今日和LD一起走了五個小時的山路，就為探一處名為“ black star canyon"的瀑布。回來的路上，太陽當空照，我隻覺疲倦。為解乏，我開玩笑跟LD說，回去我要寫一篇“夫妻雙雙把山爬”的博客，LD說，題目多土啊，我說，那你說什麽題目洋派，他隨口就說，”神雕俠侶”。我樂了,  想起最近網上討論的什麽三生三世，十裏桃花。感情，咱也可以是武俠小說裏的神雕俠侶，嗯，那就當一回，來它個標題黨。

 

爬山隊基本散了，從十幾個人到三四個人。 換工作的換工作，搬家的搬家，回國的回國，生病的生病，隊伍一天天萎縮。懷念曾有的三年，在晨曦中一起走過高山低穀，徜徉在藍天白雲下，談笑於山風中。有一張照片我們自稱像電影海報，名為 “xxx坡上的知青”，想起來，心生懷念。這支隊伍曾經給我帶來過了那麽多的快樂、期盼，而今天，隻有我倆自己了...天下沒有不散的宴席。但願隊伍有一天能重振旗鼓。

 

今天的這一爬是所有近三年裏最艱難的一次，真正意義上的爬山，手腳並用，有那麽一段路是步步驚心。通往山頂瀑布的路崎嶇不平，中間是小溪，堆積著各種大大小小的山石，有時根本沒有路，得自己找路，在岩石縫裏，在羊腸小道上一邊小心翼翼地拉著各種可以支撐的岩石，枝藤，樹根，一邊向上攀沿。我時不時得要LD拉我一把，而中間有一陣子，覺得自己心髒不給力，或許是山路太陡，休息了兩次，接著走。4.1mile的山路走了三個小時。等我們到了山頂，見到了從岩石壁間一瀉而下的瀑布，我心中感慨良多。為了這股清泉，我今日像藏民，匍匐而來，又像行走在沙漠裏的駱駝，曆盡艱辛來親近它。

 

下山的路同樣艱難。我們每走一步，都要確定不摔倒，有時走到一半，又折回，因為太危險。而即便如此，我還是摔了四次，有兩次是重重地滑倒在地，所幸沒有受傷，但現在已經覺得肌肉酸痛。有一次，右腳滑到水裏，全濕透了，隻好將襪子裏的水擰幹了，穿回去接著走。中間覺得餓了，拿出帶的蘋果和牛肉幹，坐下來休息了會，LD催著上路，說不能休息，否則等下會走不動的。

 

果不其然，走出峽穀後，兩腳變得沉重。正午的太陽直直地照著，我一邊走，一邊想，這樣的山路走一次就足矣。如果人生像一次旅行，希望一生也隻碰到一次這樣的艱辛坎坷。夫妻同行，尚可以相扶相持，如果獨行，會如何？

 

快到出口處，見到三四隻山鷹在空中自由翱翔，那麽自在，那麽輕鬆地盤旋著。LD在說笑神雕俠侶，我羨慕地看著藍天下的鷹，知道自己終究是個凡夫俗子，日日為世事所累所困，隻能偶爾偷得半日閑，忘情於山水。今生今世我們都做不了神雕俠侶。

 

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.