Sometimes you go so long that you forget what your purpose was.

Wang Xijia is like that. When he came to Denali Hill eating barbecue and dancing all the way, he almost forgot that he had come to climb the mountain.

This snow-capped mountain is located on a meadow with beautiful scenery. It's just that the mountains are very high.

Looking at the high snow-capped mountains, Wang Xika didn't want to climb anymore. It's not enough to take a picture at the bottom of the mountain, and it's not better than to go up.

But the people who accompanied him were very excited, they lived in North America, they had seen this mountain many times, but they never thought of climbing it. Now it's time to take this opportunity to climb and see.

Mount Denali, or Mount McKinley, is a huge dome-shaped mountain that was uplifted in the late Tertiary and early Quaternary periods. There are two peaks in the north and south, and the south peak looks a little easier to climb, but in fact the south peak is higher. It reaches 6,193 meters, while the north peak, which looks more difficult to climb, is 5,934 meters above sea level.

"Let's climb the one to the south. Wang Xika said.

"Okay, climb. "The friends around me didn't say a word, and the trip was very free and easy.

The distance of more than 6,000 meters, if it is on flat ground, it will take more than an hour to walk at a normal pace. But if it's three-dimensional, it takes more time.

The 6,000-meter-high mountain is not as difficult to climb as 8,000 meters, but it is not something that can be climbed in a day or two. Reaching the top depends on the weather. If the sun is shining, you can go up in a while, but if there is a snowstorm, you have to wait.

It is said that when climbing Mount Everest in later generations, some people waited in the Everest camp for more than a month in order to wait for a good weather to reach the summit.

In this day and age, there were no meteorological satellites, and the only way to judge the weather was by feeling.

Wang Xijia's plan is to climb to an altitude of 3,000 meters above sea level on the first day, which a normal person can accomplish in one day. The next day, depending on the situation, rest or continue to climb, camp at about 5,000 meters to rest, and then choose a good weather to climb the main peak of Mount Denali at 6,193 meters - Denali Peak (McKinley Peak). If you're lucky, you can do it in three days.

In later generations, climbing mountains above 4,000 meters required a full set of equipment.

Hiking shoes, not to mention snow clothes. Ice axes, crampons, steel cones, harnesses, main ropes, auxiliary ropes, avalanche streamers, steel hammers, snow shovels are all a must.

In addition, you will need all kinds of camping equipment: tents, sleeping bags, sleeping mats for sleeping, cooking utensils for cooking.

Communication equipment and flashlights are also essential.

In addition, oxygen equipment, medicines, and photographic equipment must also be brought.

This set down, not to mention burning money, the weight alone reaches hundreds of catties. The average weight of each climber is more than 30 pounds.

And Wang Xika's improvised mountaineering in this era, there is no need to think about equipment. There were no snowsuits and no hiking boots. One person made a set of polar bear skin coats, wore deerskin boots, everything.

The tools also brought only knives and Indian tomahawks. I brought tents and photographic equipment, but there was no medicine and oxygen. Compared to the fully armed climbers of later generations, this is equivalent to naked climbing.

Let's climb naked, Wang Xijia is not worried at all: there are werewolves who can transform, jaguar people, and flying tengus around him, and his physical fitness is not a little stronger than that of later generations of mountaineers.

The key is that there are also Saleman and Zack, two people who are experienced in ice and snow life. Saleman can make igloos, which are faster than the average person can pitch a tent.

The temperature on this snowy mountain is about the same as the temperature in Inuit camp, so Wang Xijia thinks that it is completely possible to build an igloo on the snowy mountain.

As for Zach, he is even more powerful, he originally lived in the snowy mountains. Although the Asian snow-capped mountains where he lives are far away from the snow-capped mountains of the Americas, the snow-capped mountains are snow-capped mountains, and they are basically the same, nothing more than mountains, with snow and glaciers on them. With Zach leading everyone to climb the mountain, I believe that it is not difficult to reach the top.

"Friends, go on!" Wang Xika is also a man of action, and he no longer talks about some things, and goes directly to the mountain.

There are not many people near the Denali hills, and the scenery is superb. There is a river at the foot of the mountain, and I have the impression that it is called the Kuberlandin River or something. There are also some unknown small lakes with piles of swans and various migratory birds, which are simply a paradise for wildlife. And the colorful flowers blooming on the grass are also very beautiful, Wang Xijia took a few photos, and I feel that it can be used directly as a computer desktop.

Looking at this beautiful and harmonious scene, Wang Xijia has a feeling: it seems that the earth without human beings is the most beautiful appearance of the earth.

Look at these animals, how happy they are when no one is around!

Herds of reindeer, grizzly bears, elk and other animals come to watch the strange climbers. A few animals get too close, frightened by grey beavers and bloody fangs, and run away.

Only one big bear refused to go, and suddenly became a human being—a Huron who lived nearby. It seems that this neighborhood is not a no-man's land either.

This Huron man was called "Flower Collar" because of the circles of flower hair on his chest. It seems that the Huron people like to be named after their collars. I remember that two days ago, I just rescued a young man named "White Collar" from under the mouth of a Tyrannosaurus rex.

Although the Huron did not have any friendship with the Apache and the Komochi. But like all people who live in the middle of nowhere, Flower Collar is exceptionally hospitable. Lead everyone to his house as guests.

Only the family of Hua Lingzi lived in this neighborhood, and the house was a very beautiful log cabin, which was neatly clean. This is all the credit of the flower-collared wife. The wife with the collar looks to be in her 30s, but she is actually not in her 20s. It's just that because he works every day, he looks older than the people of later generations.

Flower Collar and his wife brought out a variety of food to entertain everyone, mostly a variety of fish and cured meats - surprisingly, Flower Collar also had a lot of wild honey stored in his house.

Probably because the Huron people turn into bears, they also have some of the bears' eating habits. Honey is a good thing, and Wang Xika hasn't eaten it for a long time. Everyone smeared honey on the meat and ate it happily, and Wang Xijia took out the liquor he brought with him to share—everyone sang and danced around the bonfire.

The gray beaver and the blood tooth showed off the dance steps they had just learned from Wang Xijia, and the two of them were naturally very happy, jumping and changing to learn these sharp movements. Only then did Wang Xijia see the appearance of his wife with a flower collar after her transformation - a beautiful little brown bear. It should also belong to the Huron family.

In this case, it is obvious that you can't climb the mountain today, so everyone has to drink high again and stay at Hua Lingzi's house for one night. The next morning, before the sun came out, and when it was still cold to death, Hua Collar came to wake everyone up.

I don't know why, no matter where the ancient people got up early. Wang Xijia originally wanted to sleep for five more minutes, but after thinking that he was no longer a child, he also got up decisively.

Hua Lingzi's wife brought hot face wash water to everyone, and after everyone finished washing, Hua Lingzi led everyone up the mountain. There is another path up the mountain behind his house, which is stepped out by Hua Lingzi himself. The so-called world has no road, and when there are many people who walk, it becomes a road.

At the end of the road was snow, and Flower Collar stood here to indicate that he was not going up - it was not his range of activity. The range of activity of the flower collar is about 1,500 to 2,800 meters in the sea, below the snow line.

Everyone said goodbye to this hospitable Huron man and said that they would go to his house after descending the mountain. Hua Lingzi waved his hand and left—after all, he had a large family to raise. can't be like Wang Xijia who knows how to play every day.

Bidding farewell to the enthusiastic thought, Wang Xika began to get excited. There is a saying that a man is a teenager until he dies. Although Wang Xijia has lived two lifetimes, he is still as interested in mountain climbing and exploration as he was when he was a child.

He remembered the scene when he climbed the mountain for the first time in his previous life, and remembered the scene when Peng Lianhu took him up the mountain to catch pheasants at the mouth of the river. I thought of the scene of dancing and eating yak meat in Zack's camp later, and I couldn't help but think - will there be yaks in the snowy mountains here?

To be honest, yaks are particularly suitable for living in the snow-capped mountains, but Wang Xika has only heard of yaks in the snow-capped mountains in the Tibetan region of China, but not elsewhere.

This is strange, there are so many buffalo and bison in the Americas, is there not a single cow that has evolved long hair? Why can the same natural environment evolve different types of organisms, and what is the reason?

In addition to yaks, there is another type of cattle that is also suitable for surviving at high altitudes, and that is takin. The head of the takin is like a sheep, the horns are like a deer, the hooves are like a cow, and the tail is like a donkey, which can also be called "four dislikes". Of course, some people say that the elk is the four different, this is not important, in short, the takin is also a creature that is only found in Asia.

Are there any animals endemic to the snow-capped mountains of the Americas? Do you want to bring some takins and yaks from Asia to the Americas for cultivation? Is this considered an ecological invasion? Just thinking about it, a white lightning bolt suddenly ran in front of him, and it looked like some kind of animal.

"Catch it back and take a look!" Wang Xijia was extremely happy about this animal that lived in the snow-capped mountains of America, and couldn't wait to study it.

Lang Nado, Bloodfang, Grey Beaver, and Tengu immediately chased after them when they heard the order. In terms of hunting, several people are masters of the masters, but this time, it was the Tengu who came out on top.

After all, in terms of speed, you can't get what you run on the ground to fly in the sky. What's more, the snow is not suitable for running. Wang Xika took a closer look at the animal that Tengu had captured.

I saw that the animal was about two meters long and one and a half meters high. He has long snow-white hair, a long neck, and a cool hairstyle. It looks like both a camel and a sheep – this is the legendary mythical beast of the Americas: the alpaca.

In later generations, alpacas were loved all over the world for their distinctive appearance and wide range of uses. Wang Xika is no exception, he just can't understand, according to his knowledge, don't alpacas generally live in the warm climate of Central and South America, how can they run to the snow-capped mountains of North America?

Could it be that this cute alpaca is lost?