Not a field trip for the faint of heart
I still can’t believe it. My kids’ Kadoorie Elementary School persuaded me and dozens of parents to do a pre-dawn hike up this mountain to kick off the school year.
So we woke our kids up at an “ungodly” hour, drove to the base of the mountain in the darkness and started walking up the switchback road to the top, with flashlights. About half way up we began to perceive pine trees rising in the faint glow of the pre-dawn mist. By the time we got to the top it didn’t even matter that clouds blocked us from seeing the actual sunrise. The satisfaction of the joint effort of all the families was its own reward. As we sipped hot apple cider contentedly, white doves were released from a cage to signify the beginning of a new school year.