The "Clueless in Sai Kung" Hike (20 July, 2008)

This was one of my more challenging hikes. It was a fairly long one - we started at 10am, ended at 7pm. We have done longer ones in the past.. but it was a really hot day (35 degrees celcius), and for the first time I found myself out of breath and dehydrated on a hike. We were on a steep and uncovered trail. (Sharp Peak is one of the steepest in HK) . Psychologically, the heat made it a killer of a hike. To make it a perfect script, we got LOST for a good 2.5 hours on our way down to the peninsula. We just kept ending up at gorges. And yes, the heat was not helping all this while!

This was also my first major hike since I hurt my knee in January earlier this year.. and I think I did well not to hurt it again. All in all - this was an awesome experience - but only because we made it back safely! Enjoy the pics!



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Top 20 Rock Songs

I started listing my top 10 and found that 7 of them came from Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin and The Who, which left just 3 more spots from roughly 60 years of rock history. Hence a change of plan, and here goes my top 20.... which now has 5 Pink Floyd songs in it! And NO, I am not biased ;) .... I further realized, that it is not really possible to "rank" these songs beyond my fav 3 at best. So while # 1 through 3 reflect my top picks in the order specified, the others do not.

1. Comfortably Numb (P.U.L.S.E version) - Pink Floyd
2. Stairway To Heaven - Led Zeppelin
3. Coming Back to Life - Pink Floyd
4. Highway to Hell - ACDC
5. Teenage Wasteland - The Who
6. Keep on Rocking in the Free World - Neil Young
7. Sweet Child of Mine - Guns and Roses
8. Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
9. Kashmir - Led Zeppelin
10. Imagine - John Lenon
11. You cant always get what you want - Rolling Stones
12. Dont Stop Believing - Journey
13. Hotel California - Eagles
14. Purple Haze - Jimmy Hendrix
15. Hey Jude - The Beatles
16. Time - Pink Floyd
17. Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
18. We dont need no education - Pink Floyd
19. Eminence Front - The Who
20. Wonderwall - Oasis

Comfortably Numb - P.U.L.S.E. Version : The best song ever, from the best concert ever, by the best guitarist ever!