Night Hike
04 Sep 2016
“Tehran city lights from mountain heights at night” by Mehsen is licensed under CC BY 4.0
A while back my cousin suggested that we go on a night hike to the Tochal peak like we did a few years back. I agreed on the spot since I’m always up for a good hike. We planed on starting the hike on 6 P.M., August 15. A night with near full moon shinning all night. Hiking under moonlight is an unmatched feeling. As we ascended, we talked and catched up with each other.
We didn’t make it in time to get into and spend the night in the Shirpala shelter. We rested behind its shut door a bit then carried on.
I spent some time taking pictures of the night sky.
“Night sky and Orion constellation” by Mehsen is licensed under CC BY 4.0
Finally at 4 A.M. we decided that we are too sleepy to go on; and the moon was setting too. We slipped into our sleeping bags and dosed off quickly afterwards.
One and half hour later we woke up because we were freezing. We lighted a bush and savored the heat! As soon as the fire was out; we started moving not to freeze again.
“Burning bushes in Tehran mountains” by Mehsen is licensed under CC BY 4.0
From then on we continued (rather slowly) till we reached the top. All through the hike we met amazing people and felt challenged all the time.
Here’s a song to set a good mood :)
▶ Play “Chris de Burgh - The Same Sun” on Youtube
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