Day 4, a difficult climb
Yesterday night was the most painful experience of my life. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
If I could, I would never want to reminisce again.
No one could have imagined that I slept with a tree last night, no, I should have collapsed and passed out.
After going up the tree yesterday, the first thing I saw when I looked back was stunned.
Because beneath me it has become a tumbling river, and my cave has been submerged under this river.
And the waterhole where I drank water was long gone, and I could only see the fruit tree above the waterhole, and there was still a tree a little over there.
However, it is a blessing in misfortune.
The tree is not very large.
The rattan I used to hang the fruit saved my life.
It was with it that I tied myself to the trunk of the tree.
After that, I didn't know anything.
I couldn't even tell if I was asleep or unconscious.
I don't know its name, but I really want to thank it.
Because the huge currents did not wash it away.
It held on.
saved our lives.
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I'm only about three meters above the ground now, which isn't really high.
It was a hell for me yesterday.
Now, the rain has stopped, and the wind has long since left.
The sun was shining on my back, infinitely warm.
The tree has now turned into a babbling stream with no end in sight.
No wonder, yesterday's cave mouth was covered in moss.
I think it's because it's supposed to be a stream. And I was careless, this mistake was fatal, and I still have lingering fears.
This also exposed the shortcomings of my lack of any experience, and it seems that I will have to be more careful in the future.
Untying the rattan, I carefully slid down the trunk of the tree.
I had just stepped into the stream, but I threw myself and fell in.
I didn't realize that after such a long time, the blood in my lower limbs was not smooth, and I had long been numb.
After choking on a few mouthfuls of water, I struggled to crawl away from the stream.
Again, so close to death.
I lay on the ground, gasping for breath.
Once again, I was scared and my heart was pounding.
The few mouthfuls of water choked into my nose made me extremely uncomfortable, my throat was filled with the smell of mud, and the feeling of being invaded by a foreign object in the depths of my nose was also extremely painful.
I am now surrounded by weakness and soreness again, hunger.
All the fruits on my body were washed away yesterday, and there was not a single one left.
I prayed and reached into my pocket.
Well, hands are shaking.
I'm afraid that the lighter will also be washed away.
Still, it's still there, and it makes me feel better.
The smoke was gone, and it was washed away, and if even the lighter had been washed away, I don't think I would have been able to withstand the blow.
Thankfully, it's still there.
This gave me a boost all of a sudden, and although I would love to lie down and rest now, I wouldn't allow it myself, and I had to climb the mountain as soon as possible to find out.
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The seemingly flat mountain road made me miserable.
The loose stone made me fall countless times.
Loosened by the heavy rain last night, rocks kept rolling down from the top of the mountain, and they almost hit my head several times.
This time, though, I wasn't followed by bad luck.
As the sun was setting in the west, I finally used my last strength and climbed to the top of the mountain.
That's right, I did climb.
For the last few hundred meters, I couldn't stand, and the muscles in my legs were beating like motors.
I gasped for breath, and I felt as if I was standing on a plateau with thin air.
Also, I would say, it's really hot in the sun, and I feel like all the water in my body is evaporating.
The bare skin, scorched by the scorching sun, made me feel a tingle.
In the end, I had to climb up step by step.
Anyway, I finally climbed up, and I was still very excited.
The top of the hill is very empty, there is not a single tree, only a few shrubs are stubbornly surviving.
I lay down for tens of minutes, or for hours.
Finally I was able to stand up.
A flock of unknown birds was frightened by the sudden appearance of me.
The summit of this hill is about the size of a football field.
The uneven ground made it very difficult for me to walk.
Finally, I came to the top of a boulder at the top of the mountain.
Sure enough, it's an island.
Although I had been mentally prepared before.
But it still hit me hard.
How I wish this was part of the continent and gave me the opportunity to go out.
But reality was like a hammer that easily shattered the mirror of my expectations.
I took a few turns and got a general idea of my surroundings.
I saw where I had come ashore, and there was a long stretch of sand on that side.
Behind the beach are the woods, which I crossed before. There are coconut palms and other unknown trees inside.
On the other side, it was about the same, but I saw a river that meandered through a whole forest and eventually merged into the sea.
The trees on the other sides were too dense for me to see, except for the turquoise sea in the distance.
As the sun sets, the red sky wakes me up.
It's time for me to look for a place to spend the night.
I don't think I'll ever go to a cave for the night again in my life.
At least I don't have to worry about going up or down now.
Now I don't have the strength to go down, so I can only choose to spend the night here.
But as soon as I climbed down the boulder, I noticed a recess underneath the boulder, almost two people wide.
I looked around, and it was dry.
It seems that the place to sleep tonight has been solved, and I am relatively satisfied.
Then, luck struck me again, and I found some dry vines.
Although it was raining hard last night, the sun today has dried them out, at least that's what I feel to the touch.
However, the other branches used to maintain the campfire are relatively wet, so I have no choice but to pick them up first.
There was no food, so I had to find a puddle to drink first.
There is no chance to choose at this time.
All I want is to be able to sustain my life.
Sustain until the moment someone comes looking for me.
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I'm very angry at the moment.
These vines, which I thought were very dry, were so wet on the inside that they couldn't be lit at all.
It was already completely dark.
I didn't have a chance to look for any other ignition materials.
I really had no choice, so I tore off a piece of my worn pants.
Because I'm so scared of the dark.
I don't think I'll be able to sleep in the dark.
Luckily, the fire finally heard my prayers and started burning.
I gathered the wet branches around the edges, hoping to ignite the vines before they burned out.
In the end, I got it right, and the fire was lit.
In the flames, my heart began to settle down.
Lying under the rocks, I could still see the twinkling stars in the sky.
Looking at them, I, exhausted, also entered the dream.