Tà Chì Nhù – Ascending to Laugh in the Face of Pain

Tà Chì Nhù poses a real challenge for those who frequently opt for a simple and low-effort lifestyle.

Tà Chì Nhù – Ascending to Laugh in the Face of Pain

After three days and two nights away from Hanoi, where the air is sometimes thick and even breathing feels difficult, we find ourselves smiling amidst the pain. Some experience overall body aches, while others tense up like mice, yet these pains are not unbearable.

Tà Chì Nhù, located in Trạm Tấu district, Yên Bái, is not just the sixth highest mountain in Vietnam, standing at 2,979 meters, but also a gauge of endurance. Tà Chì Nhù is an experience of hardship, of endurance. It involves accepting challenges, understanding that the notion of 'stopping here' may be constant, but we all comprehend that there's only one path: to continue.

It's salty sweat diluted with refreshing mist, it's body warmth rising, it's a heart beating rapidly, it's a headache pulsating in rhythm with the heartbeat, it's moments of instability, relying solely on climbing sticks.

It's six hours filled with anticipation for the destination, whispering to each other 'How much farther?' or 'Are we halfway there yet?' It's taking a deep breath with the half-joking, half-serious remark: 'Almost there, just a few more steps.'

Comparing the exhaustion at Tà Chì Nhù with everyday fatigue is impossible. Daily tiredness is gentle, it's surplus energy. But at Tà Chì Nhù, it's exhaustion with no retreat, it's fatigue from lack of water, lack of minerals, where even a piece of dry ration split six ways feels marvelous.

It's unexpected slips, falling and getting back up intact, understanding a part of the meaning of luck. Knee injuries, ankle sprains, they're part of the game, but no matter what, no one is left behind alone.

Setting up camp at the summit, cooking with the H'Mong boys, making city youth realize they're useless except for 'keyboard dancing'.

It's an opportunity to perceive the passage of time most clearly. Witnessing the ever-changing landscape every minute, every second. Feeling the clouds envelop the mountains, the mountains embrace the clouds. It's the joy of clouds kissing the cheeks, cool and refreshing.

And Tà Chì Nhù is an experience nearly impossible to put into words, only knowing that after climbing down, looking up at the overwhelming sky, hardly believing you've conquered each peak, each elevation, fantasizing that no hardship can ever overcome you again.

And here we are again, with a new week ahead, gearing up for the weekend and planning a few trips...

By Trần Thanh Thế/Plo.vn

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Reference: Travel guide from Mytour