2011年09月28日

张家界遇蛇记

与蛇有过“亲密接触”吗

跟我说说你的故事吧!我的也许不够精彩,蛇却是货真价实。

每日一瞥—张家界遇蛇记

张家界群峰我前后爬过两次。但其实,我的腿脚压根儿不想经受这样的摧残——一次也不想。

黄昏时,我傻乎乎地爬上其中一座,想拍日落。登了顶才发现,这里拍摄效果不佳。但临顶俯瞰依然非常漂亮,遗憾只缺一张日落西山。上行的过程十分艰辛。沿山的侧面盘旋而上凿着很多小阶,还有一些往山体中所嵌的缝隙深处延伸。偶尔几处须低头弯腰才能通过,很多地方还特别容易打滑。

下山时已是漆黑一片,伸手不见五指。我的相机背带上有盏小灯——不是那种明晃晃的闪光灯(其实应该带一个来的),我就借着这点光亮往山下走。回去的路大约有4公里,四周群峰林立,只有我一人行于其间。路上一个人都碰不到,我也没指望碰上其它东西——直到我差点踩上那条蛇。

眼前的这位仁兄盘曲着粗壮的身体,正好挡在去路之上,想绕开根本没门儿。我想弄清它的目的何在,可以确信:他就想把我弄个满脸开花。

我让灯亮着,同时思考如何应付。周围树木丛生,既没石头,也没其它像样的投掷物。我倒是可以扔根燕麦卷过去,但估计人家只当开胃菜塞牙缝儿了。

我开始准备三角架,想着把这家伙从路上拨开——不行,这会儿貌似也行不通。

三角架已拉到最长,可我离得还是很远。我试想蛇的动作能有多快,同时计划了多条逃跑路线,包括利用三角架、双脚、跳跃以及逃生方向。然而所有方案都包含一个不确定(但至关重要)的变量——蛇的敏捷程度。

就在我还在设想逃生情形时,那条蛇猛一抬头,闪身窜过小路,速度之快足以赶超猎豹,我简直无法相信,就像一支离弦之箭瞬间划过。

我又等了几秒钟才继续赶路。之前的那些逃跑计划,想想都觉得好笑。

The Rest of the Chinese Snake StoryI had climbed up and down the spires of Zhangjiajie twice, which is twice more than my legs wanted to go.I foolishly went up one of the spires at sunset trying to get a photo.  I got to the top, and there was no good sunset.  It was still awesome and everything -- just no sunset photo.  And getting up is not easy.  There are little stairs caved into the sides of the mountain that spiral up and through inlaid cave systems.  There is occasional ducking and a lot of worry about slippery bits.So the time had come to descend.  It was dark. Bear-den dark.  I had a little light on my camera strap (not really a full-on flashlight like I should have had).  I kept it on as I walked back.  It was about a four kilometer back through these spires alone.  I never saw another human, and I didn't expect to see anything -- until I almost stepped on this snake ...- Trey RatcliffRead the rest of the snake story here at the Stuck in Customs blog.

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