Starting from Askol, the road is gentle at the beginning, with green fields and the only visible flower here-alpine roses.
Anyway, Chen Mu saw that the flowers didn't look much like roses, and felt that the name was chosen casually.
After walking for a while, I came to a checkpoint for entering the mountain. It was a small white house, and I needed to fill in forms, check documents, etc., and the procedures were cumbersome.
It is said that there are many poachers in the mountains. In order to prevent poachers from destroying, this is the only way.
After entering the mountain, you will often meet military patrols. They will prevent poaching and protect the safety of mountaineering teams and tourists.
After passing the checkpoint, it is necessary to walk along the Brudu River.
From here, the road becomes difficult.
There is a river between the mountains, and the river is rushing, and some areas seem to be very turbulent
The road is a small path that cuts up and down from the cliff on the mountain. It is very dangerous. If you are not careful, you may fall off the cliff, and you may fall into seven or eight pieces if you don't roll into the river.
Although it is not dangerous for people to be careful when walking on it, the key is to keep in mind, the pressure is very high, and the altitude of 3000 meters will make people feel very tired.
"Mr. Chen, tell me, how can these porters walk so fast, carrying something as high as a hill, I feel a little out of breath."
Zhang Jiahui supported two climbing crutches and spoke out of breath.
Everyone has two climbing crutches, and Chen Mu also has one. He actually doesn't feel too tired, but Zhang Jiahui's speed is the slowest, so he deliberately walks slower, and the two of them walk together, and they can talk on the way.
"Can you compare with others? You come to climb the mountain for interest, and others for survival. It is said that every year when this season comes, you will keep walking until the weather is bad. This is commonplace for others."
Chen Mu really admires these Batie brothers in his heart now. They carry so many things on their backs, and they can walk like flying without using a climbing stick. It really makes people wonder how their bodies are so long.
Zhang Jiahui actually knew about the working hours of the porters. At this time, he just had nothing to chat with, and asked: "Did you find out that what they ate for the past two days was only chapati pancakes, a little sauce, and root vegetables?" Not at all, this is too scary, the nutrition can’t keep up at all... Alas, I would have bought more things for them to take with them in Skadu, at least improve their food.”
Chen Mu rolled his eyes angrily: "Quickly put away your cheap capitalist sympathy, they are here to make more money, except for the flour and sauce, the rest of their weight is used to carry our things, you let Does he carry food for you? People will scold you for wasting it."
The porters had separate board and lodging from them. They ate simple and lived in the same simple way.
Just find a place in the wild to surround the cargo on your back, cover it with a plastic film, and then four or five people drill into it together, and use it as a place to sleep. There are no tents, sleeping bags, etc. statement.
Chen Mu looked up at Zhang Jiahui and asked, "Looking at you like this, I should hire a horse to carry you."
"What kind of horse are you riding? What's the point of riding here?"
Zhang Jiahui seemed to be stimulated by Chen Mu's words, he took big strides and accelerated his speed.
Seeing this, Chen Mu hurriedly followed, but within a few minutes of walking, the guy slumped down again. He had no choice but to cheer up, but his strength didn't allow it, so he could only continue to coax.
After walking for a while, he found that Manni, who had been walking in front, had slowed down. Chen Mu observed the woman's face, she was a little pale, and couldn't help asking, "What's wrong?"
"No... nothing."
Manny shook her head, and said politely, "Thank you."
Chen Mu thought for a while, since the other party didn't say anything, then he didn't bother to talk about it, so he and Zhang Jiahui continued to move forward.
Zhang Jiahui's speed was already very slow, but Manni's speed was even slower. After a while, Chen Mu turned his head and saw that Manny was squatting on the ground, and he didn't know what happened.
Looking forward, the three guides had gone a little far, and they couldn't come back to greet them, so he said to Zhang Jiahui, "You go first, I'll go back and see Manny, she seems to be a little bit wrong."
Zhang Jiahui also looked back and said, "Duoji Wangdui is going to stop on the bridge in front of him to rest. I'll go and tell them. If it doesn't work, I'll ask them to come back and find you."
Chen Mu nodded, turned around and walked towards Manny.
Walking to Manni's side, Chen Mu asked, "How is it? What's wrong with you?"
After a slight pause, he continued, "If you need help with anything, just say so. We are all teammates. I think your condition is a little bit wrong."
Manny thought for a while and said, "I'm on my period today, and it hurts a bit."
Oh... what a coincidence!
Since this is the case, it can't be of much help...
Chen Mu pondered for a while, and said, "Why don't you let me carry your things, let's walk slowly and try our best to catch up."
Manny thought for a while, then shook her head: "This is not good... You already have a lot of things."
"no problem!"
Chen Mu smiled and said in English: "Just remember that you owe me once."
After speaking, he took the initiative to help Manny unload the backpack and hung it on his shoulder.
"Thanks!"
Manny drank some hot water, and the two continued to walk forward.
While walking, Manny said, "Your... English seems to be pretty good."
"Okay!"
Chen Mu put on a little bit of coercion, and asked again: "You are Chinese American, right? What do you do?"
"you guess?"
"I can't guess."
"..."
Manny was taken aback for a moment, but she didn't expect Chen Mu to be so uncooperative, so she could only say, "I'm investing in Huaping Bank, and I just finished a big case, and the company gave me a long vacation, so I just Came here."
Oh, investment, that's finance... Sure enough, it's not bad for money!
Chen Mu nodded and asked, "Have you ever climbed a mountain before?"
Manny replied, "Yes, but they are all unknown mountains in the United States."
"What are there?"
"have… "
The two of them started chatting casually.
Sometimes Chen Mu is completely out of ideas, mainly because Manni's Xia Guoyu is too bad, and the channel is wrong, so they can't chat.
After a while, probably because of a report from Zhang Jiahui, Dorje Wangdui turned around and greeted him.
"How is it? Is it Gao Fan?"
As soon as Dorje Wangdui came, he asked a question.
Altitude sickness is the most common problem encountered by people who come here, and if it is severe, they must turn back.
Manny shook her head: "No, it's just a stomachache."
Dorje Wangdui said again: "Oh, maybe it's because of acclimatization, hold on, eat something, take some medicine, take a rest, maybe tomorrow will be fine."
It's not acclimatization...
Chen Mu didn't say a word.
Manny didn't explain it so clearly, she just said "I can persevere", and the three of them continued to walk forward slowly.
Duoji Wangdui took the initiative to take Manny's backpack from Chen Mu, and said, "It's not a high-defense, it's just the beginning, and the altitude is not high. If you start high-defense now, it may become more serious later. "
The three of them walked while chatting. It took more than ten minutes before they finally reached the resting place. Manny could finally sit down and rest.
Both Pengcuo Tashi and Zaher took the initiative to ask about Manny's condition, and Chen Mu walked to Zhang Jiahui and sat down, took a sip of hot water and rested.
"How about it?"
Zhang Jiahui asked.
"fine!"
Chen Mu replied.
Zhang Jiahui didn't continue to say anything, but Lin Yuanchun on the side first lowered his voice and said: "On the first day, something went wrong, just wait, the situation will definitely become more serious in the future, this time she may not be able to make it gone."
Chen Mu turned his head and glanced at Lin Yuanchun, his face clearly had a look of watching the excitement, which made people feel a little uncomfortable for no reason.
Chen Mu turned around, ignored him, continued to drink hot water silently, took out a pack of energy bars by the way, and asked Zhang Jiahui, "Do you want it?"
"I have it too, I've eaten it."
Zhang Jiahui waved his hand and said, "I'm really tired. It seems that I need to exercise more in the future, otherwise I'll be aging before I get old."
After Chen Mu ate the energy bar, he also began to feel a little tired. The key is because of the altitude problem, he is particularly tired easily.
It is said that this is only halfway, and there is still half the distance to the next rest camp.
After resting for a while, everyone had a simple lunch and continued to move forward.
Starting from Askol, it takes eight days to reach the base camp of K2. Every day, they have to enter a camp for the night before dark.
This day's camp is in Jura, and the entire trip is expected to take 7 hours.
After setting off again, Chen Mu still walked with Zhang Jiahui, and the two of them developed feelings for each other, chatting while walking, quite speculative.
As he walked, it was Zhang Jiahui's turn that something happened.
He didn't know why he suddenly felt nauseous, ran aside and vomited.
After vomiting, not long after, diarrhea started again...
After two trips like this, Zhang Jiahui became extremely weak, and his face looked listless.
"Is this really high rebellion or acclimatization?"
Zhang Jiahui said weakly while giving himself two diarrhea medicines.
"Can you hold it?"
Chen Mu handed over Zhang Jiahui's hot water bottle.
Zhang Jiahui took a sip and gritted his teeth: "It's not very comfortable."
After a while, Phuntso Tashi walked back and asked, "How is it?"
After Chen Mu told about Zhang Jiahui's situation, Phuntso Tashi said: "Try harder, no matter what, you have to go to the camp first, maybe you can rest for a night."
After thinking about it, he took the initiative to put Zhang Jiahui's backpack on his body and said, "Let's go."
Zhang Jiahui could only grit his teeth and continue walking.
Chen Mu was with Zhang Jiahui, and he turned his head to take a look. Duoji Wangdui and Manni walked more slowly, and they were already far behind.
Zaher and Lin Yuanchun were the fastest, together with the porters, and walked in front.
There were only three of them in the middle, and they walked at a leisurely pace.
It was only the first day, and before the climbing started, two people had problems, which made Chen Mu feel that the future was not optimistic.
When Zhang Jiahui hid behind the big rock to have diarrhea again, Chen Mu asked his worries, but Phuntso Tashi didn't take it seriously, and said: "These situations are normal, if you can, you can do it." , If you can't go up, you will withdraw when the time comes, but it doesn't matter, whether it is high resistance or acclimatization, as long as you get to the base camp, you will be fine after a few days of adaptation."
After a slight pause, he said sincerely: "To tell you the truth, if you can pay us to help you climb the mountain, of course we will try our best to take you up, otherwise if everyone is professional, why would we need us?" , you can go up by yourself, right?"
Chen Mu understood, he felt that this time he might be dragged up the mountain lying down, the key is to see how the weather is.
After Zhang Jiahui came out of the rock, his body became weaker and he walked very slowly. In the end, even Dorje Wangdui and Manni chased him up and arrived at the Zhula camp together.
"Leave me alone, let me sleep for a while!"
The tent was set up, and when the sleeping bag was opened, the cushions stopped blowing, so Zhang Jiahui got in directly and fell asleep.
Chen Mu helped him close the curtain, and walked to the small kitchen alone to eat.
The chef has prepared pancakes and soup noodles, which are instant noodles with canned hot soup. The taste is not very good, but when you are hungry, it is really delicious to serve with pancakes.
While Chen Mu was eating, he heard Lin Yuanchun talking gloatingly at the side: "Brother Chen, did you see that Xiao Zhang's body is still not good, he needs more exercise at ordinary times, he is still so young. At this age, what should we do?"
Nima, if you get older in the future, you must not become like this, such a middle-aged person is really annoying!
Chen Mu smiled, didn't want to talk, and went to sleep by himself after eating.
The next day, we had to leave early in the morning.
Chen Mu didn't sleep well, mainly because the ground was too rough, and it was still cold at night, so he didn't fall asleep until the middle of the night.
He was woken up by Phuntso Tashi, and when he got up, he found that Zhang Jiahui had already woken up.
"Mr. Zhang, how is it? Do you feel all right?"
Chen Mu casually asked for some water to rinse his mouth, feeling a little listless.
Then I asked the chef for a cup of hot water to drink slowly to warm my stomach.
"I feel much better. My stomach doesn't feel anything anymore. I just ate a big bowl of noodle soup, and I feel much more comfortable now."
Zhang Jiahui replied, and said, "Thank you yesterday."
"I didn't do anything."
Chen Mu drank the hot water, moved his body, and then went to the chef for a bowl of noodle soup.
After eating and tidying up, it's another day's itinerary.
Today, Manny seems not to be bothered by her menstrual period, and walks very fast.
Zhang Jiahui is "one sleep cures all diseases", and he is fine. He is in good spirits, talks all the time, and his feet are not slow.
On the contrary, Chen Mu felt that he was unlucky today. He wondered if it was because he was too tired from walking yesterday, and he didn't sleep well at night, so he started to feel a little overwhelmed.
Why did he know it was a high-defense, because this feeling was exactly the same as the high-defense that he experienced in Maza Daban when he walked G219 last time.
Headache, nausea, difficulty breathing…
Although the symptoms were mild, it would not make Chen Mu lose the ability to walk, but his mind was a little dizzy because of this, so he didn't walk quickly. After all, the road is not easy to walk, so he must be careful.
"Unexpectedly, it was me yesterday, but today it is you. Do you think it is me who infected you with bad luck?"
Zhang Jiahui walked slowly with Chen Mu, joking while walking.
He wanted to talk to Chen Mu more, distract Chen Mu's attention, and make Chen Mu feel better.
But Chen Mu was really uncomfortable. He just listened without saying a word, worried that if he spoke, he would vent the anger in his body, and he would no longer be able to continue to move forward.
Along the way, Chen Mu didn't want to eat at all. In order to keep his body going, he only ate some energy bars and drank a little hot water, and just kept going.
The entire journey of this day will take about 7 hours to arrive at the Paga camp.
After this camp, they will officially enter the Bartolo Glacier, and they will no longer be able to keep their feet on the ground.
After Chen Mu walked for more than five hours, he felt that his high reaction became more serious. Seeing that there were still more than two hours to go, he might not be able to persist.
two hours to go...
If you walk faster, you should be able to arrive in more than an hour...
Chen Mu thought for a while, and decided on the spot to give himself a little vitality to alleviate the altitude sickness on his body.
in a split second—
After the vitality value was activated, the body seemed to be washed by hot water from head to toe, and the whole body suddenly became energetic.
The altitude sickness completely disappeared in just a few seconds, and all the strength seemed to be restored.
"Go faster!"
Chen Mu was worried that he would return to weakness after the vitality buff passed, so he had to speed up.
"ah?"
These words made Zhang Jiahui a little stunned. After walking for so long, although he had been walking very slowly, he was also very tired at this time. Unexpectedly, Chen Mu, who had been listless, suddenly "cheered up", which really made him unable to react.
Seeing Chen Mu striding forward, Zhang Jiahui was stunned for a moment, and then quickly asked, "You're on drugs, why are you walking so fast? Gao Fan... is everything okay?"
Chen Mu was addicted to drugs, but he couldn't explain what drug he took, so he could only say: "I feel better, I have to walk faster, or I'm afraid I won't be able to walk anymore."
"I'm going, you kid is going to kill me..."
Zhang Jiahui's face was ferocious, so he could only hold on and quicken his pace, not to mention how painful it was.
After marching in such a hurry for more than an hour, Chen Mu felt weak. It seemed that the buff of his vitality value was diminishing, and his body was about to enter a period of weakness.
"No, no, no... it's not here yet..."
Chen Mu gritted his teeth, said "come again" in his heart, and gave himself a little more vitality.
This time, the drug was a little heavy, and the vitality played a role in his body again, allowing his body to enter the peak again in an instant... Well, he was in a state of madness, and his mind seemed to become extremely clear and fast.
Speed up again...
Using vitality twice in a row, I don't know if the buff this time will pass soon.
If he couldn't get to the camp in time, Chen Mu was very worried that he would faint in the wild on the spot.
"Hey, don't go so fast, I'm... I'm going to be fucked to death by you."
Poor Zhang Jiahui, Mr. Zhang, facing such a drug-addicted hunk, his body is like a broken flower, and he can't get up at all. In order to keep up with the rhythm, he has to follow desperately.
In the end, he was so exhausted that he was dying, and when he reached the camp, he fell down in his tent again and fell asleep.
Dorje Wangdui and Pengcuo Tashi looked at Chen Mu, then at Zhang Jiahui, and asked Chen Mu curiously: "What's wrong with him? Didn't you have a high rebellion? Why are you okay now, but he has become like this?" ?”
Chen Mu chuckled, and said sloppily, "He's just tired, he's fine, just sleep and he'll be fine."
After an hour, the second vitality buff gradually passed.
To Chen Mu's surprise, he didn't feel weak. On the contrary, he began to sweat profusely, some gray sweat, which had an unbearable stench.