When we walked in Hoh Xil, we didn't dare to stay away from the improvised road. Although there are no road signs and no milestones on the highway, after all, it is a psychological dependence, where there is a highway, there will be cars, and there will be people if there are cars. In order not to get too far from humans, we chose to walk at a distance that kept the road in sight.

Dachao often walks out of sight, but he doesn't stay for long, and he will suddenly appear somewhere not far ahead. I'm on the road for a ride, and then for a ride in the wilderness. The pace of potatoes never left the road.

The climate of Hoh Xil is called a cold, which is a kind of pervasive and ubiquitous cold, which makes people unguardable. Although it was just a few days after the Mid-Autumn Festival, the snow was already raging. In Hoh Xili, the snow scene has no poetic meaning at all, the crystal snowflakes, the sky is full of zero Qiong chaotic jade is not appreciated by people, but the big snowflakes in Hoh Xil swept across the field under the destruction of the wind. The wilderness of Hoh Xil is bare and endless this season, and the wind and snow in the face make people unable to open their eyes at all, so they can only trek silently with their heads down, and the emptiness and cold make people feel endless desolation in their hearts.

Every morning, the tent is covered with a thick layer of ice, which takes nearly an hour to process. Walking in Hoh Xil for four or five days, the most test is people's will and perseverance.

Originally, I thought that the first to retreat would be potatoes from Changsha, after all, southerners have never seen such a bitter cold place. Unexpectedly, an incident happened later, and what made us give up halfway was Dachao from Qiqihar, Heilongjiang, an extremely cold land.

After walking in Hoh Xil for a few days, I don't know how much distance I have walked, but everyone knows in their hearts that they are getting closer and closer to the supply station. The water for the potatoes was drunk again, and so was Dachao, only my big kettle still had a small half pot of water left in case of emergency. On this day, the potatoes suddenly began to exert their power, following the super, leaving me far behind. After dark, since there was no trace of Dachao and potatoes, I had to bite the bullet and go all the way. At about ten o'clock in the evening, I saw a light moving in the distance ahead, and it was the potatoes that turned back from the front. Tudou said that he couldn't keep up with Dachao's pace, and the supply station didn't know where it was, so he went back to look for me, because there was no signal in Hoh Xili, and Tudou said that the GPS in his phone had become bullshit.

The next morning, we got out of our tent and found that the supply depot was less than 500 meters away. By the time we reached the supply station, Dachao had already gotten up. Da Chaotou entered the supply station before ten o'clock in the evening. According to Dachao, the night before, he was cold and tired, and he was about to collapse with hunger and thirst, when he heard the barking of a dog, and he followed the barking of the dog to see the light, and saw an old man coming up from the light. Dachao said that he was sitting by the fire, drinking hot tea, feeling the warm atmosphere in the room, and his tears couldn't help but fall, and he couldn't hold back it. In addition to being excited, he gave small things such as power banks around him, including cotton clothes and pants, to the old man who stayed at the supply station.

Dachao's impulsive feat finally made our attempt to cross Hoh Xil come to naught, and Da Chao without cotton clothes and pants would not have survived the night of more than 20 degrees below zero in Hoh Xil no matter what, and it would be impossible for me and Potato to leave Da Chao behind. We had to stay at the supply depot and wait for a passing vehicle to take us out of Hoh Xil at some point.