"You go first, we are behind."
Because the two mountaineering teams were going to set off together, Zaher humbly let the mountaineering team go first.
That mountaineering team is a mountaineering team from Yitaili, and it is also a commercial mountaineering team. The people in their team have more mountaineering experience, and their quality is much better than that of Chen Mu and the others.
Of course, the members of this mountaineering team are also relatively old, all in their 40s and 50s, so Zaher took the initiative to respect the elderly.
After the team leader of the other party expressed his thanks to Zaher, he led all members of the climbing team to take a step ahead.
After the climbing team left, it was finally Chen Mu's turn.
Because John was alone, Zacher also let him go first.
John smiled and said to Chen Mu, "Mu, I'll see you up there," and left.
Then, under the arrangement of Zahel, the mountaineering team moved forward one by one, like a bunch of grasshoppers after autumn.
Walk over the "shoulder" of K2, and then the "bottleneck".
Everyone has to line up and slowly walk around the ice waterfall along the vertical ice surface. At this time, they completely rely on the main rope to protect themselves and use crampons and ice axes to maintain balance.
If you are not careful, you will probably fall down. This is where many excellent climbers are buried.
But at the same time, although the environment is dangerous, the scenery here is too beautiful.
The clouds are just below the feet, rolling around, and the sky is blue and clear above the head.
Those white snow peaks that can poke their heads out of the clouds are at least "7000+", majestic and majestic.
Everything was fine—
at this time-
"Boom..."
Below, probably near the fourth camp, there was a shock from the mountain and a dull roar.
In an instant, everyone's expressions changed, and they lowered their heads in panic, wanting to know what happened.
What they saw was that a piece of ice near the fourth camp quickly collapsed inward, as if something had sucked the covered ice and snow in, creating a small depression.
No one knew what was going on, only Chen Mu thought for a moment that it should be the so-called ban set by Yuan Youzhong, which blocked the entrance of the cave from the inside and made it impossible for people to enter the cave.
"Why at this time?"
Chen Mu really wanted to slap himself in the face.
I told Yuan Youzhong in the cave the night before yesterday that he would climb to the top of K2 yesterday and then descend quickly... probably because of this, Yuan Youzhong set the time of the ban at this time.
And he, who failed to climb to the summit yesterday, let alone descended, happened to hit him at this time.
After the mountain below collapsed, it quickly caused an avalanche. In the rushing snow and mist, countless ice and snow poured down the mountain like running water.
I don't know if there is anyone below at this time. If there are people, they will definitely not be spared under an avalanche of this scale.
However, they don't have the heart to worry about others at this time, and they are more worried about themselves.
With such a strong vibration from the mountain below, I don't know if there will be any linkage reaction to the ice waterfall directly above.
You must know that at this time, if the ice surface of the ice waterfall is also affected by the vibration and landslides, then they will be in danger, especially those who have already walked under the ice waterfall.
Fortunately, the ice waterfall was not affected by the landslide below. Some ice cubes fell here and there, and no one was hit. Only a few small pieces fell on everyone's helmets, causing no harm at all.
After waiting a while—
Only when the avalanche below had passed completely did everyone continue to move forward.
Passed the ice waterfall smoothly, and was about to move forward, suddenly there was a scream from the front, and then John, who was walking in front of the mountaineering team, fell headfirst on the snow peak.
Because on the mountain, John’s voice was quite loud, and everyone could hear it clearly. Not only the people behind looked up in surprise, but even the members of the climbing team in front also looked down at John.
At this moment, John seemed to have completely lost consciousness. He was just hanging on the main rope. If it wasn't for the rope, he might have fallen down the mountain immediately.
Without saying anything, the people in front and behind immediately moved to rescue John.
I saw Zaher and the others pulled John's body closer to a place where John could lie flat, and then began to check.
After a while, everyone gathered in the past.
Whether they are caring or watching the excitement, they all want to know the specific situation of John.
One of the members of the mountaineering team in front was a doctor. He quickly checked John's condition and said, "The falling ice hit his face just now, and his brain may have been traumatized. The situation is unknown now, and in this environment, he must be sent down the mountain as soon as possible."
After hearing this, everyone fell silent.
Who wants to send people down the mountain at this time
It took a lot of hard work to get here, and it was only a short distance from reaching the top. Sending people down now is tantamount to leaving in vain.
Moreover, both climbing teams are commercial mountaineering teams and have to be responsible for their clients, while John is just a solo climber, which creates... a real dilemma.
The members of the climbing team in front are old and not suitable for going down the mountain.
Moreover, they have few guides, and there is only one person, so it is a bit difficult to send people down the mountain, unless they don't want to climb to the top.
In contrast, Chen Mu and the others have a large number of guides, which can be called luxurious.
"Let me go, I will take two people and send him down."
After thinking about it, Dorje Wangdui said something.
Can't do nothing!
Anyone who climbs a mountain hopes that someone will lend a helping hand when he is in danger.
And they can't stand by when others are in danger.
"You can not!"
Phuntso Tashi shook his head: "Your task is relatively heavy, so it's not suitable."
Duoji Wangdui took Lin Yuanchun, Manny and Zhang Jiahui with him. If he left, the three of them would be in some trouble.
Lin Yuanchun listened to it, and immediately said: "You can't leave, you are our hired guide, how can you leave for... other people's affairs?"
All of a sudden, everyone looked at Lin Yuanchun without speaking.
Lin Yuanchun's words seemed a bit cold-blooded at this time, which made people feel chilling.
Phuntso Tashi said in a deep voice, "I'll go, I'll take someone to take him down."
After a slight pause, he turned his head and said to Chen Mu: "President Chen, if you follow Zaher closely, I won't go up with you, is that okay?"
Although he had already decided to send him away, as Chen Mu's guide, he had to tell Chen Mu about this and get Chen Mu's consent.
"no problem!"
Chen Mu nodded.
At this time, Zaher asked, "What about the oxygen?"
John had difficulty breathing at this time, and obviously had to take oxygen all the way down when he was hungry.
Everyone's oxygen is limited, and there is no way to distribute it evenly.
This is another problem.
Chen Mu thought for a while and said, "I'll go down with you."
"ah?"
Phuntso Tashi was surprised.
Chen Mu said: "Give him my share of oxygen, and I will go down with you."
To be honest, Chen Mu really felt a little guilty. If it wasn't for the closure of the cave, it wouldn't have caused such a severe mountain collapse, and it wouldn't have attracted falling ice to beat John like this.
Therefore, Chen Mu felt that he was partly responsible.
This time he came to K2, he had already got what he wanted, and he was already satisfied. He was actually not very interested in climbing to the summit.
Compared to climbing to the top, he now hopes to save John and make up for it.
Before Phuntso Tashi responded, Chen Mu said, "Don't worry, although I won't be able to climb to the top this time, our contract has been completed. It doesn't matter. Let's save people first!"