其实是有点可怕的，尤其下山时，哈哈，别想太多啦。























终于到了! 把单车停泊在这里，我要爬山去!

看! 我站在最高峰，灯塔处了。

在这里了望整个城市，之前的辛苦是值得的!! 我的那种满足感更胜其他那些驾车上来的人。
感觉太舒畅了，I am on the top of the world looking down on creation ..~~

我喜欢这种视野辽阔感觉… 我在山顶上待了好一回才肯下山。