Mount Everest, 8,844 meters above sea level, death ratio - 7:1.

After a few days of acclimatization, they took a bus into the Dyuura Pass, which is 5,200 meters above sea level. After arriving at the base camp, the others were resting, and ran to the vicinity of the camp to pick up stones, and suddenly saw Bai Sha appear with mountaineering equipment on his back. He managed to get past the checkpoint.

I was slightly dumbfounded.

Bai Sha smiled and walked to Weiwei and put down his heavy backpack.

Weiwei said: "Why are you here!" ”

Bai Sha said, "I said, I'm coming." ”

Weiwei said: "Baisha, you are too willful!" ”

Bai Sha said: "Weiwei, from Kunming to here, I have come more than 2,700 kilometers, not less than 7 kilometers." And, I've been sneaking up on training for 5 months now! ”

Captain Ahsan walked over.

Weiwei could only smile bitterly: "Ah San, this time I'm going to take my family to climb the mountain - he is my boyfriend, Baisha." ”

In this way, Baisha, who had never climbed the mountain, came to the foot of Mount Everest with a "two" energy, and was going to climb the mountain with Weiwei.

With a slight white sand, he walked into the tent of the base camp and introduced himself to his teammates. Everyone shook hands with Baisha one after another.

Lu Sanguo stretched out his hand, and Bai Sha just smiled at him. Lu Sanguo took his hand back and smiled.

Next, everyone continues to do acclimatization training.

Everest and Baisha think differently, there is garbage everywhere along the way.

The sky is blue and the mountains are white, and Weiwei and Lu Sanguo are walking together, getting farther and farther. Bai Sha looked through the wind and snow mirror, occasionally glanced at their backs, and wished that he could immediately cut Lu Sanguo's throat with a razor.

Crawling and crawling, he began to pant and put on an oxygen mask. He didn't even have the strength to look up, just staring at his feet, the endless snow, the endless slopes......

As he walked, he felt like he was dying, so he had to stop. He noticed a tall ice wall in front of him, and under the ice sat a strange man, about 40 years old, who was not wearing any hiking equipment - no crampons on his feet, no ice axe in his hands, no oxygen mask and snow goggles. He wore a sauce-colored leather jacket, a dark blue beanie, and a pair of military shoes, all of which were very shabby, as if he had been sitting here for a hundred years. His face was full of stubble, with thick frost and snow, and he was smiling slightly at the white sand.

Bai Sha was already struggling to breathe, but when he saw this person, his heartbeat accelerated rapidly, and he was dizzy.

On the snowy mountain, this person's dress is wrong. It's like on the moon, everyone is wearing a spacecap and walking slowly like a snail, and suddenly a person appears in the distance, dressed in ordinary clothes, as on Earth, running around happily......

He doesn't need oxygen, how can he breathe?

How can he walk without crampons or an ice axe?

At high altitudes, the brain spins surprisingly slowly.

Bai Sha stared at him and thought for a long time before he came up with two possibilities - first, he had a mountain reaction, and the person under the ice wall was his hallucination. Second, this person has been killed for many years, and the people who froze to death are all smiling......

Bai Sha stared at him.

The man actually stood up, walked nimbly on the ice and snow, and soon went around the ice wall and disappeared.

Bai Sha looked back, and another mountaineer struggling to come over.

Bai Sha took off his oxygen mask and asked with difficulty: "Did you see, that person just now?" ”

The other party looked up, looked at him through the wind and snow mirror, shook his head, and continued to climb up with difficulty.

Everyone returned to base camp.

On this morning, a Tibetan female doctor measured the blood oxygen and blood pressure of the team members.

Bai Sha finished his inspection and walked back to the tent. As he passed another tent, he saw a red-billed and red-pawed crow slipping in, pecking at the food on the sleeping bag. He grabbed a stone and quietly approached it.

Someone behind him suddenly shouted: "Stop! ”

Baisha looked back and saw that it was the Three Kingdoms of Lu. Lu Sanguo's expression was so serious for the first time.

Bai Sha said, "Are you sick?" ”

Lu Sanguo said: "The crow is the sacred bird of the Tibetan people, and we must respect their customs. ”

Bai Sha muttered and threw away the stone.

At noon, a Tibetan woman came to the camp and asked, "Have you seen my husband?" His name is Dorjee, and he is a porter. ”

Ahsan asked her, "How long has it been since he came home?" ”

The Tibetan woman said: "It's been more than 20 days! ”

Ahsan shook his head and lowered his head.

Tibetan women went to other camps to look for them.

Bai Sha thought of the strange man under the ice wall, would Dorjee be taken away by him?

In the afternoon, Bai Sha slept in the tent for a while, and when he woke up, he heard Lu Sanguo chatting with Weiwei outside the tent.

He walked out with a DV machine, and said very unceremoniously: "Lu Sanguo, I came to be a private mountain camera for Weiwei, please go out of the picture." ”

Lu Sanguo walked away with some embarrassment.

Weiwei said: "Why are you so small-bellied?" ”

Bai Sha put down the DV machine and said, ", I always want to be the male number one." ”

That night, a strong wind blew all night. When I woke up in the morning, the teacup turned into a block of ice, and the tea leaves floated like amber.

Everyone returned to Lhasa to rest. Bai Sha has been giving Weiwei video. Lu Sanguo stayed away with interest.

There are more vendors in the Jiuura Pass, and the peak tourist season on Mount Everest is coming. On the way, Baisha saw a lot of tourists.

Baisha always thought that Mount Everest was a no-man's land, but now he knows that it is about to become a bazaar.

Passing by the Shangrongbu Temple at an altitude of 5,100 meters, everyone stopped. It was the smallest temple in the world, with only one left-behind monk. There was a wooden sign at the door with the mobile phone number of the monk left behind.

There is a hole in the temple where the statue of Master Lotus and used utensils are enshrined.

Slightly entered, knelt down, buttocks pouted high, like Tibetans, hands outstretched, forehead touched the ground, and bowed reverently......

Bai Sha and Lu Sanguo stood behind Wei Wei and watched quietly. From their point of view, it's right on the slightly sexy buttocks.

Both men seemed to be somewhat sensitive.

Lu Sanguo went out and looked at Mount Everest.

Bai Sha came out, lit a cigarette, and smoked.

Bai Sha spoke first: "Lu Sanguo, you said that you are so rich, why did you come to climb the mountain?" ”

Lu Sanguo still looked at Mount Everest and said, "When you get to the mountain, no amount of money can buy a breath." ”

After a pause, Bai Sha said, "You said that if you kill someone on the snowy mountain, isn't it very simple?" ”

Lu Sanguo looked at Baisha: "How did you think of this?" ”

Bai Sha squinted his eyes and looked at Mount Everest: "It's so old, the police can't get up, the helicopter can't get up, and if you die, you'll die......"

Lu Sanguo said: "The mountain is close to God, and God will see it." ”

Baisha said, "I don't believe in God. ”

Lu Sanguo smiled and said nothing.

Bai Sha said again: "Damn, up and down, it's been grinding for a month, when will you really set off?" I'm already impatient. ”

Lu Sanguo said: "Then listen to the leader." Before leaving, we will hold a mulberry simmering ceremony, scatter barley into the sky, and if the mountain eagle comes to eat, we will set off. If they don't come to eat, they won't leave for a while. ”

Bai Sha said: "Life and death are fateful, and there is a bird relationship with birds!" ”

Lu Sanguo said: "We must know how to respect some things, respect the will of God, respect the weather...... Baisha, in addition to learning mountaineering techniques, you should also learn some rules of mountaineering. ”

Bai Sha's face suddenly changed: "Rules? Do you know the rules of being a human being? ”

Lu Sanguo was stunned: "What do you want to say?" ”

Bai Sha looked back, and then lowered his voice: "Don't pretend to be confused for me!" You spit in my house, you don't know it? I'm not going to stop there! ”

Lu Sanguo thought for a while and said calmly: "Baisha, you should also learn a little bit of the mentality of a mountaineer." ”

Bai Sha smiled: "You taught me to be tolerant, didn't you?" Let me tell you, our accounts must be settled! ”

He walked over and asked loudly, "What are you arguing about?" ”

Bai Sha glared at Lu Sanguo fiercely, turned around and walked away.

When returning to the base camp, Bai Sha saw a sign on the side of the road that said "Everest Conservation Area", which was almost down. Bai Sha found that after the "district" was tilted, it became another word - "fierce".

A shadow immediately appeared in his heart.

That night, I had a slight cold and had a terrible headache.

In the tent, Bai Sha held Weiwei in his arms and wanted to rub her head.

Pushed him away slightly: "I'm not that squeamish." ”

Bai Sha took her over again and continued to rub it.

Lu Sanguo happened to walk in, and he was a little embarrassed: "What's wrong, Weiwei?" ”

Weiwei said, "I'm fine." ”

Lu Sanguo sent them warm stickers, and after he left, he said to Bai Sha slightly: "When I don't have you, I'm like them, and no one treats me as a woman." As soon as you came, you just kneaded me into a girl! ”

On this day, the weather was nice and sunny. On the hillside behind the camp, the simmering ceremony is about to begin, solemn and quiet.

Collaboration and guidance burn smoke and add pine branches, cypress branches, glutinous rice cakes, and wine syrup to the simmering mulberry pile. Then everyone knelt down and prostrate. The lama recites the scriptures. There was a piece of Jade Guanyin hanging on Weiwei's chest, she took it down and put it on the Mani pile.

A Tibetan guide is gluing a piece of sticky rice to it.

A Tibetan guide holds rice in his hand, facing the direction of Mount Everest, and clasps his hands in the shape of a lotus.

The yak meat that has been enshrined is divided little by little. The birds brought them to heaven.

They put the ice axe on the altar and take it off when the service is over.

Everyone scattered the barley over the Mani pile.

Several mountain eagles circled in the sky for a while, and they came down to peck.

Everyone sprinkled barley on each other and danced the pot dance.

Weiwei held Baisha with his left hand, and Lu Sanguo with his right hand. Weiwei and Lu Sanguo both danced happily, and Bai Sha was absent-minded.

Next, the mountaineering team is about to officially climb the mountain.

When Bai Sha was sorting out his backpack, he took out the old-fashioned razor and put it in his inner pocket. He knew he couldn't carry an extra toothpick at such a height, but he had to bring this razor—he wouldn't have come here if it weren't for his life.

Everybody is off.

The route they chose was the north face of Mount Everest.

The clouds in the sky are like white prayer flags.

The glacier is full of moraine rocks. Occasionally, the figure of a yak moves slowly on the snowy slopes.

Walking in front slightly, stopping from time to time, looking at a huge piece of ice that was about to melt, it seemed to fall into compassion and contemplation.

Bai Sha walked up to her, and she said, "Look at it again, it may be gone when we get back." ”

Bai Sha said in his heart: You should look at Lu Sanguo a few more times, and when we come down, he will be gone.

After arriving at the advance camp, Bai Sha couldn't hold on anymore and put on an oxygen mask.

Weiwei persuaded him to stop here, but he stubbornly refused. That night, the wind was so strong that the tent doors could not be closed, and from the outside, the tents were blown by the wind like several large leather balls.

White sand and a pico kimono lie in a sleeping bag. Bai Sha gasped hard and said, "Weiwei, if I don't come this time, will you sleep in a tent with that Lu Sanguo?" ”

Weiwei said, "It's possible." ”

In the morning, the wind was blowing all the time, at least 35 meters per second. Two tents were blown to the bottom.

Bai Sha began to cough, and he lay alone in the tent and fell asleep. In a daze, he heard Weiwei and Lu Sanguo talking. He got up and walked out.

The wind blew him to his feet.

That weirdo is here again! He crouched higher and smiled at him, and in such a harsh environment, his demeanor was very relaxed, like a sheep herder crouching on the hillside, looking at the slowly moving flock.

Bai Sha looked at the strange man in a daze.

Soon, the other party disappeared. It can be seen that he is all too familiar with the environment here, like his home.

Weiwei was not with Lu Sanguo, and the team leader Ah Sang called her and reassigned the guide.

On this day, the wind stopped and everyone continued to climb.

Bai Sha put on an oxygen mask again.

Lu Sanguo, Weiwei, and Baisha walked at the front of the mountaineering team, with three lines of footprints, two lines overlapping, and one line deviating. It's like a relationship between three people.

Finally, they came to the snow line of Mount Everest, put on technical equipment, and then gradually approached the ice wall of the North Col along the route rope laid by the cooperation. The vertical height of the ice wall is 400 meters, and the slope is 50-70 degrees.

It is common to see a course rope left in an unknown year nearby. The glacier changes rapidly, and some of the route ropes are buried in the snow, and some of the route ropes are even suspended in the air. Everyone takes the zigzag route.

Slightly tell Baisha: If you see two ropes overlapping, choose a new one.

A metal ladder appeared in front. Below the metal ladder is a white abyss. When Lu Sanguo crossed the metal ladder, Bai Sha stared at his crampons. If he falls, he will save Baisha from attacking.

However, Lu Sanguo walked over safely......

They arrived at Camp C1 in North Col. 7028 meters above sea level. Zhangzifeng in the distance was locked in the clouds.

The guide asked the team to put on oxygen masks and start inhaling oxygen. Lu Sanguo refused. Bai Sha thought, this kid's physical strength is really good, and it is estimated that he will have to saw a few more knives on his neck when the time comes.

The next day, the weather was fine, and everyone continued to climb up.

Oxygen is getting thinner, and everyone's pace is getting harder and harder.

Looking up or down, you can occasionally see other mountaineering teams.

Arrive at Camp C2 in the evening.

At dusk on the third day, they arrived at Camp C3. The terrain here is sloping, the slight tent cannot be erected, and Baisha is helpless, Lu Sanguo found a corpse from a distance, he dragged the corpse over, and put it under the tent.

This night, Bai Sha and Wei Wei rested in a tent. Lying slightly in the sleeping bag, Bai Sha hung himself with a rope, just a few naps.

After midnight, everyone replenished their energy bars, left the tent, and was about to rush to the top.

Pitch black Mount Everest.

The guide's glow stick is flashing.

Weiwei is struggling to climb, and every step is terrifying.

Reaching the third step at an altitude of 8,800 meters, there are only 44 meters left from the summit.

A cross-cut rock wall, a 30-centimeter passage, and an abyss below. There were more than 20 climbers in front of them, waiting to pass, causing a terrible "blockage".

Bai Sha, Weiwei and Lu Sanguo waited for more than two hours at the foot of the third step, losing sensation in their hands and feet.

In the end, she gave up slightly, and she chose to retreat.

Bai Sha and Lu Sanguo accompanied Weiwei and retreated together.

Bai Sha found that at 8,000 meters above, perhaps because of his slow reaction, the hatred in his heart was gone. Here, there is only one simple thought, go up, go down.

The complex social relationships between people have all been washed away, and only the most primitive natural relationships are left - caring for each other, helping each other, supporting each other, and going home together......

After dawn, it was snowing. The guides walked in front and gradually disappeared.

As he walked, Bai Sha saw a figure who ran briskly on the sloping snow slope away from the route rope, and soon disappeared into the wind and snow.

Above the snowy mountains is a mute world.

Everyone was tightly wrapped, only slow movements.

Moreover, Bai Sha didn't have the strength to shout, and even if he shouted, the other two people couldn't hear it.

He was very sure that what he saw over and over again was the same person, a soul who had died on Mount Everest.

After walking through the C1 camp, the weather improved, the three of them unlocked the main lock, left the route rope, and the knotted rope group retreated down - the so-called knotted rope group, that is, you tied me, I tied you. Lu Sanguo is in the front, Baisha is in the middle, and Weiwei is in the back. Bai Sha was very surprised, he came to Mount Everest to kill Lu Sanguo, but he never went down, and now, he actually formed a rope group with him, and life and death are together.

By this time, they had already removed the oxygen.

In front of him was an ice cliff that three people had to cut over.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, Bai Sha heard Weiwei let out a scream behind him, and before he could look back, Weiwei had already rushed past him, his posture was like sitting on a slide, and the speed was extremely fast.

She's slippery!

Bai Sha has no experience and his brain is blank.

Turning over slightly, he lay on the ground, and struggled to stop the slip with an ice axe, but to no avail.

Lu Sanguo was also stunned for a moment, but he reacted quickly and immediately stepped on a stone protruding from the ice and snow with his foot. Immediately after, a huge force jerked the white sand, and he also slid down.

His body kept crashing against the protruding stones.

He knew what it meant to slip and fall in a snowy mountain environment, and there was only one thought in his head - it's over, it's dead.

When he was pulled by Lu Sanguo's rope, he didn't come back to his senses for a long time.

At this time, he was about 10 meters away from the ice cliff, and Weiwei had already slid down and hung under the ice cliff.

Bai Sha hurriedly fixed his body with an ice axe, made an anchor point on the ice and snow, and tied the rope on his body.

Next, the two men could completely pull Weiwei up, but an unexpected scene happened-

A person suddenly emerged from the snow, it was the same strange person Bai Sha had ever seen! He shook the snow off his body, then walked to the edge of the ice cliff, crouched down, and pulled a sharp knife from his pocket. He had a frozen smile on his face all the time.

Below is a narrow ice cave, and if you fall down, you will definitely die. Even if she didn't die, no one would be able to get her up.

Bai Sha shouted, "What are you doing? ”

The strange man looked at him and said, "What are you going to do when you break into my house?" ”

Bai Sha said, "Who are you! ”

The strange man said, "I am a hunter." ”

With that, he cut the rope in one fell swoop. Bai Sha didn't even hear the sound of a slight fall to the ground.