Heart Mountain Trail - Hike
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Heart Mountain trail has been one of the best hikes we have done altogether. We will remember it for the views, for the exceptional path and also as a challenging surprise. On a hot July day, a late start led eight of our ten boots walking on the wrong trail while the two remaining, ever later still, were running after the others. Announcing to one’s offspring that they have headed for 1 km in the wrong direction is not the easiest thing for a father to do…
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Therefore, once we had overcome the obstacle and were back on track we really enjoyed the long and very steep way up to the summit of the ridge. However, once there and almost out of drinking water, the drained youth suggested to go back having realized that after three hours of hiking, there still remained another two third of the distance covered left to hike. Nevertheless, as a retreat back down the steep rocky ridge was not a safe option, we had no choice but to keep going and complete the whole loop. Courage is certainly what the small-size-boot-walkers demonstrated for the rest of the day and they seized the challenge brilliantly. |
