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Life in Hiking 登山人生
心情隨筆心情日記 2019/03/07 12:29:54

It was way before dawn of a Sunday morning in the cold January, and I, an owl of nights, though suffering from lack of sleep, already got off the bed.  My body was still in an agonizing drag, but my mind had been ignited by the excitement of adventuring to a new state park and its trails. I needed to start packing. It would be a 2-hour drive for the 6 hours hike, and I wanted to make sure that I arrived the trailhead in time to meet up with the ”Life is a Hike” hikers.

After going through my packing list carefully, I was ready, but it was too early to leave. Sitting in the still darkness, the nothingness in my head space became taken by the memories of hiking hundreds of miles in the past couple years- scrambling rocks, majestic lights, thundering mountain tops, splashing waterfalls, painted hills, milky fog….   and then, I thought of the question post to me last summer by my mall-walking, city dweller girlfriend, Jane:  “What do you DO when you are on hiking trails whole day long?” I couldn’t remember what I said though I knew it wasn’t a satisfying answer I gave. But, now, in twilight, everything becomes so clear. What I DO during hiking is about:

submitting my physical being to nature, soaking in the ever-changing tranquility

allowing my thought to precipitate and dissipate, yielding to nothingness

pushing my limit by enduring the pounding in my chest and by grasping any thin air in my breaths

overcoming the fear by placing myself in a uncomfortable height, frighten but not fallen

seeing the earthy space in various angles and height, feeling grateful and humbled

And, all the while immersing myself in a such passive sensation, I am in an active realization of the full, constant demanding engagement of my physical being. Every step taken is a result of careful decision, to avoid fall, to achieve better climb, in tens of thousand times. To last whole day, the steps must be wisely taken with steadiness. It is because of such simple yet constant demand of my physical being, my emotion is then allowed to set free. The worries fade and sadness dissipates, and my soul embraces a true get-away!

"Life is a Hike", and hiking calms the ripples of life. So, I hike!!

冷颼颼的一月天,我是未足眠的夜貓子,卻甘心的在天未亮的星期天早晨離開溫暖的被窩。半醒的身體還是拖拖拉拉的沉,但是心情卻有孩子般的興奮,開心要去一個沒去過的州立公園爬山。單程兩小時的車程,六小時的登山路道,我得準時到山道入口和登山社的人會合,這活動要耗掉一日。

小心的把背包、乾糧、水、雨衣、登山鞋備妥,天光仍未現,出門嫌是太早。我坐在致靜、黑暗的屋裡,無心之間,空白的腦袋逐漸被這兩年來,行行幾百英哩的記憶填滿:巨石、山岩之間、碎石小道、繽紛的天光、傾盆大雨的山之頂、水波奔放的瀑布、彩畫般的山色、乳色的濃霧。不經意的,我記起去年暑假,以逛街當健身的瑜不解的問我:「妳在山上一整天,除了爬山到底在做什麼呢 ?」隱約記得當時回答的模糊,因為沒真心想過,心上少了透明的清晰度。但在這黎明時分,心情對焦,突然清楚明膫,我出門前筆錄了下來。

登山對我的吸引力,不只是肢體的挑障,在山林間,我……

交託我的形體,穿梭於自然天地間不止的寧靜

奉上我的思維,讓它沉澱、成於無形的存在

捧住我激動的心跳,引入分分帶氧的呼吸

置身於恐懼的高度,慌而不落

以不同的高度、角度,看望來路和世界

最重要的是,在這一些層層的感覺中,我的肢體分分秒秒在急行向前。每一個腳步都是一個決定,考量如何可以不跌倒、爬高爬更好。一日下來,千萬個腳步,千萬個決定,簡單但不得停。我想就是這般不止的腳步,我的心情才有時間到達完全解脫的自由,憂慮退卻、傷感無痕,靈魂全然放逐。

生命像登山,登山可平撫生命裡的微波。所以我依依登山行!

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