"Journey into the Wilderness" A couple's fun and carnival in the wilderness

They do not go to crowded scenic spots or well-developed Internet celebrity check-in places; they walk on foot just to reach the wilderness where human civilization has not yet set foot, far away from daily life.

Traveling around the world in the wild places at the ends of the earth are a young Taiwanese couple, hikers who use their feet to explore the world: Yang Shitai and Dai Yiting.

They record while walking, using their unique life experience to span time and geography, feel the soothing power of the wilderness, and rebuild the emotional connection with nature. "Journey into the Wilderness", walk together, explore the wilderness, and embrace our spiritual home.

Departure: The road is calling, nature is calling

What is the purpose of traveling?

Most people will give the answer without hesitation: for the distant scenery.

In the lens and writings of Yang Shitai and Dai Yiting, whether they are standing in the snow-capped Alps, lying in a tent in the camp and looking up at the starry sky in Arizona, or strolling along the "world" along the western coast of Spain, End" town. Stretch your legs and hike in the wilderness. The wilderness will always bring travelers beautiful scenery and excellent scenery without hesitation.

Different from ordinary tourist attractions, you can take a flight, take photos, eat some delicious food, post on Moments, and end the trip happily. Hiking in the inaccessible wilderness is ascetic as it gets, and it's about more than just the scenery. Hiking in the wilderness has its own infinite charm. As you walk, you can feel that there is an endless world beyond the scenery.

So, setting off again and again, hiking has become a habit and an inner need of travelers. That's when the road is calling, nature is calling, and your heart is calling.

Walking: A story of a journey of thousands of miles

Yang Shitai and Dai Yiting traveled to thousands of mountains and rivers around the world and selected 10 tourist routes that combine humanistic characteristics and adventurous spirit. This hard-core outdoor travel guide is a must-see for backpackers, niche travel, in-depth travel, and independent travellers. It also provides a unique perspective on solutions for practitioners in the tourism industry.

Taiwan’s “Zhang’s Thin Trail”

This is a long-distance hiking route from north to south. It spans Taoyuan, Hsinchu, Miaoli and Taichung, and connects the ancient trails of the past. It is more than 400 kilometers long and can be hiked for 100 kilometers. You can set foot on the farm roads, trails and country trails that are still in use today to deeply explore the traditional living space of the Hakka people. Sing folk songs on rainy nights, beat the dog without going out. Reminisce about the past and cherish the present, and appreciate the original and simple natural scenery and glorious history of the third line of Taiwan.

Water Footprints in Northern Thailand

Following the Thai Arctic Fox Hiking Organization, more than 200 participants set off for an outing like a march. Travel through a 50-kilometer hiking route composed of old farm roads and trails between villages, passing through the wide Mekong River, dense forests with vast mountain views, and spectacular "sunset scenes." During the two days of hiking in the deserted area, I could only hear the sounds of apes, insects and gurgling streams in the quiet valley. Everything was so lazy and comfortable. Finally arriving at the ancient Thai Long Neck Village, it suddenly became clear: serenely smiling old people, children running freely... a circular route with mountains and water.

"The river is the end point and the starting point of water. The cycle of water tells everything - everyone must return home eventually."

The ruins of Icelandic roads

Driving around the island on Highways 32, 54, and 1, you will see endless gray-green tundra, undulating like waves. The autumn in Iceland is extremely beautiful, but the weather is bad, which means that the journey is not smooth sailing. Except for Highway 1, which has a huge traffic volume, there are almost no street lights on other roads; floods destroy roads from time to time; the prosperous tourism industry in Feather Canyon is also far from "nature". But it is very easy to see stars and misty clouds at night without street lights. The unknown road is full of elusive charm: lonely and far-reaching ancient glaciers, gentle and wild aurora, slow-moving white fur ball-shaped sheep on the grassland, reflected in the setting sun. The bottom looks like golden marshmallows. The beautiful scenery here is "the kind of beauty that cannot be contained in a frame" and is worthy of people escaping from the city and heading to the uninhabited mountains again and again.

"There is now a saying called ruin plot. People who are full of anxiety due to the pressure of real life will look at life on a grand scale when they are in a scene where time seems to have stopped."

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Looking from the window of the speeding car, the huge peaks, glaciers, and fjords seem to have remained unchanged forever, as if they are in ruins.

There are also the Scottish Highland Trail, the Patagonian Plateau, the National Parks of the American West, the Andes, the Spanish Pilgrimage Route, the Alps...

Every time you walk, it is A unique encounter with nature and local customs.

"The mountains, rivers and lakes we travel through will all become our lives."

The beauty of unexpected encounters: the purpose of travel

Every time Before setting off, hikers will strictly plan their itinerary for the next few days in detail, such as daily mileage, route, camping location, midway supply points, luggage check-in method, etc. However, unexpected encounters without prior planning and that cannot be replicated are the most beautiful memories of the journey——

While hiking on Zhangzhi Road, Yang Shitai and Dai Yiting accidentally participated in an evening party at Luowu Academy. . It was raining that night, and the specific content of the chat was vague. However, when the noise of erhu, guitar, karaoke, etc. stopped, an old Hakka man sang a crisp and warm Hakka folk song - "If you love singing folk songs, just "Speak up, don't wait until the second or third update", as if to tell people, just do what you want to do, and go wherever you want to go.

During a road trip in the United States, they briefly stopped at an old-fashioned laundromat by the lake in Salt City. They ate food bought on the street leisurely in the store and listened to the guests coming and going in Spanish. Chatting softly and warmly, waiting for the dirty clothes to be washed and dried. Yang Shitai recalled in "Journey into the Wild": "I broke into the lives of the locals. It was like a scene in a movie by director Yasujirō Ozu. Old-school and plain, it replaces people’s original imagination of a strange city with a vivid and real picture of daily life. Only in such ordinary scenes can we feel ourselves stopping in the flowing journey. ”

At the end of the "Pilgrimage Route" in Spain, they saw an old pilgrim sitting alone facing the Atlantic Ocean with a blank book in his hand, and another street performer with his back to the sea, playing Led Zeppelin on an acoustic guitar "Stairway to Heaven". This scene makes people feel indescribable melancholy, but also makes people feel relieved - perhaps because the sky is high here, the sea is vast, the entire European continent is behind it, and the boundless ocean is in front of you. There is no way to go, so you can let go of the stone in your heart. , that concern, that idea that I must do a little more.

"The greatest joy of traveling is to discover that new experiences of sight, taste and inner perception will allow people to rediscover themselves."

Looking for: heart, meaning, home

When walking, in addition to measuring the world with the strength of your feet, you must also look for the inner scale.

Walk, talk to yourself, let your heart calm down, and feel the power of life and heart in your daily steps. Find yourself, find your spiritual home, and pursue the meaning of everything outside of things.

Yang Shitai said in the book "Journey into the Wilderness": "Use your feet to find out the answer. Human beings will not build meaningless roads. The roads must lead to somewhere."

Whenever they set foot on the trail, they keep thinking. When they are deep in the wilderness, the silence and vastness of the wilderness will naturally force them to think and search; the people they meet on the journey, the feelings of others His life and life will also be used to reflect on himself.

During their journey into the wilderness, they examine the details of life at a slow pace, adjust themselves during the inspection, and respond to the world that is gradually slowing down at a steady pace in their ordinary daily life.

Wilderness is the home of the human soul. A journey into the wilderness is the closest step to stepping into your heart and finding your heart's home.

A story of a journey of thousands of miles, but also an inner journey. "Wilderness Journey" uses a unique life experience to deeply describe ten classic routes around the world that combine humanities and adventure spirit. Four continents, 21 trails, 136 photos, Patagonia Plateau, Scottish West Highlands, Andes Mountains, Spanish Pilgrimage Route, US West Coast National Parks, Alps, Northern Thailand... Find soothing moments in the wilderness Strength, reconnecting with nature.

Husband and wife Yang Shitai and Dai Yiting embarked on a journey around the world together to explore the core concept of "wilderness aesthetics" through different methods such as hiking, self-driving, and mountain climbing - mystery, freedom, and the undiscovered beauty of human civilization. A journey into the wilderness, a journey into the wilderness away from daily life, a spiritual home.

Editor-in-Chief丨Mu Yue

Art Editor | Xiaoqi

Source of pictures and texts 丨 CITIC Publishing House