Hong Kong Trailwalker

We formed new team to participate in the Hong Kong Trailwalker. There are more teams interested in participating here but we were lucky and were selected to participate this autumn. The team consists of Wolfram, Hans-Peter, Ravi and myself. Hans-Peter and myself participated already in Japan and are of course wondering how different this event will be. The joint training was in Japan an important part of our physical but also mental preparation. It will be more difficult this time to find slots where most of us can make their way to Hong Kong for a training: Wolfram and Ravi live in Hong Kong but Hans-Peter is still in Tokyo and I moved back to Switzerland.

We have tested some of the trail already but it would be great if we can do a few more hikes along the scenic MacLehose trail. It helps in particular to know the path for the night walk already from an earlier training.

Trailwalker Training Hong Kong - 8. August 2010

Sunday, Aug. 8th, Ravi and myself did the trail sections 3 - 5 (out of 10 sections). These are apparently the steepest and toughest and the distance is just about 1/3 of the overall distance. The weather became very beautiful during the day but unfortunately this meant also hot. I had about 3.5 liters of water with me which wasn't enough. We were lucky to find a place to refill our then empty bottles. I had also to learn that there isn't at every corner a vending machine as we know that from Japan.

The scenery was absolutely stunning, though. It is unbelievable how fast one can leave this huge city and suddenly be in a remote patch of nature. I'm already looking forward to experience the full trail in November.

Sep 8th, 2010 / Thomas