Chapter 370: The Mountain Pendulum (Part II)

Everyone walked for more than four hours in a row, although the speed was not fast, but did not stop for a moment, Tchaikov's face had already been beaten red by the freezing rain, the hood of the jacket was also pushed to the side, and there was hot sweat on his head, he untied the flask from his waist and poured a big sip into his mouth, and the spicy vodka burned from his throat to his stomach at once, and now it was much more comfortable!

"Come on! Be sure to cross the second platform today! Tchaikov took a sip of wine, lifted his spirits, and shouted to cheer up the dull ranks.

Climbing all the way, the temperature is getting lower and lower, the sleet is gradually turning into ice crystals, and the snow is getting thicker and thicker, but the situation is not getting better, the wind is getting stronger and stronger, and people are swaying in the wind.

"Stop!" Chen Badai, who was walking in front, raised his hand and issued a password to stop.

Dick felt that he was a little overwhelmed, he followed Tchaikov, and almost fell several times, he wanted to hold on to Tchaikov's backpack, but the pride of his heart did not allow him to do so, and Mr. Min saw that Dick was not in good condition, and caught up from behind and supported him, which made him barely keep up with the pace of the group.

"Damn it! Finally let me rest for a while! Dick cursed, he felt like he was soaking wet, he felt it was the longest road he had ever walked in his life, and looking back at the long trail of footprints on the slopes, he felt how great he was.

"We were the first people to come here in 700 years!" Dick gasped and helped Mr. Min as he said, he wanted to take a sip of water so that he could recover, but his hands trembled and he couldn't untie the kettle on his belt.

"I used to be very close here...... Mr. Min laughed, untying his jug and handing it to Dick, "it used to be close...... At your fingertips. ”

Dick thought about it now, took the kettle and took a sip of water, he felt as if his hands were unconscious, and the dense sleet wet his warm gloves, which were all wet, and as soon as he stopped, he felt the coldness of his heart.

"Why haven't you moved yet?" Dick stood for less than 5 minutes, feeling frozen all over his body, and stamped his feet and asked.

Xia Ruobing and Wang Xingguo caught up, and the narrow mountain road was a fault, about 20 meters long, with a cliff on one side and an abyss on the other - this road was impassable.

But there is nowhere to camp here, and there is still a long way to go back to the platform, which is obviously impossible.

"You can only swing sideways." Wang Xingguo proposed.

Chen Badai didn't speak, silently took out the rock plug and the main lock, and laid a fixed point on the edge of the cliff.

Wang Xingguo plans to use the rope to descend 15 meters first, and then swing sideways on the cliff until he grasps a raised point more than ten meters away, from where there are enough climbing points to climb all the way to the opposite cross-section, so that the rope can be towed.

Chen Badai only found a rock crack that could lay down the rock plug at the side of the cross section, and here he could barely lay two rock plugs, according to Wang Xingguo's weight and the strength of the sideways, Chen Badai felt that this was a bit hanging, Chen Badai retreated a few meters, and found a fixed point in the back.

Chen Badai made a fixed point, put on the rope, buckled the rope on his protector, Wang Xingguo tied the rope to his seat belt with a figure-eight knot, and gave Chen Badai a thumbs up.

Chen Badai took a few steps back, clutched the rope behind the protector, Wang Xingguo approached the cliff, and Chen Badai slowly lowered the rope.

Chen Badai first had to put Wang Xingguo down a certain distance, Wang Xingguo hung on the rope, and then began to move laterally, swinging the rope up, like a pendulum, swinging on the smooth rock wall, and at this time Chen Badai needed to slowly put the rope according to the distance of Wang Xingguo's swing, until Wang Xingguo could swing horizontally to catch the next fixed point.

This is a very test of physical strength and the tacit understanding of the partner, if Chen Badai releases the rope too fast, Wang Xingguo does not have time to accelerate to a sufficient speed, the rope will not swing, but if Chen Badai releases the rope too slowly, Wang Xingguo will waste a lot of physical strength in vain.

“OK!” Wang Xingguo saw that the rope could be lowered to this position, and he bounced his legs on the rock wall a few times, ready to start swinging sideways.

......A gust of wind blew, and ice crystals the size of soybeans smashed on Wang Xingguo's face, and this gust of wind blew from the other end of the cross-section.

Wang Xingguo had to brave the wind to complete this big pendulum, which meant that he needed to consume more physical strength.

Wang Xingguo began to move laterally, running forward against the wind on the vertical rock wall, he tried hard to run to the highest point, and then used the acceleration of the earth's gravity to reverberate, and he would run back and forth in an arc on the rock wall to complete the horizontal swing of the big pendulum.

The maximum force point is at the first fixed point, Chen Badai will grasp the speed of the rope according to the strength transmitted back when Wang Xingguo is swinging, and between Chen Badai and the first fixed point, there is also a spare fixed point, in case the first fixed point slips, Chen Badai can still control the situation.

But after Wang Xingguo started the pendulum, the wind didn't seem to be too happy, the clouds in the sky were lower, and the ice crystals that froze in the clouds fell before they had time to melt.

Chen Badai felt that the rope released was already 15 meters, according to his estimate, Wang Xingguo should be able to grasp the rock point at this time, and it would be much easier to climb up from that rock point, but the rope was tightened and relaxed, and Wang Xingguo's response was not heard for a long time.

Chen Badai had to maintain a high degree of concentration, he clutched the rope tightly, but the cold wind and ice crystals hit his face, he could only half-close his eyes, and his body leaned back, supporting Wang Xingguo's increasing horizontal amplitude.

"There's no way he's going to make it!" Dick's body almost shrunk into a ball, and he felt that it was getting colder and colder, and the sweat that had been burning along the way seemed to be frozen into ice by the cold wind, wrapping his body.

"Shut up!" Tchaikov is also suffering from the cold wind, the weather in the mountains will greatly affect the play, and the mountain accidents, caused by weather factors accounted for the vast majority, but at this time, if you can't pass this cross-section, there is no place to camp here, it is obviously too late to go back, and it is more dangerous to go down the mountain in strong winds and ice rain at night!

Mr. Min was also so cold that he couldn't stand it, he shivered and took out a moisture-proof sleeping bag from his backpack, he had experience in mountain climbing, and he knew that in the last resort, he could use the sleeping bag to hang himself on the rock wall with a rock plug to sleep! Mr. Min felt that his body temperature was losing rapidly, and if he did not take measures to keep warm, he would lose his ability to think due to hypothermia.

Mr. Min used his trembling hands to make two rock plugs in the rock crevice, he wanted to slowly unfold the sleeping bag, this alpine sleeping bag was made in case of rain protection in the open camp, although the effect may not be as good as advertised, but now Mr. Min has no choice, he tremblingly fastened the safety rope to the rock plug, ready to unfold the sleeping bag.

But Mr. Min's standing position is a little too small, he only thinks about how to warm up at this time, the backpack is not firm at his feet, a strong wind blows, Mr. Min subconsciously grasps the sleeping bag, his body shrinks, but his feet moved, the backpack that was not reliable slipped and fell down the mountain.

"Falling rocks!" Mr. Min realized that it was too late when he made a mistake, and he could only shout a loud reminder to the people below to be careful not to be smashed.

The backpack bounced on the rock wall, the contents of the backpack scattered and fell down the cliff in the cold wind, and Mr. Min saw his tent bloom in the air and slowly float into the distance.

"Oops!" Mr. Min shouted from the bottom of his heart! But there is nothing anyone can do!