I had always wanted to go on a high mountainwalk. There are some good long-distance walks in the UK, but there arenˈt any really   (1)  mountains.Before leaving, I   (2)   my clothes, equipment,and the weather forecast. I   (3)   read a couple ofbooks andlooked at some photos and travel blogson the Internet. This was fine, but you canˈt   (4)  them with the real thing!

A lot of incredible things happened duringthe   (5)   . Perhaps the best was the complete   (6)  from city life. While I was   (7)   , there were nocars, no noise, no rush. The   (8)   was of coursevery impressive: valleys (峡谷), mountain lakes, andthere were plants andwildlife that you   (9)   see onTV. And I   (10)  so many interesting people alongthe way, from Europe, Canada, and Japan. When Iarrived at my accommodation, I made new   (11)  .They told me where theyˈd been; I told themwhere I was going; we exchanged (交换) storiesand advice. It was just   (12)  !

But of course there were   (13)   . There alwaysare. In this case, the weather. High mountains   (14)  that the weather can change very quickly. We evenhad snowstorms in July!When your clothes getvery wet, it isnˈt   (15)   to dry them, so youˈre   (16)  thenext day. Andclimbing mountains is hard on yourknees, too. And thereˈs always the   (17)  of fallingon thepaths, where not even a mobile phone can  (18)  you very much.

For me, however, the whole walk was aspecial  (19)   that Iˈll always remember.   (20)   I didthe trip again, thereˈs just one other thing I woulddo differently: lots of physical training before thewalk!