Chapter 21 National Parks
Early the next morning, Li Cheng got up and dealt with some trivial matters and went to the hinterland of Kananaskis Provincial National Park with the old Peake, considering that the terrain is not suitable for driving for many reasons, the old Peake suggested that Li Cheng ride a horse as a means of transportation, and both of them are fully prepared, the necessary tools for survival in the wild and emergency medicines, food, and shotguns are readily available, the old Peake led Ianos, only to see a lot of items on its back, the old Peake as a professional cowboy, It is well known that there will be many uncontrollable accidents in the forest, so be prepared.
"Old Peake, what are you carrying so many things for, is it still far from the Noah tribe?" Noah's Edwardian Mongolian horse was also ridden away, and Noah, who was in a hurry, didn't seem to have much with him, so Li Cheng thought that Noah's tribe should be on the edge of the national park, and it would be an hour's walk at most.
But now look at old Peake's jiashi, which is the rhythm of walking for a few days?
"The terrain and environment in Kananaskis Provincial National Park are quite complex, I have not been there before, but I have probably heard Noah talk about the location of their tribe, and on the map, you have to pass through at least a few areas of wildlife, including grizzly bear territory, wolf territory, bison territory, wild boar territory, ......."
Old Peake held a parchment map, although the hand-drawn map was rough, but it marked all the animal activity areas of the national park, three rattlesnake tents clustered in one place, guarding the tent similar to a scepter, which should be the place where the Inuit lived, judging from the scale of the map, at least about 100 kilometers, and the terrain was complicated, and the horses could not run quickly, probably they could only maintain a speed of less than ten kilometers in an hour, so it was inferred that at least tomorrow they could reach the tribal territory, And that's without being attacked by wild animals.
"It seems that it is not easy to enter the national park smoothly, where is the mobile phone signal?"
"No, before that I suggest you bring your shotgun."
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Li Cheng returned to the villa, opened the gun cabinet, took out a revolver, tied it around his waist, and tied a Damascus saber to the trouser hem, the Remington-700 was too bulky, and in some special circumstances, the revolver was more convenient and practical.
Carrying a travel bag with him, taking out the phone, Li Cheng dialed the number of Claire, a reporter from Canadian television, the last time Li Cheng went to Calgary to go through the adoption procedures for a grizzly bear, it is estimated that the scene of walking the grizzly bear was too high-profile, so Claire noticed it and stopped Li Cheng to be interviewed by random passers-by, so he got to know Claire, a reporter who was in love with him.
"Hello Claire, I'm Lee, we met in Calgary last time, yes, it's the Chinese who led the two little grizzly bears, I came to you today to trouble you, to help report on the Calgary Council's proposal to expel the Eskimos." The Eskimos mentioned by Li Cheng are Noah's tribal people, who call themselves Inuit, and Canadians generally call them Eskimos, that is, people who eat raw meat, and the Eskimos in Canada are related to the Indians, and they cannot be said to be Indians completely, but an independent group of indigenous people with Asian ancestry.
Inuit means "real man" in Eskimo, so the discriminatory name Eskimo must not be said to the Inuit face-to-face, which is a sign of disrespect.
Of course, most Canadians still habitually call them Eskimos.
There was silence on the other end of the phone for a while, and Li Cheng didn't expect the first acquaintance to help him, so he had to ask Shen Nianzu for help, but after a while, Claire's magnetic words came, saying: "Li, I'm glad you gave me this scoop, the topic of Eskimos, we have wanted to do it for a long time, but we didn't have the opportunity to meet them, xiexie you." β
For TV stations, exclusivity means ratings, and Claire estimates that the reason for the silence just now is that she is too excited.
"Well, it would be great if you could help spread the word, and I'm going to go into Kananaskis Provincial National Park now, and I'll talk to the Eskimo chieftain about the situation and I'll report back to you." Li Cheng knew very well that in order to shoot a special program, it was very important to take material, and the most important thing to arouse the indignation of the Canadian people was to truly show the living conditions of the Eskimos.
"Where are you now? I'll come right over and go with you to the national park. β
"Miss Claire, the National Forest Park is very dangerous, it's not appropriate for you to go in as a girl, right......" Li Cheng hesitated for a moment and said, in his traditional thinking, women should be used for protection, and he was afraid of what would happen when he went deep into such a dangerous place.
Claire smiled and said: "Li, I'm not as weak as you think, I not only learned taekwondo, but also have a gun license, you can rest assured, I won't cause you trouble, not long ago I also went to the Amazon rainforest in South America, where the climate conditions and environment are more complicated than national parks." β
Li Cheng didn't expect Claire's experience to be so rich, but he was a bit of a villain's heart, the foreign Yanmar is much more independent, and it is not a small flower in the greenhouse, and its ability to adapt to the environment is not the same as that of the princesses in China.
"Okay, I'll send you the address." Li Cheng considered that the information relayed was not as true as the reporter had seen with his own eyes, so he agreed to Claire's request to go to the tribe together.
The elder Peake was told about the incident, and he didn't say much, and after the two waited at the grizzly farm for more than an hour, a commercial vehicle with the Canadian television logo drove in.
After Claire got out of the car, she warmly hugged Li Cheng and Old Peake and said, "Hello, my name is Claire." β
"Beautiful young lady, you can call me old Peake."
After the introduction, Li Cheng explained the situation and said: "There are no roads in the national forest, so we have to go on foot, of course, there are horses to carry Li and people, Claire is the only one?" β
"No, Joe will come with me, too." Li Cheng looked at the tall black photographer, holding a series of photographic tools, if you want to bring so many instruments, two horses may not be enough! There are many people, and there are so many beasts to pass through the territory, old Peake is already hard enough to take Li Cheng and Claire, so he said: "I can only take one more person to go, if there are more, I can't guarantee your safety." β
"I'm sorry, I don't need the protection of you bad old man!" Black Joe had a look of contempt on his face, and he didn't have a good impression of the old white man.
"Stop arguing! Joe, you stay in the ranch, and I'll go with Lee and them. β
"But what about shooting?"
"I can shoot it myself." Claire said with a digital video camera, and Joe seemed to be afraid of Claire, nodded and didn't speak again.
"Well, now that you've decided on who is going, Miss Claire, sit on it, save your strength, and there's still a long way to go."
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Li Cheng spoke to Chitu in his hometown dialect for a while, patted its armor, and after calming it, he helped Claire onto the back of Chitu's horse, and a burst of aromatic fragrance filled his nose, and Li Cheng's heart rippled for a moment. Claire is dressed in denim sportswear, outlining a youthful and surging temperament, and her figure is really hot.
"Let's go, Chitu!" Li Cheng led the red rabbit, Claire sat on his back, and took the brunt of the head, heading into the depths of the national park, and old Peake led Ianos to follow, carrying the luggage of the three of them on horseback, tents and other things, and according to the speed of travel, they were estimated to sleep in the forest for a night.
After walking a few kilometers, Claire was a little uncomfortable due to the bumpy horseback, and she said, "Lee, can I come down and walk?" β
"Yes." Li Cheng helped Claire to get off the horse, and Chitu snorted, looking a little sad, as if to say that Claire didn't know how to enjoy it, its speed was already very slow, and there was no bump at all.
Old Peake was about ten meters away from them, and kept an eye on the movements around them, because they were about to officially enter the territory of the grizzly bears in a while, and they couldn't afford to be sloppy.
"Lee, this ranch is yours?"
"yes, why don't I look like a rancher?" Li Cheng was also observing the environment ahead and replied casually.
Claire held the camera, followed the whole process, and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, this is Lee, the owner of Grizzly Bear Ranch, today they are going to lead us into Kananaskis Provincial National Park to Eskimo territory, let's wait and see." β
After taking a few shots, Claire turned off the camera and said, "No, I just think you're too young, I don't think you've been in Canada for long, and you know from your words and actions that you don't fit in with us." "Differences in ideology and culture have led to these problems, such as the previous acts of pity and cherishment.
"Yes, in fact, I just bought this ranch, and I studied in Saskatchewan for a few years, and my exposure is relatively narrow, so it is not suitable for Canadian humanities." Li Cheng replied truthfully.
"Well, I can see that you are very different from the Chinese who have lived here for a long time." Li Cheng chatted with Claire for a long time, and unconsciously arrived at the border of the National Forest Park, that is, where grizzly bears may be haunted. β
A clearly visible bear claw made everyone's hearts rise to their throats, and Li Cheng said uncertainly: "Could it be that the grizzly bear left it last time?" β
"No, the paw prints are new, and a grizzly bear passed by here about an hour ago."
"What then?"
"Pick up the pace, let's cross over and don't let the grizzlies find out." Li Cheng is also reluctant to meet the grizzly bear, mainly because the current task is to go to Noah's side as soon as possible, not to hunt the grizzly bear, of course, if he really encounters it, the old Peake's shotgun is not vegetarian.