Chapter 38: Consummation
After Zhuo Chuan had done all this, he and the other two tried to spread out as much food as possible, put it in front of them, and then carried the black mountaineers on their backs and went down the mountain with the other two.
With Zhuo Chuan's guide, the descent time should have been much shorter than Siste expected, but because Zhuo Chuan was burdened with one more person, the time was about the same as originally expected, and it took a full day.
In one day, if Zhuo Chuan hadn't built a snow hut for them to shelter from the wind, the three people who were left on the mountain would have died a long time ago, and no one could hold on motionless on the six-thousand-meter snow-capped mountain in a semi-comatose state.
And if Zhuo Chuan chooses to take turns carrying the two of them, it will take twice as long as the time, then it is likely that no one person will be able to save him. He had already judged all this very clearly.
The black mountaineers carried by Zhuo Chuan had already sobered up when they were almost 4,000 meters above sea level, and began to recover slowly, and later let Zhuo Chuan walk with his support.
He was grateful to Zhuo Chuan, the other party should have saved him three times, once from the ice crevice, then once in the snowdrift, and finally the most difficult, carrying him down the steep peak of nearly 2,000 meters.
The 42-year-old black climber, James Sheward, was the chief of a primitive tribe in South Africa, but when he got tired of the old-fashioned life, he sold them the mining rights when a foreigner came to invest in his land, got a large sum of money, and settled in the city, passing on the chieftain's position to his son.
After descending the mountain, James was taken to the hospital by the ambulance called by phone, and he held Zhuo Chuan's hand tightly as he parted.
"Zhuo, I can't express my gratitude, whether it's money or other things I have, as long as you need it, I will repay you"
Zhuo Chuan shook his head, he saved the other party, just to repay the opportunity that the other party gave him to comprehend the "sigh of time and space", if he coveted such a return, he should choose to save his compatriots, at least it would be much more beneficial to his development in the country.
In the end, the two left each other's contact information and separated, Zhuo Chuan still had something to do, and James also had to go to the hospital to check and recuperate.
"Zhuo, you need to rest now, you're too tired to climb again right away" Katie grabbed him as the rescue team was about to leave, and she looked at each other with concern.
"Without my leadership, it would have taken twice as long for the rescue team to find them" Zhuo Chuan shook his head, the speed of his physical recovery was not something that these people could know, after some rest and eating, his physical strength had recovered.
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When the rescue team carried enough rescue equipment and followed Zhuo Chuan to the last snow hut built again, another day passed, and the three people left behind had been in the snow room for two days, more than 48 hours. Even on flat ground, in a coma for 48 hours without treatment, the mortality rate is very large.
However, when they got closer, they noticed movement in the igloo.
"Hold on, Ivan," a low voice came out.
"Yes, they will definitely come to our rescue, otherwise they wouldn't have bothered so much effort to build an igloo"
"Yes, Yuan, they also left food behind, they will definitely bring people back"
The rescue team members hurriedly entered the snow room, and after seeing the comer, they were barely talking, and the faces of the three people who encouraged each other showed irrepressible joy.
"Thank goodness you're finally here"
"It's just our time to encourage each other once an hour, and if you don't come back, I can't guarantee that I'll be able to make it to the next hour."
When Zhuo Chuan saw it, he immediately understood. It turned out that after they left, with the protection of the igloo, these people woke up again. After all, this is only a six-thousand-meter mountain, and although the oxygen content is low, it can still support the recovery of the human body, and if it is on the eight-thousand-meter Mount Everest, the oxygen content is too low, and they will definitely not be able to wake up.
Of course, without the protection of the snow house, their body temperature would have been carried away by the howling cold wind when they were unconscious, and then they would freeze to death before they could wake up.
However, he was also faintly surprised, the will that people can explode in times of crisis is too strong, even if they have the protection of the snow room, it is impossible to persist until now, without an extremely tenacious will. After waking up, they did not go down the mountain, but the physical loss caused by the lack of oxygen was too great, and in the absence of rescue, it was difficult to recover, so they could only persist here.
First aid started immediately, oxygen, food and hot water were replenished, and the rescue team was still very experienced, of course, they were also saying, fortunately, this is only 6,000 meters, not a death zone above 7,000 meters on Mount Everest, otherwise they would never wake up.
All things were happy, and the trio recovered a little after being given first aid, and the rescue team was well stocked, and they set up a rest camp here.
After a day's rest, the group began to descend the mountain.
The three of them didn't know that the black man was carried down the mountain by Zhuo Chuan, they only thought that they had lost consciousness and were forced to stay here. As experienced mountaineers, they understand this practice very well, and no one complains about anything, because they themselves have passed by some exhausted climbers in their own mountaineering experience, but they can't rescue them.
Relatively speaking, these companions have done the best by building them igloos, leaving food for them to hold out for two days, and bringing rescue teams in time.
When they got down the hill, they met their old teammates, Heath, Katie, and the black man, James, who was not a big problem, he was in good health after all, and he was discharged after a check-up in the hospital, and after some fluids.
Neither Heath, nor Katie, nor the black James, did not tell Zhuo Chuan about a person going down the mountain ahead of schedule. Zhuo Chuan naturally won't, this doesn't need to make any choices, now the result is already the best, and then talking about the previous facts, it is just to make everyone fall into a dispute again, although everyone can understand, but they will definitely feel uncomfortable.
encountered a landslide and survived intact, which is already the best result, and everyone is very grateful to Zhuo Chuan. As these mountaineers who often experience the test of life and death, they are more touched by being rescued, and on the snowy mountains, saving people is definitely a luxury thing, and once there is a fatal crisis, it is definitely an extremely lucky thing to be rescued.
Zhuo Chuan's biggest gain now is not only the gratitude of these people, but also the potential connections and other rewards in the future, but he obviously feels the growth of his soul. This time the thing was done from beginning to end, and courage, perseverance, and wisdom were all invisibly tempered.
This is one of the reasons why many rich people are still willing to risk their lives to participate in mountaineering, if you can conquer a real mountain, then there are few things on the road of life that can make you succumb.
That night, after spending a party celebrating his survival with the mountaineers of Heath, Zhuo Chuan flew back to his home the next day, of course, with the contact information of these six people.