Chapter 469: Roof of the World
It is rare to meet a woman on the roof of the world, Pan Meili and Xiang Lanqiu have become the focus of a new group of people, talking and laughing around them.
Originally, it was just a chat, and no one cared about anything, but soon some people were very attentive, some persuaded the two not to continue to climb, and some deliberately promised loudly that they would take care of them.
These two women need to be taken care of by others, they are better than ordinary men, and they have no interest in chatting and returning to the tent to eat, but a European turned his head and reprimanded me.
"You are the most annoying kind of person, don't you know the danger here, and you actually take two ladies to satisfy your vanity. ”
I could understand what he said in English, and I replied in jerky English, "You are sick, what does it matter to you that I take my wife to climb the mountain?
"You're looking for death!"
This guy was quite angry, and when he stood up, my bodyguards immediately stood up in unison, picked up stones on the ground, and many people began to persuade him.
A Sherpa guide even shouted loudly, "If you two want to fight, you can fight again after you go down the mountain, or you will all be disqualified." ”
If the qualification is cancelled, the guide fee will not be refunded, and the man sat down hatefully, but his mouth was still saying some righteous and awe-inspiring words, as if I had sinned unforgivable.
I didn't bother to pay attention to him, I got up and returned to the tent directly, and it didn't take long for Pan Meili and Xiang Lanqiu to shout loudly and deliberately, even on the roof of this thin air world, I have a woman to accompany me, and I am angry with him.
Originally, it was just a small verbal conflict, and everyone didn't care, because we planned to join forces to reach the top together, we delayed for three more days, Pan Meili and Xiang Lanqiu deliberately ignored those people, so as not to attract bees and butterflies to cause trouble, and no one wanted to make anything happen in this kind of place.
My identity is also known by those people, so they don't mess with me anymore, everyone is safe and sound, and they are all recuperating.
Three days later, we set off and began to storm the summit of the world's highest peak, first along the cliffs of the southern slope.
At first, it was better, but as time passed, people's speed became slower and slower, no one was communicating, they were deliberately reducing the loss of physical strength, and from time to time they saw the corpses falling off the cliffs, which was shocking.
The initial goal is to reach the 8348 altitude level, which is called the staircase, and then turn to the west side of Mount Everest, from where you can climb all the way to the summit.
Sherpa guides are worthy of being the ones who claim to be able to go to the top of the mountain if they have money, and most of the supplies people carry are carried by them, and they will help if they can't hold on, if it weren't for them, we would have died on the way.
When they get to the stairs, everyone takes a short rest, they can't rest too long, once they stop, they don't want to move, they will slowly freeze to death, this is the reason why there are many corpses on the mountain, no one wants to stay here forever like them and be used as a road sign.
I didn't go far to see a small col, where a man in a red hiking suit, blue hiking pants and green hiking boots lay curled up on the ground as if he was asleep, and the three beautiful colors made him stand out in the white and gray tones of Mount Everest.
I have already seen the information when I went up the mountain, and this is the most famous corpse green boots. At this time, it was already 8,500 meters above sea level, and not far away there was a corpse with arms around its knees, only a few hundred meters away from the peak, and it remained here forever.
We stopped to watch, the air was getting thinner, the temperature was very low, and a gust of wind blew up snowflakes, which made it feel even more eerie.
The lead Sherpa guide waved to move on, and I was not in a hurry, untying the rope and letting the others go first, and began to change the oxygen cylinders. The people behind me kept overtaking me, and suddenly someone stumbled right on me.
If it's flat ground, you can hit it, but this is Mount Everest, a few hundred meters from the peak, the rocks are steep, the ground is thick with snow, and there is a cliff next to me.
This collision was good, I rolled down directly, and the oxygen cylinder that had not been replaced was even more out of my hands, and I slid down the slope for hundreds of meters, grabbed a stone with both hands, and grabbed a stone before stopping to continue sliding, and looked at the abyss below, which scared me into a cold sweat.
Suddenly I felt that my left arm was very cold and gradually frozen, and when I looked at it again, I was even more shocked, the cold-proof suit was cut by a rock, and the skin was cut open and bleeding.
The low temperature quickly coagulated the wound, the blood turned into bright red ice beads, and my left arm began to lose strength, and I gritted my teeth and persevered.
A rope was thrown up, and I heard an argument from above, and the next moment a figure rolled down with a wail, and fell not far from me down a deeper cliff, slamming into the bottom of the cliff.
The wails still echoed through the mountains, and an avalanche began to erupt on the distant peaks, and another figure slid down the rope despite the danger, reaching out to hug my waist and attaching the rope to the lock around my waist.
It was Xiang Lanqiu who rescued me, this is the truth of adversity, you must know that in this kind of place, most of the dead people are abandoned by their companions, not because they don't want to save them, but when they save others, they mostly put themselves on board. Although I know that she and Pan Meili will never give up on me, I am still very relieved when it comes to the end.
The people above began to pull up desperately, and I breathed a sigh of relief, and tried my best to cooperate with Xiang Lanqiu, and was pulled up with great difficulty.
As soon as I came to it, I saw that the two sides were confronting each other, and the bodyguards on my side all pulled out their pistols and looked at the other group viciously.
Pan Meili said viciously, "It was the person who scolded you that day who deliberately hit you, and he didn't want us to rescue him, saying that it was a waste of time, so I kicked him down." ”
The climbers certainly didn't expect my men to carry guns on the mountain, and surprisingly, the guy who was kicked down was not dead, waving his arm for help.
Someone wrapped my wound in duct tape, wrapped in a dozen thick layers, I coldly looked at the guy begging for help below and waved my hand, and my team moved forward again.
It didn't take long for the team behind to follow, and it seemed that they had given up on the rescue and planned to continue climbing to the summit, and the guy who hit me was doing his own thing.
Although you can see the endless snow-capped mountains along the way, when you reach the peak, the scene in front of you is different, and the majestic momentum is impressive, and everyone begins to take pictures.
But the sky was getting more and more gloomy, and the Sherpa guide began to urge us to go down the mountain, and everyone knew that it would be a terrible thing in the event of a snowstorm, so they hurried down the mountain.
When I passed by the place where I fell off the cliff, I saw that the guy was still holding one arm, but he had stopped moving, and he had already frozen there, becoming a new road sign on Mount Everest.
It was not easy to descend the mountain, the wind did not take long to start raging, the snow flew, and a layer of frost quickly condensed on the goggles, and I had to wipe it with my hands constantly. Fortunately, everyone was connected by ropes, and the easiest route was originally chosen, although someone accidentally slipped and fell, but was quickly pulled up and continued to move forward.
When they returned to the Green Boots to sit on the ground, the snowstorm was still unexpected, and the people were exhausted, but the Sherpa guide did not intend to stop the team to rest.
At this moment, people know why those corpses have not been carried down the mountain for burial for so many years, and it is difficult for the living to go down, let alone the dead, and if anyone loses consciousness, they will definitely be abandoned.
Things were better when we turned to the stairs, but they didn't stop, and if we didn't get back to Camp 4 after dark, the danger would be greatly increased.
Someone began to lose his bearing, so I decisively let my guide disconnect from the group, and took care of the life and death of strangers when I had time to take care of them, and everyone moved on mechanically, and soon disappeared from their sight.
The snowstorm was even greater when there were still a few hundred meters away from the fourth camp, but fortunately, the terrain was slightly gentle, and the camp was built in a leeward area, and there was a terrible female corpse blown by the cold wind a hundred meters outside the camp, that is, many years ago, when there was a blizzard, but she never entered the camp alive, and she never got up after sitting down.
Even we were exhausted, Xiang Lanqiu's physical strength was exhausted, and he was dragged on the ground by bodyguards in turn, forming long scratches on the snow, and after entering the camp, someone immediately answered us and stuffed us into the tent one by one to pour hot water.
The tent was like another world, the hot water choked me a few times, checked the wound and looked at Xiang Lanqiu.
She smiled miserably at me, "I'm not here for the rest of my life!"
It's okay, I was completely relieved, and I tilted to the other side to look at Pan Meimei, she fell asleep early, and the next moment I also fell asleep!
I was awakened by the loud shouting, the wind was no longer howling, and it was ten o'clock the next morning, and I had slept long enough.
Pan Meili was also woken up, dissatisfied with the low curse, "Who is howling outside?"
Who else could it be, it must be the foreigners, followed by a gunshot echoing, we quickly opened the tent and got out.