When we heard the word "Blood Snow", we were all taken aback, because we were all heard about it for the first time, and by listening to the meaning of Maimat, the appearance of Blood Snow was not a good sign.
Big eyes asked: "What is blood snow?"
Maimat said: “Blood Snow and Cowin are also one of the rare wonders on the plateau snow-capped mountains, but they are different in meaning from Cowin. Cowin is as white as Hada and is a symbol of auspiciousness; blood and snow implies disaster and is regarded as a symbol of good fortune. An ominous omen. Sometimes a blood red suddenly appears on the white snow on the side of a snow-capped mountain, which is called blood snow, but you can’t see anything when you get close. According to the scientific point of view, blood snow and rainbow are either Like a mirage, it is a phenomenon of optical refraction in nature."
Big Eye asked: "What disaster will happen?"
Maimat said: "The appearance of blood and snow is often accompanied by destructive natural phenomena such as avalanches and gusts."
Big eyes murmured: ";Blood and snow appeared, the weather has changed. I think we should return to the mountain village, it is safer to come tomorrow." After speaking, he looked at us and asked: "What do you think? "
Maimat said: "I don't care, but even if you go down the mountain today and come back tomorrow, today will be the expense."
Jia Sidao said firmly: "You don't have to choose tomorrow, just today. Going to Xuefeng is always a dangerous thing, but tomorrow you may not know what you will encounter."
Zhang Ling said: "I agree with Mr. Jia."
I said: "I agree too."
Three to one, Big Eye had to say, "When I said nothing."
Maimaiti smiled and said, "In this case, let's continue on our way."
The five people continued to climb up the mountain. Two hours later, the wind on the hillside suddenly became stronger, as if there was a wall facing us, stifling our progress.
Big eyes covered his mouth with his collar, squinted his eyes and said, "Isn't it said that there was wind in the afternoon? Why is the wind blowing now?"
Maimat said: "It's because of the blood and snow."
Big eyes scolded: "Damn! Damn it!"
Zhang Ling said: "If we move forward in this way and reach above the snow line, our stamina will be almost exhausted. Do you have any good ideas?"
Maimaiti squinted her eyes to look up to the mountain and said, "We can only find one first
Take refuge in a shelter from the wind. "
With the experience of Maimati, we found a place with weaker wind in a mountain col. This is a large flat slope, but the middle is like being dug away by a spoon, and the area is not large. The inverted wind swept over the top of the col, at least the camp can be settled smoothly.
We built two tents. This kind of camp has sixteen nails inside, and four fixed cables are also held outside to make it very securely fixed, and it can withstand strong winds from any direction.
More importantly, it uses a double-layer honeycomb inflatable reinforced film as the tent material, and the eggshell-like silkworm pupa shape makes it resistant to ordinary rolling stones and ice avalanches. In the polar environment, the strong wind often blows the millstone-sized rocks all over the ground. An ordinary barracks will be a hole. Only this kind of silkworm chrysalis camp can withstand the blow of the rolling stone.
This kind of tent was prepared for us by old A sent people when we were in Mog.
The camp tent is relatively short and low, so that the cat’s waist can get in. It’s like getting into a big sleeping bag. Usually a camp tent can accommodate four people lying down, but you have to choose another place outside the camp if you start to cook or cook.
We set up a pressure cooker near the wall of the mountain col. The Daxue Mountain has high altitude and low air pressure. It is impossible to cook food without a pressure cooker, and even water cannot be boiled.
This shelter is for a whole day.
At ten o'clock in the evening, the wind was still unabated, but the sky was full of stars, but when I looked up the mountain, it was foggy.
Maimat stared at the fog on the mountain, and said in a deep voice, "This fog..."
I looked up to the top of the mountain. The fog filled the main peak like a big mushroom. The several Weifeng peaks on both sides also covered some fog. I said, "What's wrong with this fog?"
Maimat said, "This fog seems to be fading."
"Ah? No?" Big Eyes said in surprise: "Samsak said, the fog on this mountain has never cleared."
Maimaiti said: "Fade is not equal to disappear. I have been observing for more than half an hour, and the fog is indeed fading. I think if it is midnight today, there must be unexpected gains."
"What unexpected gain?" I asked.
Maimaiti said, "I don't dare to say it yet, I'll know it by looking at it then."
At midnight, none of us slept, but went out together
Tent, observe with binoculars.
Haoyue was in the sky, the mountain wind was harsh, and the fog of the Big Snow Mountain that should have been shrouded in mist was a lot thinner, revealing the true face of Mount Lu.
The snow mountain’s true face is as fierce as the devil. Between the two Weifeng peaks, it forms a mountain-shaped trident with the main peak. There are three ridges to climb on the main peak. The slope of each ridge is close to or exceeds 75 degrees. The snow-capped mountain looks like an ancient bell.
Halfway up the mountain, a huge ice tongue licked and smashed the three spine completely. The ice tongue was cut to pieces under the perennial action of the wind wind, and the ice cracks were like slits cut by knives. The arrangement is so dark that there is no bottom, if you want to climb to the top of the mountain, you must cross the ice crack area.
The wind blows the snow on the mountainside into a chaotic sky, but the snow on the top of the mountain is piled up like eaves due to the wind. The thickest part of the snow is like a mushroom umbrella, which is obviously higher than the mountainside, forming a bell, more like a bell. Human head.
Under the dim moonlight, the whole snow-capped mountain resembled a ghost in a cloak. The snow pile was his open devil's mouth, which would close at any time.
Between the ice cracks and the mushroom-shaped pile of snow on the top of the mountain, a thick rock wall is exposed, which is a pile of rubbish at first glance.
The crust is like dry and cracked dry fields, and huge rocks are dug out from the surface by the wind from time to time. I don't know where they are thrown from a distance.
The four took turns to look through the binoculars. No one spoke. Finally, Big Eyes expressed his opinion. He asked, "Can this mountain really be climbed?"
If nothing else, those ice cracks can't be passed without tools; and the piles of rocks, which are swept by the wind, how can the terrible westerly belt pass through
Even if it passes, the pile of snow like mushroom caps, don't talk loudly, even if the foot is heavier, I am afraid it will collapse, it is a direct avalanche!
Maimat said: "You can't climb, so after I send you to the ice crack, you have to make your own decisions."
Zhang Ling adjusted the camera, bit his lip, and said: "The three ridges must pass through the ice crack zone and the westerly zone, and the top snow cover is better from the southernmost slope and the northernmost slope. Of course, it is only better. That's it. As for how to get there, let's talk about it when we get there."
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