Climbing the Seven Sisters Cliffs

Climbing the Seven Sisters was the toughest hike I’ve ever done. I saw only stunning pictures on the Internet, my sister’s photos from Beachy Head Cliffs, and heard her stories, that was my knowledge about this God’s masterpiece…. If I knew the truth, I would not go the whole path; my fears would stop me. But I did not, I did not expect something more than amazing and breathtaking views, but besides a beautiful experience, I have also faced that the seven hills were almost vertical with severe and harsh wind and dense fog, and stunning views should pay their price. The path was challenging; it was difficult to go down, but easier to go up. I made a long trip by foot from Beachy Head to Seven Sisters, climbing all seven hills and then approaching the exit from the National Trust zone to the bus station, the full trip with stops was about 6 hours.

This trip was not only about the masterpiece created by God and nature millions of years ago, but a path to thyself through fears, anxiety, and challenges. On one hill, the wind was so huge that my sister quickly took my hand, and we very slowly sat down and put our other hands on the ground to feel it and not to fly away into the depths of the sea. It was terrifying and relieving simultaneously. I had no thoughts in my mind throughout the whole trip. The powerful wind swept my thoughts away, leaving my mind blank. I was naked, free, and so light that I felt I could really fly - a strange and strong feeling that united fear and freedom.

There were also other people climbing the hills, but not a lot; not on this particular path of Seven Sisters. Conquering every Hill, I faced a specific fear I must overcome.

I walked slowly through the dense fog, barely seeing a step ahead, and this natural fog on the cliff can be compared with fog in the mind. The more you overcome the fear, the more transparent the view becomes and the fog disappears.

The one moment of my trip made me speechless - it was a woman between 65 and 80 alone with trekking poles, with vivid problems in her spine overcoming one hill after another slowly but insistently. She resembled my mother - fragile but resilient and strong. Looking at her I could not give up and stop going….

26.08.2025