Although there was a bit of a murky noise in front of him, it was still enough to make everyone present uneasy. Several people stopped in unison and picked up the binoculars in their hands to check. If you don't have a telescope, you will use your own eyes to investigate.

After a careful investigation, the big man said, "It's okay, don't worry!" Judging by the extent of this snow fog, the surrounding avalanche will not involve us. ”

Although the big man said this, the crowd was still shocked. Duoduo and Lisa look like frightened birds, and they will be suspicious of what the big man says. Duoduo glanced at me, then walked over to me from Lisa's side, as if to say something to me.

Duoduo walked up to me and said, "Fang Yu, I want to hear you tell a story, tell me a story." ”

"Storytelling?" I was a little caught off guard by Toto's sudden request, and I couldn't even believe my ears. hurriedly asked her, "You want me to tell a story?" ”

"yes!" Duoduo said firmly, and his expression didn't look like he was joking with me. On the contrary, it seems to be very serious.

When the old ghost heard Duoduo say this, he said a little sarcastically: "Money shopkeeper, you are not mistaken, you want to listen to the story at this time?" That's good enough! Literary and artistic youth! ”

"What's the matter with you?" Seeing that the old ghost interjected, he said a little angrily: "I just want to listen now!" Fang Yu, can you tell me one......"

When I heard Duoduo ask for this, I thought the old ghost smiled bitterly and expressed my sympathy for him. Then he said to Duoduo, "What story do you want to hear?" ”

Duoduo seemed to be waiting for me to answer like this, and without thinking about it, he said, "It's the story of a couple who climbed the mountain and looked for each other when they encountered danger." ”

"Couple on the mountain? Looking for each other's ......? I pondered as I asked.

I racked my brains and thought about it for a while, and finally remembered the story that Duoduo said:

Gray, 37, is an architect based in Brno, Czech Republic. His wife, Allison, is a teacher at a local sports academy. In the eight years of their marriage, the Gray couple's greatest pleasure has been to travel around the world during the holidays. Keen sportsmen, the two of them have a soft spot for mountaineering, and friends jokingly call Mr. and Mrs. Gray "mountaineering partners".

Just after Christmas 2005, the couple returned from a trip to France. Gray, who had always been in good health, suddenly felt a faint pain in his lower back. At first, he didn't pay attention, thinking it was due to the fatigue of the journey.

However, half a month later. The pain in his lower back was getting worse. Sometimes, it hurts so much that it makes it difficult to walk. That's when Mr. and Mrs. Gray thought of going to the hospital for a thorough check-up from start to finish.

It turned out that Gray had a large long hemangioma on his lumbar spine. Unfortunately, there is no ideal cure for this tumor in the medical community. In other words, this hemangioma, which compresses the nerves of the lumbar spine, is very likely to lead to paralysis of the lower limbs in the future.

The diagnosis came like a bolt from the blue for the Grays!

However, the empathetic Allison reassures her husband that "modern medicine is changing with each passing day, and it may not be long before gratifying medical results come out!"

Gray looked at his wife affectionately: "Honey, you don't have to worry about me. We also went on trips and hiking during the holidays......"

After timely treatment and cooperative treatment, Gray's condition stabilized, and the pain in his lower back was significantly reduced. One day in the early spring of 2006, the Gray couple drove to a tourist camp in the heart of the Carpathian Mountains to climb the 8,700-foot-high snowy peak of Gelgaihe.

They set out from the camp with the necessary climbing equipment: an ice shovel, an ice axe, a 50-metre trekking rope and a walkie-talkie to keep in touch with the camp.

As before climbing the mountain, the attentive Allison also prepared two whistles for sports competitions, which were hung on the chests of her husband and herself. She insisted. On snowy peaks with unpredictable climates, whistles can definitely come in handy when it matters most.

Carpathian Mountains in early spring. Thousands of miles of ice, thousands of miles of snow.

After a snowy trek of more than an hour, Gray and Allison arrived at the foot of the famous Gellach Snow Peak. After a short rest, the two began to climb to the top of the snowy peak.

The steep and protruding peaks of the Gellach Peak, combined with the year-round snow cover, make the slightest mistake in the climber's fall into a deep valley. The Grays are professional mountaineers, but they don't dare to be careless.

Gray didn't see any effect on the mountaineering with low back pain. It's just that. Compared with the previous state of mind of mountaineering, there is a vague melancholy in his subconscious: his mountaineering career may end at any time due to paralysis of the lower limbs.

At about 11 a.m., Gray and Allison finally approached the summit, and the summit of the snowy peak of Gellach was within easy reach. Snow-capped distant mountains. Reminds Gray of his unpredictable illness again. The wife is still young, and once she is paralyzed for the rest of her life, her married life will be overshadowed.

Suddenly, a strange thought flashed through my mind: if I "stumbled" and fell into the abyss, it might be a complete relief.

Gray let out a long sigh and immediately said to Allison with pretense of ease, "My dear, in ten minutes we will be at the top of the Central European continent!"

The climate of the Carpathians is unpredictable and unpredictable.

Coincidentally, at this time, a large lead-gray cloud drifted from the northwest. The clear sky, which had been blue a few minutes ago, quickly became overcast, and a cool and damp cold wind blew on the snowy peaks, and the snowy peaks of Gerach shrouded in clouds suddenly gave people a great sense of oppression.

"No, let's retreat down the mountain quickly!" Gray had a premonition that a blizzard was coming.

However, the rapid evacuation of the summit is not an easy task. Because of the snow cover, the mountain is steep and the road is slippery, and if you are not careful, you will lose your center of gravity and plant in the valley. At this point, ice axes and ice shovels play a valuable role in preventing slips. Gray and Allison race against the clock and soon retreated to a snowy slope.

Almost at the same time, strong winds mixed with hail and snow whistled in......

Gray quickly slammed the ice axe into the snow, which sank inches into the ground and was firmly anchored to the open slope. He asks Allison to hold the ice axe so that it doesn't get blown down the snow slope by the wind.

Gray shoved the ice shovel into the snow again, trying to fix the ice shovel on the slope as well. Just as he was about to try to poke deeper, he heard a roar from the top of the mountain. He looked up and saw a huge block of snow like a mudslide rushing towards them with a thunderous sound! Gray was swept away by the sudden avalanche in an instant......

As the avalanche swept past the Gray couple's location, Allison was engulfed in snow at one point. It was her husband's cry at the moment of disaster that made Allison subconsciously cling to the ice axe, and she was lucky not to be swept away by the avalanche. (To be continued......)