Chapter Seventy-Three: A Farewell at an Altitude of 8,700 Meters

Looking at the big screen, the live broadcast pictures that were obviously sent back by the mountaineers made their faces green.

"You won't tell me that there is a picture sent back by Wang Yinan", with the last trace of luck, Qian Zhonghua asked the commander-in-chief,

"No, the one below on the right", the commander-in-chief pointed to a shaky, obviously climbing up picture, and the understatement shattered the last trace of luck of Qian Zhonghua and Zhang Qi.

"I'm X dead this bastard", Qian Zhonghua couldn't help but scold, knowing that Wang Yinan would not be comfortable if he didn't make some moths every once in a while, and it didn't take long for this to stop, and he immediately got into some big trouble.

Zhang Qi is relatively calm, "What's going on, why did this guy suddenly go crazy and go mountaineering",

"He doesn't have a brain pump, he wants to get to the top himself."

"This starts from the day of the accident", the commander-in-chief said lightly, his tone was very calm, and even faintly admired.

That night, all the people retreated, leaving only the wounded Rorong Dawa alone on the top steps of the "Hua Guo Ladder".

There was no way to save the person during the whole day, everyone knew that in fact, there was no way to save this person anymore, the existence of the three deadly factors of low temperature, strong wind and lack of oxygen in the high mountains, no one was injured and could hold out until the next day.

"Wang Yinan stayed here, chatting and talking to Luo Rong Dawa, telling stories to this young man," the commander-in-chief pointed to the screen in front of him, as well as the microphone in front of the screen.

Until the end, the cold and lack of oxygen slowly eroded Luo Rong Dawa's body, his reaction became slower and slower, and his answers became less and less, but Wang Yinan still kept talking and talking.

"I never thought that Professor Wang would talk about meat jokes in a set way," the commander-in-chief said with a smile, but Qian Zhonghua clearly saw tears in the corners of his eyes.

"Slowly, Ronjundava didn't speak anymore, just fell asleep, fell asleep forever", the commander-in-chief finally couldn't help crying.

"Didn't you find a way to rescue him?" , Zhang Qi asked,

"The only valuable rescue was when the team was there, trying to bring him down the steps, and when that failed, there was no point in any rescue," said the commander-in-chief.

"The altitude of 8,000 meters above sea level is the de facto boundary of morality, and its own survival cannot be guaranteed, so what else can we talk about morality?".

"What happened later, what happened later", Zhang Qi asked,

"Why does Wang Yinan appear on the screen", he pointed to another picture on the screen, and in the shaking image, he vaguely saw that Wang Yinan was climbing upward.

"This guy is crazy, are you going to go crazy with him?" , Qian Zhonghua angrily questioned the commander-in-chief of the scene,

"What can we do, he is the boss and he is the biggest", the commander-in-chief said with a wry smile.

"What the hell is going on", Zhang Qi finally calmed down a little, he asked.

"That night, there was no sound or movement in Rorong Dawa, and at that altitude, the fact was very obvious",

"Professor Wang also recognized this, he sat there all night, without saying a word, his eyes were bloodshot, he looked so mad, we didn't dare to approach him."

"When it was almost dawn, Professor Wang finally got into the sleeping bag and rested for a few hours, we thought he should recover, and after all the team members returned to the base camp, he suddenly asked himself to go up and personally say sorry to Luo Rong Dawa, he thought that he was too eager for quick success, if he didn't hype things up so exaggeratedly, put so much pressure on the team members, there would be no accident."

"Professor Wang is standing here, his eyes are red", the commander-in-chief seemed to have palpitations when he said,

"I'm going up, who's for and who's against," Professor Wang said.

"Those who oppose it will get out of the Everest base camp",

"Yes, take me up".

"He's standing here so murderously, we don't even dare to make a sound, who can object", the commander-in-chief said helplessly,

"We had to follow the safest way, on the same day, we first arranged a simple mountaineering training outside, but you big boss is really powerful, mastering mountaineering movements faster than our best boys, you are simply a natural mountaineer."

"The next day, we arranged for him to climb directly from the forward camp at an altitude of 6,500 meters to the North Col No. 1 camp at an altitude of 7,028 meters, and had to pass through a large vertical ice wall of nearly 300 meters in the middle, I thought it would be more difficult for him to climb up", said the commander-in-chief, his eyes were full of admiration.

"I didn't expect him to climb faster than our best lad, in less than an hour",

"After resting for one night at Camp No. 1 in Beiao, under normal circumstances, it should be retreated to the base camp to recover, but Professor Wang asked to continue the climb directly",

"Because the mountaineering season is about to pass, if we retreat and adapt to it for a day, as long as the weather changes slightly, it is likely that we will not be able to continue climbing this year.

"So yesterday, Professor Wang crossed the gale port in one breath and arrived at the No. 3 camp of Beiao at an altitude of 8,300 meters, that is, the advance camp to the summit of Mount Everest."

"After a night's rest last night, this morning we began to move towards the remains of Rojungdawa",

The commander-in-chief pointed to the picture, "Look, they have now reached the Huaguo Ladder, and Luo Rong Dawa's body is on the top platform of the Huaguo Ladder."

There are four different pictures on the big screen, the upper left corner is obviously the team member who stayed under the "Huaguo Ladder", from his point of view, three mountaineers are climbing up along the "Huaguo Ladder", what is shocking is that none of the three team members use oxygen cylinders.

"Don't you need oxygen at such an altitude", Qian Zhonghua asked suspiciously, "I remember that oxygen must be inhaled at an altitude of more than 8,000 meters".

"This also varies from person to person, and well-trained mountaineers, Sherpas, or a few people with abnormal physiques can even reach the summit without oxygen," said the commander-in-chief.

"Our team members have reached the top more than once, and they are well-trained, and Professor Wang," said the commander-in-chief with a wry smile.

"That's a freak."

"Can we talk to him now", Zhang Qi asked,

"Yes, their communication with the base camp has always been smooth, but I still recommend that you wait until they have climbed this section of Huaguo Ladder before talking to Professor Wang, now is the most dangerous time for the whole mountaineering activity," said the commander-in-chief.

Looking at Wang Yinan, who was struggling to climb up, it was obvious that this was not a good time for Xingshi to ask for guilt, Zhang Qi and Qian Zhonghua had no choice but to sit down and watch Wang Yinan climb the Huaguo Ladder with fear.

This long, bare rock wall is almost vertical, and because the angle is so large, even at such an altitude that there is almost no snow on the stone wall, it is no wonder that British climbers lamented in despair when they saw this rock wall, "The north peak of Mount Everest cannot be climbed".

With a six-meter-long metal ladder, climbing this stone wall has become much easier, of course, a few primitive believers will think that building such a metal ladder is a desecration of nature, they feel that climbing completely on their own strength can be said to have truly conquered Mount Everest, this kind of barking is estimated that few people take it seriously.

The metal ladder makes the climb much less difficult, but it is still an insurmountable barrier for ordinary people.

When Wang Yinan climbed halfway, he already felt the impact of insufficient oxygen on himself, altitude sickness is different from person to person, some people can't get up immediately when they reach the plateau, some people can't get up after sleeping, and some people may have to wait for three or five days to have a reaction.

Wang Yinan felt that his altitude sickness may have occurred above 8,500 meters above sea level, and a feeling of fainting hit Wang Yinan, and he firmly tied the safety rope to his waist, and Wang Yinan tried his best to slow down his breathing.

According to the breathing method of Tai Chi, he pressed the tip of his tongue against the roof of his mouth, imagining that the heavenly spirit was covered with a bowl of water, slowly allowing the little oxygen in the atmosphere to enter his lungs as fully as possible, and the saliva produced by the tip of his tongue slowly swallowed down his throat.

Ten seconds, thirty seconds, and one minute, the team members and the base camp who climbed together felt Wang Yinan's strangeness one after another, but seeing that he obviously controlled himself and closed his eyes to rest, everyone didn't even dare to make a sound.

Two minutes later, Wang Yinan felt fainting like a tide, coming and going quickly, and disappeared quickly, he shook his head left and right, felt that everything was under control, raised his hand, and made an OK gesture to the live broadcast hood above his head, Wang Yinan continued to climb up.

In the Everest base camp, the commander-in-chief breathed a sigh of relief, if Wang Yinan had any problems, he felt that he didn't have to go back, and it would be easier to find a glacier nearby and bury himself.

The six-meter-long metal ladder took the three team members a full hour to climb it safely.

From Wang Yinan's point of view, Zhang Qi and Qian Zhonghua immediately saw Luo Rong Dawa on the side, lying on his side in the thick snow, looking serene, and there were two spare oxygen cylinders that had not been opened by his side.

Either he lost consciousness and didn't have time to turn on the oxygen cylinder, or Rorong Dawa felt that there was no point in continuing his life for another hour or two.

Wang Yinan staggered over and slowly knelt beside Luo Rong Dawa,

"Rorong Dawa, I'm coming, can you hear me",

"I know you must be able to hear it, whether it's in heaven, in heaven, in earth, or whatever."

Taking off his gloves, Wang Yinan reached out and closed Luo Rong Dawa's slightly open eyes,

"Although I know that there is no point in doing this," Wang Yinan said.

"But I still have to tell you, I'm sorry",

"If it weren't for the terrible idea of coming up with me to live broadcast the summit of Mount Everest, you would definitely be able to complete your summit plan quietly and happily withdraw down the mountain."

"When I saw that the weather was getting worse, I should have resolutely let you retreat, and I, who have always been in awe of nature, should have known the power of the top of the mountains a long time ago."

"Or I am greedy for profit, and I didn't stand up against your ascension to the top as originally planned, what I thought of was canceling the plan, and the huge amount of money invested in the early stage would be wasted",

"Money counts as X, money is a bastard",

Wang Yinan sobbed silently as he spoke,

"Rorong Dawa, you said that I am the scientist you admire the most, don't say it, I really believe it",

"You just sleep here, no one will disturb you",

"I will definitely take you home". 8)