Mount Johnston (Yuk Kwai Shan) Traditional Cache
midnight_burner: thanks for the past fun.
Mount Johnston (Yuk Kwai Shan)
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This is a very easy cache aimed at introducing the Mount Johnston
to you, in case you have not been there before.
I'm sorry that I made a mistake when taking the coordinates, so
they can be a few meters off. I'd be grateful if someone could
report their observed coordinates.
*** please bring your own pen, and replace the container EXACTLY
to the original place and height. ***
Mount Johnston (~195m), aka Yuk Kwai Shan, is at Ap Lei Chau.
People say there are two Yuk Kwai Shans at ALC (one is faked and
another is genuine), but by reading the map, they are actually a
single hill. This geocache is located near a path which you can
climb (not hike!) up to the true 195m summit of the Mount Johnston.
If you found this cache, you should have no problem reaching the
starting point of the trail, which is at the opposite side of the
Salt Water Service Reservoir.
The trail to the summit should have a terrain rating 3 when going
up, and 4.5 when going down, however it is surely safe and fun for
experienced hikers. It took me around 20 minutes to go from Bus
Terminus up to the summit, so it worth you a try even you are not
going for geocaching. You may ask me for a reference GPX track if
you want something that you can follow.
Description in
Chinese:起步點就在利東巴士總站旁，十分方便。由巴士總站的茶水站後，跨過矮欄，進入一道小坑渠，前行一小段，便接石級上走至儲水庫球場。沿左邊鐵絲網的樹叢小徑上走，便接上開揚的登山山徑。由此直往上走，全程盡在屋居民的視線範圍內，既可說安全，但也不能失威。緩緩往山上走，部份山徑是沖溝，有點崎嶇兼頗陡斜，難怪沿途有人放了繩索以作借力。一口氣往上走，不需半小時，便登上玉桂山頂。回望民居，已在腳下。
transport:
CityBus #96 - Causewaybay to Lei Tung Estate Terminus
CityBus #97 - Exchange Square, Central to Lei Tung Estate
Terminus
CityBus #97A - Sham Wan to Lei Tung Estate Terminus
CityBus #98 - Aberdeen to Lei Tung Estate Terminus
*The entrance of the shortcut to the cache/summit is just next to
the Lei Tung Estate Bus Terminus.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
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