Chapter 1: No Man's Land (Part II)
It may be the reason for the poor ventilation in the canyon, although there are more bones of the monkeys here, and some of them have not yet decomposed, but the smell of corpses is much lighter.
It is surrounded on three sides by a cliff about 100 meters high, and only this narrow canyon leads here, and from the bones scattered here, it seems that this is what the locals say is a monkey jumping off the cliff.
Mr. Min became excited, he had once challenged the 9A climbing route, but never climbed in a no-man's land, the 9A difficulty is recognized as a watershed for extreme climbing, although the last time Mr. Min challenged this difficulty, he felt that he could complete it.
Wang Xingguo and Chen Badai were preparing for the equipment, the seat belt was full of ropes and rock plugs, etc., Mr. Min did not need to bring so many equipment, he quickly put on the seat belt, and at this time, Mr. Min carefully looked at the monkeys who fell to death.
"Why did they jump off a cliff, you say?" Mr. Min asked a question.
"Locals say it's too high and dangerous for monkeys to climb over." Chen Badai checked his seat belt and said casually.
"Monkeys are so good at climbing that they can't conquer here." Mr. Min sighed.
"I don't think it's like they can't climb over, they shouldn't be awake when they fall." Wang Xingguo remembered the monkey that had just fallen to his death, and animals usually instinctively screamed when they fell from a height, but the monkey was silent, which made him feel very strange.
"Why is that?" Mr. Min was very interested in this, and in the face of the fear of death, any living thing would struggle, but the monkey here seemed to accept the arrangement of death without resistance, which made Mr. Min puzzled.
"I don't know ......" Wang Xingguo shrugged his shoulders, now is not the time to study how monkeys fall off the cliff, he tightened the small backpack on his body, any little hook when climbing the rock may lead to serious consequences of falling, but they have to cross to the coffin mountain from here, and the backpack cannot fall.
"Check your gear!" Wang Xingguo told everyone that starting from the helmet, the three of them checked each other to ensure that potential safety hazards would not be missed.
Mr. Min rubbed his hands together excitedly, this cliff that no one had conquered before was about to prove that he was a good climber! On the other side of the rock wall is a secret waiting to be solved!
Mr. Min's surname is Min, a single name is a wise word, from the name he is a flexible and agile person, it is not too much to describe him as young and promising, after graduating from college, he took over the financial and trading company left to him by his parents, plus he does some other business, is the diamond king of many women! But so far unmarried, everyone is a little puzzled.
In the eyes of others, Mr. Min does not have an existential crisis at all, and he does not need to prove himself by taking risks, Chen Badai once asked Mr. Min this question, Mr. Min said that this is his professional habit, he will keep himself in a sense of crisis at all times, and what is more adrenaline-pumping than "near death", and there is more danger than struggling to survive no matter what? What's more, only death is an absolutely equal thing in the world!
Chen Badai feels that this explanation is more like tai chi, but the customer's needs are the basis for making money for himself, as long as he pays enough money, it is okay to move him to Mount Everest.
After everything was ready, Mr. Min took a deep breath of air with a hint of corruption and asked with a little worry, "Is this okay?" ”
Wang Xingguo has been looking up at the cliff, calculating the climbing route, he needs to find a safe route, in fact, the difficulty of this cliff is not too high, he mainly tests the psychology of people, but about 80 meters high The rock shed blocks the route to continue climbing, how to climb over the rock shed is the most test of ability.
Wang Xingguo didn't like to talk when he was thinking, which made Mr. Min feel a little bored, he didn't answer Mr. Min's words, but just straightened his helmet and began to climb the test route as a pioneer.
Different from the tandem climbing method, in order to protect this important client, Wang Xingguo decided to connect the three with ropes, first climbing to find the route, and using rock plugs as fixed points along the way, Mr. Min followed the explored routes, while Chen Badai was responsible for strengthening the fixed points or recovering the rock plugs at the end.
Mr. Min turned on the action camera on his helmet and prepared to record the wonderful footage of how he conquered the cliff.
Mr. Min was a little disappointed along the way, the difficulty of climbing the rock wall that seems to be very high is far less than the level of 9A, usually as the climb gets higher and higher, people's fear of height will be amplified in their hearts, and then affect the play of the body, but Mr. Min does not have too many such feelings, thanks to Wang Xingguo all the way steadily, he looked up at Wang Xingguo a few meters above his head, although the speed is not fast, but has maintained a constant speed, and the fixed points he did all the way are very professional.
This reassures Mr. Min that his money is well spent.
A few people climbed under the rock shed, the rock shed like an eaves just blocked the way up, for rock climbing, this is not impossible to cross, just need the body to vacate and do a turning action, but to do this series of actions in addition to the strength and body coordination, there also needs to be a very important thing - a fixed point, that is, a place that can provide enough friction, even if it is a small pit or a rock bulge! But not yet! Wang Xingguo had to stop and take a closer look at the rock shed, he thought that from the left side to make a traversal line, about five or six meters across the distance, there is a gap in the rock shed, although it is small, but it should be able to climb over......
But the distance of five or six meters is very dangerous, this section is almost smooth, there is no rock crack to play the rock plug for protection, only Wang Xingguo is now in the position of the rock plug that can provide protection, if you miss, theoretically Wang Xingguo will not fall more than ten meters, but Wang Xingguo is very suspicious of the fall distance of more than 3 meters, this weathered rock crack will collapse!
Theoretically, it is not allowed to use weathered rock to make rock plugs, but the actual situation in the field is not set according to textbook standards, in order to ensure safety, Wang Xingguo laid three rock plugs in this only rock crevice that can provide protection, almost filling the rock crevices, but he cannot guarantee that it is absolutely safe.
Wang Xingguo arrived at the foot of the rock shed, picked the rock crevice with both hands, straightened, and supported the rock wall with his feet to observe whether there was a fixed point on the traversal line, but in the end he was discouraged to find that the rock plug could not be used as a protection point along the way.
If you can't climb over this rock shed, this activity will end here, and you can only return along the same way, Mr. Min saw Wang Xingguo stop for a long time, and was a little anxious: "We must rush to the Ghost Gate Pass before this evening." ”
Mr. Wang did not speak, assessing the risks of crossing the distance.
Although the traversal of a few meters is not far, but there can not be any mistakes here, the front two or three meters Wang Xingguo crossed smoothly, and then Wang Xingguo wants to jump in the air and climb the edge of the rock shed, this volley jump is simple to say, but at the foothold on the narrow cliff wall, once the miscalculation is inevitable, Wang Xingguo needs to calculate very accurately, otherwise once the three rock plugs can not resist the crash force, then the consequence is a chain reaction, Wang Xingguo will pull everyone down, Plunge into the ground dozens of meters deep and be in the company of those dead monkeys!
Chen Badai saw that Wang Xingguo was testing the distance, his heart rose to his throat, and he couldn't help but move his body closer to the cliff again, stubbornly picking at a rock crevice, praying in his heart that Wang Xingguo would succeed, Mr. Min was quite calm, and took out the camera from his pocket, "click", and took a side face photo of Wang Xingguo.
Wang Xingguo's body squatted slightly, accumulated all his strength in his thighs, took a deep breath, jumped up in the air, and his body crossed an arc in mid-air, Mr. Min saw that he tried his best to stretch out his right hand, if Wang Xingguo's right hand could not be grasped or grasped steadily, then what was waiting for him was to fall down.
"Snap", Wang Xingguo's right hand can reach a certain place in the rock shed, but then slide down, fortunately Wang Xingguo reacted quickly enough, and quickly picked a small protrusion on the rock shed with his fingers, the two fingers are now bearing the weight of the whole person, and his feet are already suspended in the air, Wang Xingguo glanced down, and the hollow eyes of the hideous monkey corpses under the cliff were looking at him steadily, hoping that he would fall.
The time that two fingers can support will not be too long, Wang Xingguo didn't care about looking at those monkeys at this time, so he hurriedly picked up the rock shed with his left hand, adjusted his posture, and pulled his body up with a pull-up.
When Mr. Min saw this scene, he felt that this person was the right person, and Mr. Min had been looking for someone who could help him for 20 years, and he felt that he had found it at this time.
The moment Wang Xingguo jumped just now, Mr. Min partially experienced the feeling of "on the verge of death", and just as he was thinking, Wang Xingguo found a fixed point on the rock shed and stuffed a few rock plugs.
Wang Xingguo has made a fixed point, and he will help Mr. Min through this dangerous distance.
But Mr. Min had other plans, he felt that Wang Xingguo's line was too regular, and there was a rock bulge on the line that he didn't even use. If you take advantage of that rock bulge, you only need a nice harrier to turn over to pick at the rock shed, and then use the fast climbing technique, which is definitely handsome.
Mr. Min took a deep breath and reached for his hand.
"Can't catch ......" Wang Xingguo saw that Mr. Min did not follow the route he had explored but found another way, and just wanted to stop him, but it was still too late......