Drifting Sand in the West Chapter 36 Death Valley 1

Although this valley is not big from a distance, the mountain road always follows the direction of the valley, with nine bends and eighteen turns along the way, tossing people to death. Fortunately, the scenery here is not bad, the air is quite fresh, and it is not enough to look up and look down in the big desert and be full of yellow sand.

The weather in the mountains is changeable, and the regional microclimate phenomenon is very obvious, just the mountain col is still sunny sky, and it has begun to rain when you arrive here. It really responds to the old saying "the sun rises in the east and rains in the west". In desperation, I had to put on a raincoat and continue to move forward.

The rainy weather not only brings moisture to the mountains, but also seems to solidify the surrounding time and space. The sound of raindrops falling on the leaves of the trees, in the grass and on the stones by the roadside. On the opposite side of the valley, the clouds are already filled, and the shadow of the mountains is looming, as if the opposite side is a fairyland. Inadvertently, I saw that I was a little fascinated.

The rain was slippery, the mountain roads were rough, the ground was all muddy, and the sound of muddy water splashing was like a rhythmic rhythm. From time to time, gusts of mountain wind blew through the mountain trees, whining.

Three or four days in a row were spent in rainy weather, until the fifth day felt that the temperature had dropped considerably, and at the same time there were fewer forests nearby, scattered scattered at relatively low altitudes, and in the higher places were mostly endless meadows, and above the meadows were the snow line. At this point, I felt my ears buzzing, as if my hearing was being affected by something. It is also gradually difficult to breathe, and perhaps this is the so-called altitude sickness. The legs also began to become heavy.

When I walked over to a large rock, everyone couldn't walk anymore, so I proposed to take a short break. Sitting on the rock, I felt a lot heavier in my body. Camels are also gasping for breath on the road, and it seems that they can't withstand the effects of this environment.

"How do you feel? Okay, right? I asked. Brother Li's body didn't seem to have much reaction, and Li Tong's reaction seemed to be a little big, and his face was pale. I walked up and asked with concern, "How's it going?" If you don't feel well, say it. ”

Li Tong nodded and said stubbornly: "Don't worry, I can do it." "I took out a locator from my backpack that I had never used before, and it showed the location: 78.1249 degrees east longitude, 41.3365 degrees north latitude, and 4722 meters above sea level. Li Tong took out a 1:50,000 topographic map from his backpack, which showed that we were already at the southern end of the Tianshan Mountains, and less than 20 kilometers away was the Bedieli Pass.

I motioned to Li Tong to take out the human skin map again, and Li Tong looked at Brother Li. Brother Li smiled and said, "It's nothing, in fact, I already knew that you guys were in the business of fighting." You don't have to be so jealous. The reason why I am willing to bring you here is also for the sake of a wish that I have been wishing for many years. So, nothing to worry about. ”

Seeing that Brother Li is so honest with us, if we are still twisting and pinching, we will be empty-hearted. Li Tong took out the kind of human skin map from his backpack, and according to the annotations on it, theoretically according to the average of forty kilometers per day, we are still about three or four days away from the destination, of course, this is only theoretical. The terrain is already very complex, and the changing climate makes it possible to arrive late.

According to the signs on the map, there are four peaks of more than 5,000 meters in front of us, and the most direct way is to climb over these four tall peaks. At the same time, there is a relatively circuitous but smooth road. In contrast, we believe that although the distance over the mountain seems to be short, the risk factor in the middle is also much higher, and accidents are likely to happen. Another roundabout way forward is time-consuming, but it can ensure everyone's safety. So, we finally decided to go with the latter way forward.

According to the latter approach, the initial estimate will take close to a week. After discussing the countermeasures, everyone has almost rested. And now all we have to do is go around the mountain in front of us and turn right ahead.

Li Tong's face has improved a lot, and I have gradually adapted to this altitude sickness, and the tinnitus is not as serious as before, which makes me very happy.

Li Tong took out his Sony camera to take pictures of the alpine meadow landscape in front of him. Listen to the Kazakh rancher who often sees small animals such as hares in this high mountain. Since it was a rainy day, these little ones did not come out for activities.

We've had enough of these landscapes in the past few days, so we're tired of it. After climbing over two mountain bridges, we were already close to the snow line, and we had to stop to put on the prepared down jacket to protect against the cold, and at the same time put on non-slip hiking shoes. Since there was already some snow and ice on the road, it was inevitable that it would feel slippery.

From time to time, we have come to a valley mouth flanked by steep cliffs. As for the route on the map, we have to climb over the col to continue. The cold wind is constantly blowing the clothes on the body, even if you wear a down jacket, you still feel a chill, and the cold wind may pour into the body at any time.

Continuing towards the top of the mountain, a cold wind echoed through the valley like a ghost crying wolf. Originally, there was a chill on my body, but now I felt goosebumps falling to the ground. From time to time, goose feathers and snow fell in the lead-black sky, which was sparse at first, and was already dense in an instant. There is a sound of feet stepping on the snow.

Although the snow on the ground has not yet melted, it is now a thick layer of Europe. Suddenly, a cold wind mixed with flying snow blew the cannon's hat to the ground, and when he looked up, he was already covered with snowflakes overhead. Breaking Ah rubbed his hands while picking up his hat and complained: "What the hell is this weather, people don't have a good life." ”

After complaining, the creature shook off the snow from his hat and continued to walk. Suddenly, I felt something stumble under my feet, and when I pushed through the layers of snow, a human corpse appeared in front of me. A corpse suddenly appeared at my feet, which frightened me so much that I thought it was a big dumpling. However, it seems that the corpse has been frozen, but it is difficult to say whether it will be a corpse.

Pulling the corpse out of the snowdrift and wiping the dirt off it, I saw the appearance of the corpse clearly. The age of the corpse should be between forty and fifty years old, Han dress, but it looks like a popular model in the nineties of the last century. The main thing is that the corpse seems to have been seriously frightened by something, and there are blue marks on its face.

Everyone heard my exclamation and came over. Brother Li and the cannon are okay, although Li Tong has never seen this kind of death, he has experienced some things, so he didn't show too much fear.

Brother Li stepped forward to check on the entity, and said, "It seems that this corpse should have died decades ago. Judging from the blue marks on his face, it seems that he has been severely frightened before he will be frightened. "It's easy to explain that the corpse is frozen here, but there's something terrifying here that scares an adult out of his mind.