The person who came to pick me up was a local guide, a native of Pakistan in his thirties.
"My name is Zaher, hello, Xia Guolai's brother."
The Baguo guide used Xiaguo dialect. Although the pronunciation was so loud that even dogs would not like to hear it, it made people feel his enthusiasm.
Phuntso Tashi is the one-to-one private guide who accompanied Chen Mu to climb the mountain, but from Skardu to the K2 base camp, there must be a familiar and experienced guide leading the way, and Zaher is this person.
"Zaher has been a porter on this road since he was a teenager, and later became a guide. He is very experienced and is the number one guide on our company's recommendation list."
"He once led our Tibetan mountaineering team into K2, and also led many professional mountaineering teams from Yitaili, Riji, Moai and other countries to walk the route of the Bartolo Glacier, so he is our guide. The chances of something going wrong are absolutely minimized.”
"Besides us this time, there is another climbing team that wants us to go up the mountain together. We will meet up at the hotel later, stay for two days, apply for the mountain pass, and then start going up the mountain..."
I got in the car and came to the hotel very quickly. There were quite a lot of people in the hotel.
Pengcuo Tashi told Chen Mu that at this time of year, there are a lot of mountaineering teams here, and there are many people who come here for hiking, all crowded together.
Phuntso Tashi and Zaher went to join the big troops, while Chen Mu found a place to sit down in the lobby and waited.
People here come from all over the world, but they all communicate with each other in English.
Whether they know each other or not, they strike up a conversation with each other. Most of the openings are like this: "Where are you going? K2? I'm going to G2."
Chen Mu found it very interesting, just like those elementary school monks who met for the first time: "Do you like Hokage? I like Shikamaru, who do you like?"
Soon, someone came over to say hello to him: "Hey, friend, you look like a Xia countryman. How are you? Are you here to climb the mountain? Or on foot?"
"climb mountains!"
Chen Mu replied, "What about you?"
His English was obviously so good that he surprised the other party. The man was a foreigner in his forties, so he sat down immediately: "My name is Sang Li, an American of Turchi descent. This time I came to climb G2."
The four peaks in Karakoram with an altitude of more than 8,000 meters are Qiaogeli Peak, Broad Peak, Gasherbrum I Peak, and Gasherbrum II Peak.
K2 is known as K2.
Gasherbrum I is called G1.
Gasherbrum II is known as G2.
All four of these peaks sit on the Baltolo Glacier and have long been popular choices for climbers.
This Sangli came to climb Gasherbrum II Peak, which is 8,068 meters above sea level and is the second highest peak in the Karakoram Mountains, second only to Chogri Peak.
Chen Mu had nothing to do anyway, so he chatted with Sang Li.
This person runs a trading firm, and its main business is oriented to the Middle East, including Turchi, Culia, Shate and other places.
Because I am keen on mountaineering, I will leave my business for one or two months every year and come to these high mountains.
"This is the fourth time I have come to Karakoram. Except for the first time, I successfully climbed up to K2. The previous two times were due to bad weather, so I couldn't go up, and finally withdrew... Well, I hope this time I can Good luck, successfully boarded G2."
Mountaineering is all about timing. It’s really about watching the sky. If you go up the mountain when the weather is bad, or if the weather suddenly changes after you go up the mountain, it’s really a dead end.
In the event of a sudden change in the weather, it is considered good luck to be able to withdraw smoothly.
Of course, even if the withdrawal was smooth and life-threatening, it would still be extremely frustrating afterwards.
It is obvious that we are about to climb to the top, but we can only look at the top and sigh. Only those who have experienced it can understand this kind of regret.
In the climbing history of K2, there are many climbers who do not want to have this regret, and with a fluke mentality, even if the weather changes suddenly, they still have to climb to the top by force, and finally end up buried on the snow peak, thus achieving the "Killer Peak" Great reputation.
"I don't know why, but I have not been able to climb G2 smoothly. The previous two times I almost reached the summit, but I still couldn't succeed, so I came early this year, hoping to wait for a good window."
Sanli was talking in a rambling manner.
He is a chatterbox, or maybe because he is about to try to climb G2 for the third time, he is a little nervous, so that he talks a lot to relieve the pressure in his heart.
Chen Mu had done some calculations before, and felt that if he wanted to conquer fourteen "8000+" buildings, he would need 14 million. Now it seems that is really the minimum consumption.
Like Sangli, a G2 has been climbed twice, but it still hasn't succeeded. The consumption here is not something that can be solved by one million.
Well, dreams are expensive!
Chen Mu had a deeper understanding of this matter.
After chatting for a while, Sang Li felt that he had a good chat with Chen Mu, so he took the initiative to exchange contact with Chen Mu, and the two separated.
Chen Mu continued to wait for a while, when Phuntso Tashi came back and said, "Come with me, our climbing team has arrived and is upstairs in the meeting room."
Chen Mu hurriedly followed Phuntso Tashi upstairs to meet everyone.
Phuntso Tashi said while walking in front: "It is said that this year the weather is better and more people come here to climb the mountain, so our company's mountaineering team probably wants to go up the mountain together.
Zaher is everyone's mountain guide, and he will be responsible for taking us up the mountain.
I am mainly responsible for you alone, and there is another guide who is responsible for the other three people. They are one-to-three services.
After the training, you will be together, say hello to them later, try to get along with each other as much as possible... well, if there are some small things that don't fit with each other, try to put them away as much as possible. , At critical times, it may be necessary to watch over and help each other, and not to make the relationship stalemate. "
Chen Mu understood what Pengcuo Tashi meant, and he was afraid that their company's customers would have conflicts. They would be forced by the extremely harsh conditions on the mountain, and it would be difficult to deal with it at that time. When getting along, you will not be too "unwelcoming".
Chen Mu asked, "Who are they?"
Phuntso Tashi said: "Two are from Shencheng. It seems that one is engaged in real estate, the other is engaged in games, and the other is a Chinese, female, from the silent mourning nationality."
Chen Mu understood, nodded and said: "Don't worry, I won't have conflicts with others, even if they take the initiative to provoke me, I will endure it, and after climbing the mountain, I will fuck him in private, and I will never make it difficult for you .”
Hearing what Chen Mu said was interesting, Phuntso Tashi couldn't help but smiled: "Okay, I believe you."
He has been in contact with Chen Mu for the past few days, and he has already understood Chen Mu's temper. Although this kid is young and also a "big boss", he is easy to get along with and has a low temper.