Chapter 690: Ascending to the top
Charles was there in a pressure cooker preparing to stew lamb when Ash asked him, "Where did you buy this pot?"
"There's no place to sell it yet. Charles said, "I'll send you down the mountain if you want." ”
"Really?!" Little Ash was overjoyed, he was discouraged when he heard Charles say that the pot was not sold, he didn't expect Charles to give this pot to himself.
If his sister had carried this pot on her back to climb the mountain, the problem of cooking and eating on the mountain would have been solved.
At this time, Charles said to him again: "You are now feeling the discomfort caused by the lack of oxygen in the high sea mountain area." ”
Little Gray nodded, as the altitude of their place continued to rise, the problem caused by the lack of oxygen on the plateau became more and more obvious.
Charles put the lid on the pressure cooker, put the bang on it, and said, "You go down the mountain and go to Salt Lake City in the southwest, and ask the herb merchant to buy a herb called Rhodiol, and buy more." ”
"Cook your sister with this Rhodiola water every day before she leaves, without interruption, to relieve her hypoxia in the mountains. ”
Little Ash immediately jotted down Charles's words in his notebook.
Charles only learned about this medicinal herb that grows in the mountains at an altitude of about 2,000 meters when Charles was in Salt Lake City, but it needs to be taken for a long time to be effective, and it is useless to hold on to it temporarily.
The weather on the mountain was changing, and a breeze blew as Charles scooped the lamb soup into his bowl, and it wasn't long before the two of them returned to their respective tents with the bowl in their hands to escape the storm.
The snow around him was blown up by the strong wind, and by the time Charles finished his lunch, it was already white outside the tent, and he couldn't even see the small gray tent opposite.
Charles took out his whistle and blew it a few times, and the little gray on the other side quickly responded with a safe whistle.
As the days passed, Charles and Grey's climb became more and more difficult.
The mountain became steeper and they had to choose safer routes to climb, and there was a lot of turning back.
Maybe it's because it's winter now, there aren't many monsters living on the mountain, and some are hibernating in caves and rock crevices.
If it was summer, although the ice and snow would not have caused as much difficulty as it is now, the active monsters would have caused more harm.
As for which situation is more dangerous for climbers, it is up to everyone.
Early this morning, the two of them, who had eaten and drunk enough, began to face the most dangerous challenge of the mountaineering.
They spent many days circling the entire mountain near the summit, but the glacier on which they wore their hats did not leave them a single flaw.
Now they decided to kill the glacier in front of them, climbing the glacier and heading straight to the top of the mountain.
For this reason, they spent three days recuperating in a small campsite.
Before climbing, Little Gray suddenly said to Charles seriously: "Charles, there is something I must explain to you first. ”
Charles said to him solemnly: "Don't worry, if something happens to you, I will take you home, and I will take good care of your sisters." ”
Although Ash Gray had a scarf around his face and sunglasses in front of him, Charles's intuition told him that Ash was having a black line on his head at this time.
Little Ash said in a voice colder than a glacier: "If I accidentally fall off like last time, you can just pull the rope, don't pull my tail." ”
The corners of Charles' mouth twitched, and he replied, "Okay." ”
After checking all the tools they had with them, the two began their final charge.
With an ice axe, Charles began to dig holes in the ice, and it wasn't long before he had dug two rows of holes that sloped slightly downwards on the inside.
According to the plan, they dug out the lattice holes all the way to the top of the mountain as a ladder to climb to the top of the mountain, and also relied on these ladder-like holes to descend the mountain.
Charles cleared the way first, and every meter he climbed, he used the tip of the end of the ice axe's handle to make a small hole in the solid ice, and then inserted an expansion bolt.
At one end of the expansion bolt was a hook, and Charles hung the rope attached to the little gray at the same time as he fastened the bolt, so that if someone accidentally slipped and fell on it, he would not have to worry about rolling down the hill.
When Ash crawls to the position of the expansion bolt, he melts the ice around the last bolt, removes the bolt, pinchs it to restore the expansion head of the bolt, and puts it in his waist bag.
An hour later, Charles stopped, he let himself lie on the ice, took out a cheap candy and put it in his mouth to replenish his strength.
At this point, Ash used the same method to leap past Charles to lead the way, and at the same time let Charles rest.
At noon, they made a hole in the ice in the shape of a "⋀" that connected the two ends, threaded the rope through it and tied it tightly with the safety rope on their body, and after making sure that they were firmly hanging on the ice and not falling down, they began to take out dry food and water to solve the lunch problem.
"It was the most special meal I've ever had in my life. Little Ash said to Charles, who was not far away.
Charles, who had just "flown down three thousand feet, suspected to be the Milky Way falling for nine days", shook his body, and then said: "I don't like this, if a bird of prey finds us, we will become their food." ”
Little Gray said speechlessly, "We won't be so unlucky, right?"
They can't hide from the glacier like this, and in the eyes of birds of prey, it's like monkeys seeing the ripe fruit on the trees, so they can only carry it.
Charles then said: "If you look at the direction of the sun, most of the birds of prey in the sky will take advantage of the sunlight to sneak up on their prey. ”
Little Gray was not afraid of the sun wearing sunglasses, he looked towards the sun, and then said, "[Snow Field Foul Mouth]!
Then he slapped the ice beside him, and a thick wall of ice covered him like a turtle's shell.
Now the bird of prey is aiming at Charles, and Charles is in danger, pulling out a chainsaw gun and aiming at the uninvited guest.
After a burst of gunshots, the unlucky guy fell directly down the mountain.
The danger was lifted, and the two continued to climb towards the top of the mountain.
In order to catch the good weather, they decided not to sleep at night at the beginning and climbed to the top of the mountain overnight.
Fortunately, they were well prepared, did not encounter any more dangers along the way, and finally climbed to the top of the mountain at sunrise.
"It's finally here!" Little Ash lay on the ground holding the oxygen cylinder and gasped, "This oxygen cylinder is really good, but it's a pity that it's too heavy." ”
Charles now looked curiously at the top of the mountain, which was not young, and said at the same time: "Aren't you cooperating with the Chaowei Blue Dragon Foundation, you can help your sister rent a storage ring." ”
"This can also be rented?!" Ash sat up from the ground in surprise, "Only kings have ......"
Speaking of which, little Ash was stuck, and he knew that Charles was wearing a storage ring.
He cautiously asked, "Charles, you can't be the prince of any country, right?"
Charles said lightly: "I have a lot of money." ”
At this time, a girl's voice sounded on the side: "Huh...... It's amazing to be rich. ”
Charles just smiled, and Gray jumped up from the ground in surprise, and he saw a girl in dark blue armor, long dark gray hair, and bright red eyes standing in front of him not far away.