Mt Hengshan in known as the Southern Peak, or Nanyue, consists of 72 peaks, and rises 1266m above sea level, although it felt like a lot more! This was my first real mountain, and I reached the summit on July the 4th with 2 mates that I met on the local basketball courts; Socrates and Chen Yue. Together, we laughed all the way up on our 11hr hike, everyone helping each other with every difficulty encountered. It was spectacular. We got lost, found dead ends, had to retrace our path, took a stupidly long route, and at the top I we were all giddy with exhaustion, and Socrates almost had to slap me cause I couldn't stop laughing! I'm laughing right now, just thinking about it. Sometimes we would stop for a break, and the
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