Lantau Base Camp

Lantau Base Camp is a very useful store in, yep you guessed it, Lantau, or Mui Wo to be more precise. It is a super useful store selling all kinds of outdoor clothing and paraphernalia, perfect if you are about to take a hike across the island but have forgotten something, or just finished a hike realised that your boots are rubbish and need a new pair.
The products in store are all brands, so you know you are buying quality, and all reasonably priced in accordance to manufacturers RRP. There is even an online store, so you don’t have to trek all the way to Mui Wo. However, at the store, they often have sales on old stock, so you may be able to pick up a bargain .
For Lantau Base Camp, it is all about us getting out and about in HK. The Mui Wo shop has a map outside with trails marked up, so you can get a good idea as to what hiking is available. They also have a bag drop scheme for HKD5 per day, which is useful if you decide to do an easier hike which doesn’t require your ice axe. I like to use the bag drop as an extra safety measure when I hike alone, the idea being if I don;t come back to collect it, «call mountain (of slightly big hill) rescue!».
LBC also do a number of running and hiking events for the more ambitious and fit. There are details on their website. Personally, I’d let those guys go ahead and plod along at my own pace. Tortoise and hare and all that!

A couple years ago a friend and I attempt a Man Vs. Wild challenge. The goal was to hike from Mui Wo to Tai O and spend a night somewhere camping in between. Wild welcomed Man into its home with open arms, snatched us up, chewed on us for the night, then spat us out. Man — 0 Wild — 1. We limped into a taxi the following morning.
This was before we knew of Lantau Base Camp. The shop, near the Mui Wo ferry pier, sells outdoor sporting gear; rucksacks, shoes, tops, gloves, and even water resistant earphone casing to protect your current earphones from beads of sweat. How thoughtful. They also have a range of energy products, protein shakers and the lot — everything we could have used on that fateful night. The LBC also set up nighttime trail runs on Wednesday and Thursday night. No thank You. 10k to 16k. No thanks again. But for all you daredevils out there that have little regard for your life it may be an idea of fun. Until a cobra pops out of a bush or one of those face-​sized spiders crawls up a trouser leg. No thank you.
If I could go back in time I’d stop off at LBC before our Man Vs. Wild expedition, ask for advice on where to set up camp (Not on the top of a hill during a windy night!), buy some energy supplies, and then give Wild a whooping it would never forget. That last part may be a tad optimistic but you never know.