We have a team of 6, gathered at Sai Kung at 9am. Took a cab a the start of stage 2. Warm up and start hiking at around 10am.
The weather was hot, humid and without any wind. Very quick, during the uphill section to a 300m hill, my heartrate goes through the roof, hitting 170+. I have to slow down and take many break in the shade.
I sweat a lot and drink more than I was planned. After the first half of stage 2, we took a break at a store. One of the team member is not going well with the hot weather and is losing pace. He decided to pull off. Top up with water/isotonic drink and started again at around 12:30pm. In the mid-day and hot weather, I was consuming about 1 liter fluid per hour. With the slow pace, it took 5 hours to finish stage 2 (including various breaks). And we have some tough decision to make at the start of stage 3. There is no convenient exit point. You have to commit to go for the whole stage 3 which I estimated to take 5 hours. It was 3:30pm and we suppose to meet other team member at 7pm at end of stage 3. It is no way that we can finish in time. And the end, we stop at end of stage 2, defeated by the hot weather.
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