山谷间的神雕侠侣(w English)

今日和LD一起走了五个小时的山路，就为探一处名为“ black star canyon"的瀑布。回来的路上，太阳当空照，我只觉疲倦。为解乏，我开玩笑跟LD说，回去我要写一篇“夫妻双双把山爬”的博客，LD说，题目多土啊，我说，那你说什么题目洋派，他随口就说，”神雕侠侣”。我乐了,  想起最近网上讨论的什么三生三世，十里桃花。感情，咱也可以是武侠小说里的神雕侠侣，嗯，那就当一回，来它个标题党。

 

爬山队基本散了，从十几个人到三四个人。 换工作的换工作，搬家的搬家，回国的回国，生病的生病，队伍一天天萎缩。怀念曾有的三年，在晨曦中一起走过高山低谷，徜徉在蓝天白云下，谈笑于山风中。有一张照片我们自称像电影海报，名为 “xxx坡上的知青”，想起来，心生怀念。这支队伍曾经给我带来过了那么多的快乐、期盼，而今天，只有我俩自己了...天下没有不散的宴席。但愿队伍有一天能重振旗鼓。

 

今天的这一爬是所有近三年里最艰难的一次，真正意义上的爬山，手脚并用，有那么一段路是步步惊心。通往山顶瀑布的路崎岖不平，中间是小溪，堆积着各种大大小小的山石，有时根本没有路，得自己找路，在岩石缝里，在羊肠小道上一边小心翼翼地拉着各种可以支撑的岩石，枝藤，树根，一边向上攀沿。我时不时得要LD拉我一把，而中间有一阵子，觉得自己心脏不给力，或许是山路太陡，休息了两次，接着走。4.1mile的山路走了三个小时。等我们到了山顶，见到了从岩石壁间一泻而下的瀑布，我心中感慨良多。为了这股清泉，我今日像藏民，匍匐而来，又像行走在沙漠里的骆驼，历尽艰辛来亲近它。

 

下山的路同样艰难。我们每走一步，都要确定不摔倒，有时走到一半，又折回，因为太危险。而即便如此，我还是摔了四次，有两次是重重地滑倒在地，所幸没有受伤，但现在已经觉得肌肉酸痛。有一次，右脚滑到水里，全湿透了，只好将袜子里的水拧干了，穿回去接着走。中间觉得饿了，拿出带的苹果和牛肉干，坐下来休息了会，LD催着上路，说不能休息，否则等下会走不动的。

 

果不其然，走出峡谷后，两脚变得沉重。正午的太阳直直地照着，我一边走，一边想，这样的山路走一次就足矣。如果人生像一次旅行，希望一生也只碰到一次这样的艰辛坎坷。夫妻同行，尚可以相扶相持，如果独行，会如何？

 

快到出口处，见到三四只山鹰在空中自由翱翔，那么自在，那么轻松地盘旋着。LD在说笑神雕侠侣，我羡慕地看着蓝天下的鹰，知道自己终究是个凡夫俗子，日日为世事所累所困，只能偶尔偷得半日闲，忘情于山水。今生今世我们都做不了神雕侠侣。

 

The hiking team falls apart now. How I miss the good old days when a goup of more than 10 people hiked together, talked at our will and laughed to our hearts' content. The happiness, coupled with the mountain scenery and its scent, will be forever etched on my mind, and kept in the memory lanes as we march on in our life journey.

Waking up to a foggy morning, my husband and I decided to hike Black Star Canyon, a place we visisted once but never finished. It was a beautiful morning. When we parked outside the canyon, a half moon was on the morning sky, luscious and serene, with the valley underneath covered in green. Our destination today is the remote waterfall. Though it is only 6.8 miles round trip, the 4.1 miles leading to the waterfall are full of big rocks with the steams meandering through in the middle. It consumed us three hours to finish the trail in the end. At certain routes, we are like the trail brazers, groping for the way up, using our hands, butt, and whatever is reachable in sight, rocks, vines and tree root, etc. As steep as it is rugged, it involves a lot of big rock climbing and jumping, and it asks quite some attention to navigate for the best route. Every muscle of mine was seemingly in active use. Ginger as I am, I still slipped and fell to the ground four times (my neck hurts now). It is the most daunting and audacious hike I have ever had in the past three years.