This is my first time traveling alone with a team of complete strangers, and it is a new experience for me. Through this activity, I have refreshed my previous inherent understanding in many aspects, and it has proved the meaning of the saying "Reading thousands of books is not as good as traveling thousands of miles." So here is a simple sharing to record this growing experience.

First of all, let’s give a general introduction to our hiking team. There are 15 people in each group and two leaders. Most of the others were around 40 years old, and two of them were probably over 50. I was the youngest and the only newbie. The others are all seniors who have traveled through mountains and seas, and have certain qualifications in the outdoors.

So being in such a team gave me a unique meaning to this hiking trip. Our hiking route this time is the Anshan Ancient Trail in Xinchang County, Shaoxing, Zhejiang. It is 12 kilometers in total and needs to climb two peaks with a height of about 500 meters.

At the first kilometer of hiking, I had the idea of ??giving up. I am a white-collar worker in an office, and I rarely exercise. The first part of the journey consists of hundreds of steps. After finishing it in one breath, my legs began to shake and I was out of breath. I felt at that time that I shouldn't have come. What should I do next? . . But it didn't work. They were all older than me. As a young man, I couldn't keep my face down, so I had to walk on hard.

Just like this, I fell to the back of the team, and slowly opened up the gap with the team. I was really tired, but I couldn't stop. I kept telling myself in my mind: "I can walk slowly, but I can't stop. I can finish the 12 kilometers of road even slower step by step." . So when others stopped to rest and take pictures, I had to keep walking to ensure that I would not be pulled down.

We accidentally lost our way along the way. Because of the mountain road, some parts of it are not available on the navigation system. If we go wrong, we will never be able to find our way back. I can only make mistakes, so after 6 kilometers, I almost followed my feelings, but I am still a little lucky. Because of this reason, I ended up walking 4 kilometers less and climbing one less hill. I was already exhausted at that time. It really couldn't be more suitable for me.

So what is the significance of this hike to me? It’s the persistence when one of them is about to give up. I am a relatively Buddhist person in life. Although I have my own goals and ideas, I also have the courage and persistence to move forward towards my goals. But I never force myself. If you can't finish something in one day, do it in two days. If you can't do it in two days, do it in three days. You can eventually complete it. But after this experience, I discovered that it shouldn’t be like this. When sprinting towards your goal, you need to persevere again and again when you have residual health, so that you can truly grow quickly. You have to leave a way for yourself again and again. In the end, even if you complete the goal, you will only complete it. , and cannot truly grow.

The second is the team. I am very grateful to the partners who took me forward this time. It taught me a lot of practical experience and skills, such as how to breathe when going up the mountain so that I can walk more easily, how to move when going down the mountain so that I don’t fall easily, etc. It’s all these friends who taught me. In addition, the reason why I can persist in completing this journey is also because of them.

After I finished, I would think to myself, "What keeps me going? Is it the support and encouragement from my teammates?"

"No, they didn't even give me a word of encouragement." ”

“Is that the destination 12 kilometers away?”

“No, I felt out of breath after walking two kilometers. At that time, he told me that I still need to walk 5 more steps. I don’t think I can persist and I will collapse.”

What really makes me persist is actually walking 50 meters in front of me. For those people outside, what I was thinking about was not to complete the 12 kilometers. What I was thinking about was not to be pulled down by the team. When they were done, I was done too. Secondly, no matter how much encouragement and comfort you give, it is not as meaningful as these role models who are walking in front of you and practicing it.

So I am really, really grateful to these partners who have taken me forward together. In addition, I am also very lucky that I did not bring my brothers and best friends with me. I believe that as long as anyone said to me at that time, "Brother, I can't bear it, why not forget it." I think I would definitely agree immediately, and naturally I would miss this time. Growing experience.