Day 9: 20/04/06 Triberg
Nice?
Moderate (Unglamarous) heroism
Extreme heroism
Hero taking a breakThis was an extremely interesting day in retrospect; it was the day our first major legendary story took place. However, when that legendary story was still in present-continuous tense, Tk and me were both cursing and swearing...
It was a sunny day, perfect for hiking; from the hotel, we had received information about the waterfall and the cukcoo clock house, and we had received a card for free admissions to the waterfall area. So we set off at 9+ towards the waterfall which was not far from town.
The waterfall was not massive but very long; it came down in cascades, and at every stage it looked different. Tk and Yj were very excited; Tk had seemed to forget about his traumatic experience at Neuschwanstein and kept wanting me to help him take pictures of him climbing out to the rocks in the waterfall and SQUATTING on a tree stump above the water. That photo of him looked really stupid. Yj, as usual, was the hero; he climbed all the way out to a rock face far away from the path above the water. I tried to stop their (to me) crazy acts but at that time adrenaline lost to reasoning; even my black forest cake lure was useless. Just to add: I never climbed to take a picture even once during the trip, but they did it numerous times. By the way it was just nice: I would be the cameraman :)
We took a detour by the road (with a bit of bashing through the forest) to the top of the waterfall as the path leading up directly was closed due to ice. At the top Yj, at that time still not exactly healthy, sat at a bench to rest and look after out things when I went out alone to hunt for a nice spot. Beyond the waterfall the river was much calmer; it meandered past a few houses surrounded by a hill and pastures. Although the grass was not green yet (still yellow) the place was wonderful. I went on to the top of the hill and found a construction yard, a disappointment indeed; and the view from there was not exactly magnificant. The only surprise I got there was the discovery of an undisturbed slope covered with snow; it was perfect for skiing but not walking.
Tk and Yj left for the hill after I came back, and we went down and headed towards the next town where the huge cukcoo clock was. We stopped for lunch on a bench on another panaroma walk with excellent scenery; an enjoyable lunch indeed as this time it was not cold anymore!
We passed by a small pond and a small playgraound where Tk and Yj got excited again; they slid down the slide with a photo taken for Tk. I don't seem to respond as much to all these external stimuli (e.g. playground/rock faces/waterfall etc.); does that mean that I am old already?!
We had to pay to go into the courtyard to see the front of the whole cukcoo clock house (no joke, it was the size of a farmhouse whereby the front of it was a souvenir shop). We didn't pay, so we only saw it from outside. It was good enough. We were there at 1:30pm, so we only saw it cukcoo once. Well, not exactly something you need to see again.
We walked further on following the blue diamonds; we intended to turn back at 2:30. The blue diamonds actually indicated routes that linked to the main hiking trail through the Black Forest, which was hundred-over kms long. We tried climbing up some side paths to get a good view, and on one we found a grass-slope which led to a vast open hilltop with the best scenery we had ever seen till then. From there we could see Triberg and its neighbouring villages, rolling hills covered by conifers, and a wind turbine (sustainable energy is common in Europe; wind turbines and solar panels are common sights) striding on the hill opposite ours. It was a really comfortable place with warm sunshine, cool breeze, vast fields, minimal noise and excellent view. We took quite some pictures; but sadly the place does not look as impressive on photo. You must be there before you can experience it. Of course, though, we found an even better spot somewhere else; I would log it down when I reached there.
**Log continues in next post: Day 9: 20/04/06 Triberg/Part 2: Yj's Story no. 1
It was a sunny day, perfect for hiking; from the hotel, we had received information about the waterfall and the cukcoo clock house, and we had received a card for free admissions to the waterfall area. So we set off at 9+ towards the waterfall which was not far from town.
The waterfall was not massive but very long; it came down in cascades, and at every stage it looked different. Tk and Yj were very excited; Tk had seemed to forget about his traumatic experience at Neuschwanstein and kept wanting me to help him take pictures of him climbing out to the rocks in the waterfall and SQUATTING on a tree stump above the water. That photo of him looked really stupid. Yj, as usual, was the hero; he climbed all the way out to a rock face far away from the path above the water. I tried to stop their (to me) crazy acts but at that time adrenaline lost to reasoning; even my black forest cake lure was useless. Just to add: I never climbed to take a picture even once during the trip, but they did it numerous times. By the way it was just nice: I would be the cameraman :)
We took a detour by the road (with a bit of bashing through the forest) to the top of the waterfall as the path leading up directly was closed due to ice. At the top Yj, at that time still not exactly healthy, sat at a bench to rest and look after out things when I went out alone to hunt for a nice spot. Beyond the waterfall the river was much calmer; it meandered past a few houses surrounded by a hill and pastures. Although the grass was not green yet (still yellow) the place was wonderful. I went on to the top of the hill and found a construction yard, a disappointment indeed; and the view from there was not exactly magnificant. The only surprise I got there was the discovery of an undisturbed slope covered with snow; it was perfect for skiing but not walking.
Tk and Yj left for the hill after I came back, and we went down and headed towards the next town where the huge cukcoo clock was. We stopped for lunch on a bench on another panaroma walk with excellent scenery; an enjoyable lunch indeed as this time it was not cold anymore!
We passed by a small pond and a small playgraound where Tk and Yj got excited again; they slid down the slide with a photo taken for Tk. I don't seem to respond as much to all these external stimuli (e.g. playground/rock faces/waterfall etc.); does that mean that I am old already?!
We had to pay to go into the courtyard to see the front of the whole cukcoo clock house (no joke, it was the size of a farmhouse whereby the front of it was a souvenir shop). We didn't pay, so we only saw it from outside. It was good enough. We were there at 1:30pm, so we only saw it cukcoo once. Well, not exactly something you need to see again.
We walked further on following the blue diamonds; we intended to turn back at 2:30. The blue diamonds actually indicated routes that linked to the main hiking trail through the Black Forest, which was hundred-over kms long. We tried climbing up some side paths to get a good view, and on one we found a grass-slope which led to a vast open hilltop with the best scenery we had ever seen till then. From there we could see Triberg and its neighbouring villages, rolling hills covered by conifers, and a wind turbine (sustainable energy is common in Europe; wind turbines and solar panels are common sights) striding on the hill opposite ours. It was a really comfortable place with warm sunshine, cool breeze, vast fields, minimal noise and excellent view. We took quite some pictures; but sadly the place does not look as impressive on photo. You must be there before you can experience it. Of course, though, we found an even better spot somewhere else; I would log it down when I reached there.
**Log continues in next post: Day 9: 20/04/06 Triberg/Part 2: Yj's Story no. 1
posted by Hiu Yeung at 01:40
1 Comments:
wah XY!!! for someone who climbed high rock walls and waterfalls in malaysia..how dangerous can taking a few steps closer to the waterfall by stepping on to rocks be?!?! haha
yongji
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