Section 13 I'm here in the Frozen Mountain
It was only at nine o'clock in the morning that I set off to climb Frozen Mountain.
The reason for this late departure is that Frozen Mountain is only 12 kilometers away from TB County. Moreover, Frozen Mountain has always been a mountain climber, and there are very few climbers. For safety reasons, start later. Besides, the lone traveler the day before said that he would also come to Frozen Mountain on Saturday. Then, it is estimated that he should arrive after ten o'clock from Xi'an.
According to the guide provided by the traveler, you should turn into a place called Shangfangdian, and there is a quarry soon after walking, and the road up the mountain is 200 meters near the quarry. But the car went back and forth several times in the location of the navigation guidance, but did not find a fork in the road that should be turned in. Ask the local folks, and either they don't know, or they say that they want to go another 20 kilometers. What they said was clearly not right.
As we drove further along the road, I saw the quarry from afar. Decided to walk in and have a look. If not, be ready to give up.
Less than 100 meters after getting out of the car, a van drove behind me. I beckoned and he stopped. The middle-aged driver invited me very warmly to get in the car and said that it was in front of me. When he learned that I was alone, he repeatedly advised me not to go up the mountain. He said that the locals did not climb SX, and the people were too far away and there were few people, and there were few people on the mountain. It's too dangerous, there are too many wild beasts on the mountain (the facts prove that the fellow is not scaring me, and later when I came down the mountain, the two donkey friends who left late encountered wild boars.) )。 I said I wouldn't go up alone. I waited there for someone to go up the hill and walked together.
After arriving at the quarry, the driver asked the resting workers to accompany me up. At first, the worker who had been there was too far away to go. The driver said, "It's not easy for her to come once, and you are also idle." I'm a local here and pass by here several times a day. Now I have to go to the mountains to see the vegetables grown, and there is no way to accompany her. Then he persuaded him to take me with him in a somewhat "tough" tone, saying that it was too dangerous to go up the mountain alone. The HB worker agreed. The driver looked at me and smiled.
I also offered to pay 100 yuan for labor. The driver didn't let me give them money, and the kind workers also said they didn't want to be paid. I gave it after I went down the mountain, and they insisted on not wanting it, but I insisted on giving it. A hundred dollars is just a symbol, and the purpose is to make good people get affirmation.
In this way, soon my wish to go to the frozen mountain was fulfilled. And also four HB workers went up the mountain together. I'm so lucky.
Here, thanks to this warm-hearted local fellow, he sincerely helped when he met in Pingshui. I wish him all the best. I'm going to be a good person as always.
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Among the four HB young workers, three have been to Frozen Mountain, and they are very familiar with the road. The workers are simple and kind, like relatives and friends, my backpack is carried by them, and everyone happily goes up the mountain.
After a relatively gentle slope, the climb begins. Maybe it's because of the high altitude, or maybe I didn't sleep well last night, but in short, I'm so tired and out of breath during this period. Friends just slow down and wait for me. Two hours later, we went up to the meadow at the pass of the Frozen Mountain.
The workers said that this was the Frozen Mountain.
Seeing such a small meadow, I was a little disappointed. When I stopped to eat, I remembered that the book of the donkey friend road said that the top of the mountain should continue forward, and when I looked up, I saw a mountain peak in the east. It was speculated that it must be the frozen summit mentioned by the traveler, so he decided to climb to the top immediately. At this time, the three workers decided not to go up and waited here. Only one co-worker who could take pictures accompanied me on my way.
The trail from the pass is obvious, indicating that this is the way to the top. We had just walked for less than ten minutes when the traveler from Xi'an went up to the pass. He called out to me, and I told him loudly to meet at the top of the mountain.
Walking up this hillside, I saw a different scenery. The vegetation here is very good, the hillsides are lined with large trees, and the wildflowers are blooming in the grass, and the scenery is pleasant. Especially condescending to look at the meadow just now, under the blue sky and white clouds, like a fertile pasture, it is spectacular and beautiful. It's just that the newly arched soil of the wild boar on the side of the road still scares me. The little worker repeatedly said that there was nothing to be afraid of, and there were many wild boars on the HB Mountain in their hometown, and he often encountered them.
When we got out of the forest on the top of the mountain, we saw the little friend who was walking in front of us blurted out: Ouch, that's it!
I followed and immediately cheered!
It's so beautiful here! In the field of vision, the endless mountain top beams are full of dense meadows, and there is no "grass in the south and trees in the north" that is clearly divided on other mountains at similar altitudes. On the mountain beams and slopes in front of you, there are all thick meadows, and hundreds of flowers bloom on the meadows, and bees and butterflies dance. Looking far away, the peaks are stacked and green, and the mountains are surrounded by clouds and seas. What's more, there was no one in the distance, and there was no one in the forest behind, only the sound of birds singing. It was as if we had broken into another world, a wonderful world that only existed in myths and legends. Looking down at the foot of the mountain, sandwiched between two mountains, the buildings with white walls and red tiles tell us that this is in the world.
I was overjoyed and jumped like a child.
After continuing for more than 100 meters on the mountain meadow, I saw yellow flowers blooming all over the slopes. The area is so large and the flowers are so numerous that the whole mountain is full of gold, as if it were artificially planted. The yellow bulbous flowers are held high by a thin pole and dance in the wind, swaying all the way down the hillside to the mountain beam. Just as any large-scale flower is spectacular, it is magnificent, that is, it has momentum. The sea of yellow flowers dancing in the wind in front of you is shockingly beautiful.
I don't know these yellow flowers, but I know them well. They are the alpine shallots, the original species of shallots. This kind of red-skinned mountain onion can only be found above 2,500 meters above sea level. I have also seen it on other mountains at the same altitude in the Qinling Mountains. But this is the first time I have encountered such a large area and such a dense area. What was even more surprising was that it was the first time I had come in the season when the onions were blooming. The flowers are so gorgeous, not the usual white, but golden bright yellow. The mountains are full of flowers, blooming into a sea of golden flowers, and the beauty has become a fairyland on earth. Such a spectacular scene made me so excited that I sometimes danced among the flowers, and sometimes laughed and fell drunk. Cheered over and over again, admired the wonder of nature over and over again. I feel that I am very lucky, not sooner or later, and I came at the right time. That is, I saw the flowers in full bloom on the meadow, and I also saw the golden green onions on the mountain.
At the top of the mountain at high altitude, the change of seasons is rushed. Just now, the grass was still green on the meadow at the pass. But on the top of the mountain, which is more than 100 meters high, it is already early autumn, and the grass tips are already yellowish. However, I just in time for the onion to bloom. It didn't open a week earlier, and it failed a week later. How lucky I am.
The little friend said that he would definitely come to pluck the green onions next year. I didn't echo him. The reason why the onions here are so dense is precisely the reason why they are inaccessible. On other mountains with green onions, climbers will pull some mountain onions and take them home in June. That's when I'll be part of it. This is a truly unpolluted delicacy that is a gift from nature. Of course, I also know that the seeds of the mountain onion fall with the wind and will never be pulled out. Besides, such a high altitude is not something that anyone can reach if they want to.
However, I would still like to see them dancing with yellow balls above their heads. It's as if they're celebrating the consummation of their own samsara, dancing happily. On top of the high mountains, it becomes a sea of happiness.
Naturally, I was overwhelmed by the sea of happiness, and I was so excited that I photographed my precious moments with the golden sea of flowers over and over again. It was all unforgettable and wonderful.
Just as we were about to return to the descent, the familiar traveler also came up. He said the summit of Frozen Mountain was still ahead.
So, we continued to move forward among the flowers where the grass grew and the warbler flew. At this moment, the picture of four people walking on the mountains is still very romantic.
Walking through a small forest, I saw a huge rock as a peak, standing on the mountain beam, lonely and eye-catching. See this side of the boulder, neatly and vertically cut by hand, placed on a mountain beam like a large cabinet. Obviously, you can't go up from here. The traveler who walked in front was already standing on the top of the mountain. The mountain is high and the peak is vividly expressed by him.
I hurriedly went around to the front of the peak, but I saw that this side was strange and strange, and it was not easy to climb up. As soon as I climbed up, my hat fell off when the wind blew. Climbing up against the strong wind, I saw a stone pillar more than one meter high erected on a small platform at the top of the mountain. The word "frozen mountain" and the number of altitude are almost invisible. I was still excited to lie on the marker stone and take pictures. Because I almost "gave up" and went down the mountain early.
At this time, we are really high on the top of the mountain, and our vision is infinitely broad. The girder of the top of the frozen mountain, as flat and wide as the back of a cow, and like the green road to the front, and the distant mountain beams are intertwined into a long and horizontal shape above the clouds, falling on the edge of the sky, magnificent, and extremely dynamic. View, it is not only open-minded, but also heroic!
At this moment, a sea of clouds surged up in the valley on the right side of the mountain beam below the boulder, and the white clouds and mist quickly poured from the hillside to the long mountain beam, but back and forth, they could not jump over the top of the mountain, and they were all blocked. Yunhai did not give up, and continued to rush to the mountain beam again and again, but was stopped again and again.
At this moment, the mountain beam is divided. On one side is a sea of white churning clouds, and on the other side is a verdant meadow full of flowers. We sat and watched the clouds rise and fall close at hand, with an unobstructed view. Watch the sea of clouds frolicking like a naughty child, kissing the mountain beams over and over again. This movement is still beautiful, like a wonderful scene being staged between heaven and earth. It made the four of us look at it and laugh in a drunken way.
My companion said that the frozen mountain is so beautiful, it would be better to be able to camp here.
That's what I aspire to. The flower meadow is the couch, the head rests the white clouds, and the blue sky is the tent. Listen to the birds singing and watch the bees and butterflies dance. There's no need to stay overnight, right now!
The wind blows, the grass moves, the flowers shake, all dance happily in one direction, and the sea of clouds is freely swirling under the hillside. The sound of the wind in my ears is like laughter like a brass bell. As far as the eye can see, it is all the pure land of paradise. Suddenly, it felt like they were the owners of the place, and we were just passers-by.
I can't help but admire, at this time in this life, I am really lucky.
For this reason, I would like to thank the workers who accompanied me up the mountain today. I would also like to thank the travelers who recommended me to come to Frozen Mountain, so that you can complete the wonderful moment of my life and spend a wonderful time.
At this point, my frozen mountain trip is beautiful and complete.
2018-7-28