This, my friends, is the glorious place that saved my night.
The wind has risen and it's really cold.
I found civilization, a highway!
Change of plan, I found a car to hitchhike to Eilat.
And finally I will try to go to Aqaba to go to Jordan.
And today I found a car to take me to Yotvata,
where there was the spur to go to Mitzpe Ramon.
Except that I actually turned around and I went back to Eilat.
So I found a car to take me just before Eilat.
And finally I decided to cross the border and go to Aqaba.
And crossing the border was also kind of a big deal,
because they made me empty my bag entirely.
So it's always very cheering when there is someone who rummages in your panties
with his hands not necessarily washed.
Besides, tomorrow I don't know yet between Wadi Rum and Petra. It will depend on the condition of my feet.
I'll be quite quick about today because it sums up pretty fast actually.
I stayed a lot in my hotel room this morning in Aqaba.
There was a great atmosphere with the light of the rising sun which crossed the curtains.
Then I left to take a shuttle to go to Wadi Rum,
except that apparently there was no no shuttle today.
But on the other hand, ten minutes later there was a shuttle bus to Petra.
So I took it and went ... so here I am at Wadi Musa,
so the city that is right next to Petra but which is also nicknamed Petra.
Hey.
Today I wanted to make a video a bit special, to talk about what I experienced when I was
in Timna Park, Israel. And where I found myself walking alone at night in the mountains.
It was a completely stupid decision because I got myself involved on a path,
I knew I had for several hours of hiking,
while the sun was already setting.
So yes, eventually I found myself walking at night.
And above all that, in fact my strating goal was to sleep in the mountains.
I don't really know what I was thinking, having no tent, no fluff, no anything.
But indeed it was something I was not prepared to,
neither physically, nor technically, nor mentally. So I wanted to retrace my steps.
Except that backtracking meant walking at night before returning to civilization.
And to try to find my way, and try to read the path marking
when I could not see more than 2 meters ahead of me with the flashlight of my phone.
And so I wanted to talk about two moments in particuler that happened to me.
The first is precisely while I was walking with the flashlight of my phone.
And at one point I saw that the ground stopped.
And in fact I was facing a huge precipice.
A canyon, since I saw in front the mountains that were outlined in the night.
And uh ...
And there is a wow effect. In addition you have the ... there is a kind of ... the wind that blows.
And in fact, you feel that it is very very very deep.
And besides, I threw a pebble to see approximately ...
And it was really very very high. Tens of meters I think.
And I was in the middle of ... on the edge of this ravine.
Well, I could not have fallen because I was not running.
I was very careful about where I was going. I was really careful not to twist my ankle
nor to get my arm stuck under anything, for those who have seen "127 hours".
And then I do not think I would have fallen.
But it's still ... it's still really scary
to face this chasm, on top of that, at night, so you can not know exactly how big it is.
But it's really impressive.
And it highlights a lot of things.
To be like this, in front of ...
Well we are at ... I was two-steps close of a certain death so to speak.
And...
And actually it's ... well when we're on the edge of a cliff, we are much more aware
from what surrounds us and ...
I do not know, it's not the same thing. But the fact that I'm all alone, in the middle of ...
that death, yeah, that was two steps away. Two more steps and I kicked the bucket.
And moreover quite a dumb death. A really stupid death.
And that made me think of a lot of things and ...
I thought it was interesting to share it with you.
And the second thing, the second moment ...
It was also a few minutes after.
I found myself in a kind of ...
... let's say a corridor. I do not know exactly anymore how I got stuck in there.
But to my left there was a cliff, a really straight rock wall
therefore impossible to climb. Especially with a bag 10 kg in the back. And to my right there was ...
a dune that was going up, a pretty steep one.
and that's where you realize that the sand is a b*tch!
Sorry for the swear word, but I insulted it, the sand, I insulted it for several minutes,
for almost several hours.
because it's very pretty, the sand, when it's a beach, and you wear sunglasses
and you sun yourself but when it's a dune and it's a matter of life and death to climb it,
and that the sand slips under your feet and that you have no grips ...
Yeah, you insult it, and really, it put me, it took me a long time to succeed and
and I was so scared and so much angry at myself
to have made this decision to find myself in this situation
as dangerous and as stupid
and there is a moment when I stopped trying to ride this dune
and it's funny, because the moment I stopped trying is just the moment before I succeeded.
I do not know what it is a tell-tale about but
I could not stand it anymore, I was nervous I was exhausted, I was hot, I was scared
and...
And at that moment, I had pretty dark thoughts
and I said to myself, "What's the point, what is it all about?"
"Why am working myself to death?" I was really strung out
and yeah I had pretty sad thoughts : "Anyway, nobody cares,
"... I could stay and die here ..."
And I'm sorry, I hope my parents are not going to watch this video and worry
of potential suicidal ideas, this is not the case, I am very happy to be here!
But at that moment I was really bad, and ...
and actually when I managed to climb that dune
that I managed to find grips, and to climb, and to find myself again
well anyway a little more secure, even if I had hours left
actually really many hours of hiking before I find a place to sleep
The moment I managed to climb this dune
I felt so good.
It's funny like it...
It's gone up - it's gone down all the way down and it's gone up at the top
And having succeeded, I thought:
"Actually yes, I ..."
"... I wanted it I wanted to get there and I proved to myself that I was able to do it. "
And then later when I managed to
to find civilization, and to arrive at Timna Park and find a bed
and then find a car to bring me back, etc. until now, this precise moment
Finally it was really a crappy situation, but I'm so proud I got through it and
I will remember it for a long time and finally it made me
it put a lot of things into perspective it made me think of many things,
it made me ask a lot of questions, about me, who I was, what I was able to do
and how I reacted in crisis situations like these,
and I think it's very, very, very powerful, actually.
I'm not telling you to do the same thing, really not, that's not the idea at all,
but I really wanted to share this experience and tell you how much
here, it was something strong, and that eventually traveling is maybe
one of the most beautiful things that happened to me and I wish you what happens to you too.
So, on these wise words,
I hope it is wise even if it follows a very UNwise decision.
So now, I wish you a good day or a good evening and then I'll see you soon.
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