Chapter 102 [There is always hope in despair]

This sudden heavy snowfall was lucky for all who witnessed it. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Maybe just in front of you, in a desert corner, African residents are having snowball fights and building snowmen, and this may be the first time in their lives that they have seen snow.

But to preserve the beauty of snow in such a desert is obviously a bit of an extravagant hope.

The snow had been falling for more than an hour before it had stopped. Although the sun is not yet visible, the temperature in the desert has risen significantly. He doesn't feel so cold anymore. In some places, the snow melts noticeably, and then quickly penetrates into the sand, revealing the red desert surface.

In a snow-covered desert, the strange beauty of red and white began to appear.

In the strange scene of a large area of desert covered in snow, you can see a strange willow canopy next to the desert and a bush with a thin ice skate, which is in sharp contrast to the general impression of the desert.

"The snow doesn't stay for long, and the weather will soon return to normal and be yellow again. Friends, I can already see the shadow of the tall Atlas Mountains in the distance, which means that I am almost out of this desert. ”

His emotions rose, his pace unconsciously accelerated, and even his volume increased, and said: "Maybe you don't know much about the Atlas Mountains, which stretch from the Atlantic coast in the west to the TNS Peninsula in the northeast, cutting off the Sahara Desert from the Atlantic Plain in the west. ”

It is the main vein of several countries, including Morocco, Algeria and TNS, with a total length of more than 2,000 kilometers. ”

"To give a very simple example, for people living in northern Africa, the Atlas Mountains are to them what the Chinese are to the Great Wall. ”

"Don't think that people living in Africa don't see snow, the highest peak of the Atlas Mountains is more than 4,000 meters, and the summit is covered with snow all year round. As long as they want to see, they can see it at any time by climbing to the top of the mountain. ”

Along the way, the sun reappeared overhead, and the sun shone warmly on the body, and it seemed that the scorching sun looked lovely at this moment. Under the direct sun, the snow on the surface of the desert begins to melt at an accelerated rate.

The closer you get to the mountain range, the more you feel the enormity of this ancient mountain range, which is like an ancient Greek myth of the same name, Astras, who uses its solid body to block the extension of the Sahara Desert in North Africa, and also shelters the desert dwellers who have lived at the foot of this mountain range for generations.

At this time, the landscape under my feet changed again, the sand dunes and snow were gone, and a huge, flat, sparkling salt pan appeared in front of me, and the scorching sun once again dominated the world, "This is a huge salt pan, stretching out for dozens of kilometers in all directions. More than 10,000 years ago, it was supposed to be under the sea, but now only the surface of glittering salts and minerals remains, which is why it is so bright. ”

"The land is bare and completely exposed, and it's poisonous, and because it's a salt pan, it's hard for snow to stay here. ”

He took off his turban to cover his eyes, and only poked a few holes in the eye area to see his vision to prevent him from being blinded by the sun.

Walking and walking, he could even see wheel marks on the cracked ground, and the audience also saw it, and they sent barrages to remind him, "There is a car passing by, Master Dog, you are going out." "Dog, look at your feet. "Dog, your torn turban covers your eyes, can you still see the road......?"

Chen Ergou was not so optimistic, shook his head and said: "Don't be too excited, seeing tire tracks here doesn't mean that someone will pass by, this place will only come at one time a year, but not now." The tire marks came from the Paris Dakar Rally, one of the longest and toughest races in the world, from Morocco to Western Sahara.

And I can't follow the trail of the car. Remember what I once said, the last thing you can believe in the desert is your eyes. If you're stuck here alone, your only way out is in the foothills of Mount Atlas. The place seemed so close, towering, right in front of you. But on this salt pan, even a short distance can kill you. On flat ground like this, you'd underestimate the distance by three times, and no matter how you walked, it wouldn't feel much closer. ”

Chen Ergou began to be forced to drink water from time to time, and he also found that he could tolerate the cold but really not the heat. When I was a fat man in the past, I was especially afraid of summer, and I sweated all over my body when it was hot. Now that you have successfully lost weight, these resistances have not improved.

Looking down at my watch, the thermometer on it was realistic, and now the temperature was already as high as 45 degrees Celsius.

showed it to the audience on camera, and everyone still didn't believe it. Because the snow in the distance hasn't melted yet. But the real numbers are hard to believe - it's a wonderful place, where temperatures of 45 degrees Celsius can coexist with snow.

"The temperature is too high, which is very draining. But the deadliest thing is the billowing heat haze, and the destruction of your mental strength on the flat horizon that you never seem to be able to get to the camera. ”

Holding the pergola in his hand, he pointed into the distance: "Look over there, it's a mirage in the desert." ”

Goudan quickly switched the camera, "See, just across the horizon, that glittering place really looks like a big pool." But I can assure you that it's definitely not a pool. That's just the blue sky reflecting off this hot haze, which is a typical spot for mirages. Huge, flat, empty, scorching salt pans, if you are tempted by a mirage to go astray, you will be in big trouble. ”

"This place is a brutal battlefield, and the only weapon you have to survive is a strong will and a belief in never giving up. ”

It took more than an hour to finally get out of this salt pan and come to the foot of the huge Atlas Mountains. But even if you make it here, you are still far from surviving, and the next challenge is to find a way through the past.

Running through the fault of the cliff, stepping over a boulder that has been weathered for thousands of years, there is a "roadblock" in front of you - a steep cliff blocking the way.

The camera hovers around, the cliff is uneven, maybe not high, but it's enough to block his path.

Chen Ergou frowned, "When you arrive at this place, you may guess that there are humans living on the other side of the mountain, and according to my guess, this is very likely to be true." But the sheer mountain cliffs will still take your breath away. If you don't know how to climb, you'll have to take a long detour back into the valley to find other gaps...... God knows how far we have to go. ”

"Thankfully...... Sometimes it's better to be diligent, at least to learn a little more skills. At least now climbing allows me to save more time. To paraphrase the Goblin character: Time is of the essence, my friends. I'm sure I can get over it!"

In desperation, I had to perform that terrifying climbing technique again.

Halfway up the climb, he was already out of breath, and he stood on a small raised rock and gasped: "It's all sandstone, and you have to make sure that you are not safe every time you land." "With all my efforts, I finally got through this roadblock.

But on the top of the cliff, there was a suffocating landscape again, a cliff more than 100 meters high had no place to hide under the scorching sun. came up, but couldn't go down, so could you only wait for death?

But there is an old Chinese saying that "there is no way to heaven and man." ”

-- There is always hope in despair!

If you look closely, you will see a barren and steep cliff granite peak on one side, which makes you look down at the moon and look down at the cliff in the distance, while on the other side there is a bright river and bright green palmolive trees dotted in the canyon, and a village made of red mud tiles hidden in this oasis.

When these scenes fall into view, people can't help but shout loudly: "Wow, I see the village, desert oasis!"