点评:My son wanted to drive to Alabama and hike some trails. Somehow he found this one. It was cloudy and sprinkling at first. We started off going down, down, down... Look out for the tree roots they will put you on your rear pretty fast. Once you have zigzagged down the poorly marked and maintained trail, you'll cross a bridge and the rain will end and the heat and humidity will hit you hard. After walking a while you'll reach a second bridge. There are a few primitive campsites that are okay. As you keep walking, you'll become soaked in sweat. Then you'll come to a sign that says .5 miles to the Walls of Jericho. That last half mile is about a mile and a half long and it gets treacherous. The rain made everything slippery. The trail takes you up and down on a very narrow ledge with a steep drop of more than twenty feet and some mean-looking rocks ready to break your fall. This is a very strenuous adventure and not for small children or people with health concerns.
Going back is grueling as it is up the whole way. The good news is, just when you believe you've made it, there is still another half mile or so of up left.
We were spent when we made it back five hours later. We carried four bottles of water each. We needed eight bottles. It was tough, but we loved it. This trail is probably nothing for an AT Thru Hiker, but for the average weekend hiker it will test you and for us, it was worth the sweat.
Bill from Clewiston
翻译:我儿子想开车去阿拉巴马州徒步走几条路。不知怎么的,他找到了这条路。起初,天空阴沉,下着小雨。我们开始往下走,往下,往下...小心树根,它们会很快把你踩翻在地。一旦你沿着标记不清、维护不善的道路曲折前行,你会过一座桥,雨就会停,而高温和潮湿会严重打击你。走了一会儿,你会到达第二座桥。那里有几个还可以的简陋露营地。继续走下去,你会大汗淋漓。然后你会看到一个路标,上面写着距离耶利哥城墙 0.5 英里。最后半英里大约一英里半长,非常危险。雨水使一切都很滑。这条小路会带你在一个非常狭窄的岩架上上下下,陡峭的落差超过二十英尺,还有一些看起来很凶猛的岩石随时准备阻挡你摔倒。这是一次非常艰苦的冒险,不适合小孩或有健康问题的人。
回去的路很艰苦,因为一路上都是上坡。好消息是,就在你以为你已经成功的时候,还有半英里左右的路要走。
五个小时后我们回来时已经筋疲力尽了。我们每人带了四瓶水。我们需要八瓶。这很艰难,但我们喜欢它。这条路对于 AT Thru Hiker 来说可能不算什么,但对于普通的周末徒步旅行者来说,它会考验你,而对我们来说,这是值得的。
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