Chapter 40: The Seventy-Two Turns of the Nu River

The next day, the weather was cloudy with light rain.

Starting from Zuogong in the morning, they first passed through Bangda, the confluence of the Sichuan-Tibet South Line and the Sichuan-Tibet North Line, and then they climbed the Yela Mountain at an altitude of more than 4,600 meters.

Standing on the observation deck at the top of Yela Mountain in a raincoat and looking down, Ning Hao couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva.

I was stunned for a long time before I spoke: "Qiu Ming Mountain is simply weak!"

I believe that those who are familiar with RB anime have heard of the daimyo of Akinayama, which is famous for its thrilling, steep five-in-a-row hairpin bends in the anime "Initial D".

But compared to the scene that Ning Hao saw at the moment, it could really only be described as a weak explosion.

At this moment, the downhill roads that appeared in front of Ning Hao's eyes were all coiled in a zigzag shape, as if they were a ribbon coiled in the mountains, and there were definitely no less than a hundred large and small curves as far as the eye could see.

Not to mention Ning Hao, such a mountain road, even if it is an old driver with decades of driving experience, he will feel a little frightened when he sees it for the first time.

This is the famous 72 turns of the Nu River. ”

Tang Xiaoxiao was also standing beside Ning Hao in a raincoat, and the reason why she proposed to come to the observation deck in the rain was to let Ning Hao familiarize herself with the next road in advance.

"Seventy-two turns, is this bullying me for not being good at math?"

Ning Hao said speechlessly: "There is no need to count these curves below, according to visual inspection, there are far more than seventy-two!"

"Seventy-two turns is just the earliest official name. ”

Tang Xiaoxiao explained: "Later, some people called it 'the ninety-nine turns on the Sichuan-Tibet line', and some people called it 'one hundred and eight turns in Yela Mountain', as for how many turns there are on this road, there has been no specific conclusion.

However, the last time I took the Sichuan-Tibet line, I heard a driver who has been taking this line all year round to pull goods say that the total number of curves from the top of the mountain to the bottom of the mountain should be about 120. ”

"Gollum~!"

Ning Hao swallowed a mouthful of saliva again, and said with a wry smile on his face: "Can we take a detour?" I feel my legs trembling. ”

Ning Hao's words are not an exaggeration, although he has been getting his driver's license for more than three years now, but he usually can't walk the mountain road several times a year, and now he is suddenly asked to take such a difficult mountain road, he is really a little worried in his heart!

"It's the way to go, there's no way around it. ”

Tang Xiaoxiao comforted: "As long as you are careful and drive slowly, you will be fine." ”

Then the two returned to the car, Ning Hao took a deep breath and started the car, and began to challenge the famous one on the Sichuan-Tibet line - the seventy-two turns of the Nujiang River!

When he actually walked on this twelve-kilometer-long downhill road, Ning Hao immediately felt that it was more difficult than he had imagined.

Because the slope of the road is steeper than it seems, and most of the corners are still hairpin turns, his vision when turning is very limited.

What made Ning Hao even more depressed was that most of the vehicles did not honk their horns when they turned corners, which made Ning Hao have to keep his nerves in a tense state, for fear that a car would suddenly appear in front of him when he turned a corner.

"Tick!

And just as they were about halfway through the journey, a shrill horn suddenly sounded behind them, and a black off-road vehicle rushed directly in front of their car in reverse direction.

"Holy!"

This sudden change startled Ning Hao, a foul sentence broke out directly in his mouth, his hands trembled slightly, and he instinctively stepped on the brake to reduce the speed of the car.

"Ahh

The passenger window of the off-road vehicle in front of him was lowered, and a head was sticking out of it and shouting, as if to vent his excitement.

"Foolish!"

Seeing this scene, Ning Hao gritted his teeth and scolded angrily.

He really didn't expect that on such a dangerous mountain road, there would be someone who would do such a dangerous thing as overtaking in the opposite direction, and if a car suddenly appeared on the opposite side, even he would have to suffer with him.

Obviously, the other party also walked the Sichuan-Tibet line by car, but their first thought when they saw this mountain road was not fear, but excitement.

"Drive slower and distance yourself from them. ”

Tang Xiaoxiao, who was sitting in the co-pilot, was also taken aback, and his face was a little pale at the moment.

"Hmm. ”

Ning Hao nodded and immediately lowered his speed.

When encountering this kind of fearless two hundred and five, it is better to hide as far away as possible, so as not to be affected by them.

"Huh~!"

Less than two minutes later, a sharp brake sound came into Ning Hao's ears.

After turning a hairpin bend and opening his vision, Ning Hao saw a car rolling down the hill in a flipped turn, it was the black off-road vehicle that had overtaken them earlier.

It's a complete thrill this time!

Looking at the off-road vehicle that had been deformed, Ning Hao secretly thought in his heart.

Obviously, along the way, there are many corners with signs of how many people have died here as a warning, but there are still so many people who use their lives to increase the death number of the sign by one value in pursuit of excitement.

For this kind of person, it can only be described as not dying if he doesn't die.

"Drive slower. ”

Tang Xiaoxiao reminded Ning Hao again.

……

After passing through the 72nd turn of the Nu River without danger, Ning Hao didn't have time to breathe a sigh of relief, and then began to climb over the biggest natural danger in the Hengduan Mountain Range-the Nu River Natural Danger.

When passing the Nujiang Bridge, Ning Hao saw a lot of armed police, and Tang Xiaoxiao reminded him that the Nujiang Bridge is a military strategic facility, and it is forbidden to take pictures and videos.

When passing here, it's best not to even take out your phone camera, otherwise it will be confiscated.

After crossing the Nu River, the road was finally better, admiring the natural scenery along the way, and at noon they arrived at the Eight Houses.

After having lunch and resting at Basu, he changed Tang Xiaoxiao to drive and continue the journey.

Next, the road from Hachijuku to Ranwu is also a well-known dangerous section of the Sichuan-Tibet line, the road is narrow and steep, and many sections close to the mountain wall often have rockfalls.

In order to prevent the danger caused by rockfalls, the government erected a long protective corridor on the section of Ranwugou, which also created a different scenery on the Sichuan-Tibet line.

When approaching Ranwu, Tang Xiaoxiao turned the car into a dirt road, preparing to go to see the famous Ranwu Lake in Ranwu Town first.

Ranwu Lake is adjacent to National Highway 318, which is a dammed lake formed by landslides and mudslides blocking the river, and is divided into three lakes: upper, middle and lower.

Among these three lakes, the most beautiful is the upper lake they came to at this moment.

Standing on the edge of the lake and looking at it from afar, the lake is very calm and vast, this is the largest lake that Ning Hao has seen since entering the Sichuan-Tibet line.