I spent the night in the camp. In the early morning of the next day, when I stepped out of the tent, the fog on the top of the mountain had not yet fully gathered. I could still see the ice cracks like countless mouths.
In the early morning, due to the relationship between air pressure and circulation, the wind was much smaller than during the day, but it was still strong. We put away the tent, and climbed the mountain faster than usual by wind, and soon passed the snow line.
On the way around the southern ridge, we found another mountain col. This col is much larger than the place where we lived last night. The wind from the mountains seems to form a strange loop outside this col, and only a slight breeze flows into it at a time.
There are two huge rock piles in the col, and prayer flags are hunting in the wind. Most of the prayer stones in the bottom layer of countless white stones have been weathered, and the top prayer stones are still showing new red paint, indicating that people here have been coming for the ceremony.
We were curious in our hearts and walked over to check. What was even more surprising was that it was written in Uyghur script "Those who step into this door must give up all hope."
Maimat bowed solemnly on the prayer stone a few times, and stood up and said, "I can only send you here. This is the gate of hell. You will walk the rest of the way."
Is it the gate of hell again
I looked up and saw that after the gate of hell, the ice rift valley was like the entrance to hell. Numerous beasts opened their mouths, waiting for the devoured souls to fall, and the wind in the mountains made a tearing whistling sound, which was the roar of the devil. , It is trembling.
Turning around and looking back, behind him is a glimpse of the small mountains, the peaks are low, and under the soft moonlight, it exudes the charm of a sleeping woman, a green with silver luster that is as bright as a gem, and the sky and stars dance with the moon, and suddenly feel, What a quiet place it is, only the wind from heaven gently rubbing around, so gentle that you want to lie down in the arms of your mother.
I asked: "Are there often people here to worship?"
"Yes. I come every time I go up the mountain."
"Are anyone coming besides you?"
"Yes, but I have never met."
The four of us looked at each other, and then Zhang Ling took out 50,000 yuan and handed it to him, saying, "You are here to wait for us for three days. If we haven't returned after three days, you can go down the mountain."
Buy, buy and take the money and say: "Yes, three days later, it will still be at this time."
Saying goodbye to Maimaiti, we continued to hurried northward. After crossing the gates of hell, the wind is obviously increasing. It is not like it is time for us to climb a hill, but the wind pushes us forward, as if pushing us towards that hell.
Of the depths.
After crossing the ice-stained area, the slope suddenly increased. The ridge of the rock stood upright in front of everyone like a giant. The slope of close to 75 degrees was almost the same as vertical climbing.
Jia Sidao took off his gloves, rubbed his hands, and said, "Now is the real start to climb the mountain."
Zhang Ling took out the mountaineering equipment from his backpack and said, "Everyone, get ready."
Rock climbing, as a modern outdoor sport, has become well-known to more and more people. However, it is not possible for ordinary rock climbers to carry 30 to 40 kilograms and climb in a micro-oxygen environment at an altitude of more than 5,000 meters. Did it.
We assembled the tools, stretched out our ten fingers to find the attachment points on the rock wall, buried the rock vertebrae, set the main rope, fasten the quick hook, fasten the seat belt... We have to draw one out of the blunt cliff. On the way.
Thin air and extremely low temperature environment are our biggest test. How to keep our breathing in such an environment with the same effect as in low altitude areas, how to use the rapid movement of finger joints to promote blood circulation to resist low temperature...
And the greater test is yet to come, in the ice crack, and after the crack-the west wind belt of death!
The climb is about two hundred meters, the slope is slightly slow, but we still need to use protection points to move forward smoothly. We worked hard until we reached the ice rift valley without encountering much danger.
Standing in front of the ice rift valley, the four people were all in a daze.
Huge glacier rifts are in front of them, they are like greedy beasts, how many souls can't fill their stomachs.
The ice rift valley is formed by a whole piece of glacier being eroded by wind. It looks like frozen skin cracked. First it splits into three pieces longitudinally. Then due to uneven force, it splits horizontally. The fractures are like leaf veins everywhere. It's a torn rip.
Those cracks expand every day under the action of the wind, so many places can no longer be counted as cracks. Under the action of various forces, countless icicles towering to the sky have formed, which is also one of the rare wonders on the snow-capped mountains: Ice Tallinn.
Standing on the lower edge of the glacier, looking at this huge glacier that was cut and scarred by the wind, it is like a piece of tofu whose surroundings are intact, but the center has been baptized by a blender. The three main fissures are hundreds of meters wide, and the bottom collapses into ice. In Tallinn, along the main crack, the lines of the cracks extend in all directions like the veins of leaves, and the entire glacier is in a state of cracking at any time.
Although the cracks on the edge can be crossed in one step, the surface of the glacier is as smooth as a mirror.
Even if you put on crampons, you can't guarantee a steady footing, not to mention that the closer you go to the center, the wider the crack, which is no longer human power can jump over. Part of the cracks cut the glacier into a wedge-shaped ice wall with small heads and feet. The top is hundreds of square meters of ice, and the bottom shrinks abruptly, like a bee's waist. The wind blows through and makes people feel that it is crumbling, let alone a foothold.
There are still some icicles that have collapsed, but they have not been lying horizontally. Instead, they have piled up with other icicles to form an arch or domino shape.
Looking at the huge crystal rock that was chopped with a knife and axe, I couldn't help but think of the ice cave that I had drilled in Hoh Xil.
Standing in front of the crack, we began to discuss how to pass.
Those icicles are brittle and hard. If you use a zip line to cross, once the hanging icicle breaks, there will be some sharp ice like a spear underneath. If it falls on it, it will be pierced to the heart.
Even if the icicles can support the take-off cable, there are still some icicles that are like knives and axes. If they hit it head-on, they won't be split into two pieces!
To make matters worse, some cracks are so huge that they have exceeded the limit of the zip line.
"I have an idea." I said.
Jia Sidao said, "Let's listen."
I pointed to the opposite side of the crack and said, “Below this is the frozen soil, and the last big crack forms an ice slope with the upper peak of the glacier. Just look for a crack large enough to reach the frozen soil directly. Let’s slide to the crack first. Below, there should be a passage that can be accommodated, and then drill out the crack area, cross the ice tower forest, and finally reach the upper end of the glacier by ice climbing. I think it is safer than walking on the surface of the glacier."
Zhang Ling said immediately: "No, who knows what's under these cracks? If you get stuck in the middle, you will be troubled."
Jia Sidao smiled and said, "I know what you mean, do you think this glacier melting cave is similar to the ice cave we drilled in Hoh Xil last time?"
I nodded immediately.
Jia Sidao said: "Glacier melting caves and ice caves sound a word difference, but there is a huge difference. Ice caves are melted ice water acting on the mountain for a long time, dissolving the mountain out of the tunnels and caves; while the glacier melts The main body of the cave is a glacier, which is affected by greenhouse gases and melted. There are ice cracks in it, cliffs and deep valleys and snow walls everywhere. There is no way to go down to the ground, and people cannot walk through it at all. ."
Big Eye asked anxiously: "Then, what should I do?"
We unanimously looked at Jia Sidao. Every time we encountered this kind of time, he was our backbone. Who made his cultivation so high
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