The helicopter, which had a good atmosphere, suddenly fell silent, and Jarrett and the others looked at each other and suddenly shivered.

Tomonobu Saito silently put on his shoes and socks, and said the longest sentence after the meeting: "Emergencies will not only make you lose your toes, but more likely to lose your life, your blood will gradually solidify and turn into blood crystals at an altitude full of ice and snow." ”

"Even though the mortality rate for climbing Everest has fallen from 14.8 percent a decade ago to 4.4 percent today, this is the mortality rate for all climbers, many of whom have just given up at C1C2, and the higher you go, the more likely you are to die."

"I've been climbing since 13 years, and that year I stopped at 7,400 meters because I saw a dead body in front of me, and my brain was severely deprived of oxygen, or maybe I was frightened, and I retreated, and for 14 or 15 years I didn't succeed. I wasn't very lucky, I had an avalanche in the 14-year window, and in 15 there was a big earthquake in Nepal, and another big avalanche, and no one made it to the top for the whole year. ”

Saito said in general, suddenly took a deep breath, his eyes narrowed slightly, as if he saw the endless sky after reaching the summit, and after a while, he continued in his stiff accent: "I haven't been here since then, but this year I am here again, this is my fourth time climbing Mount Everest, and my 40th birthday is approaching, and I hope to make the summit my birthday present." I heard Rob say that you haven't even climbed the 7,000-meter mountain, the human body doesn't work at the altitude of the Boeing 747, and once you get to Everest South Col C4 Camp, your body will slowly die. ”

"Hah, how is that possible."

Withers laughed, thinking of breaking the silence, but unfortunately except that he thought that no one was laughing, Saito stared at Withers with a blank face.

The laughter gradually subsided, Withers clenched his fists in embarrassment, and after two dry coughs, Saito's voice sounded again: "You can believe it or not, I stopped in front of death the first time I climbed the mountain, even though my mind was frozen to the point that I couldn't normalize the slightest, but I could feel, clearly feel, that death was sitting in front of me, so close that I could hear his breathing." ”

"Climbing Mount Everest is a game, a game to see if you can reach the top of the mountain and return before your body dies, win, the world's number one mountain is conquered by you, lose, and your body will become part of this tombstone."

"Goo."

Yao Jun and Wang Yongbo swallowed saliva at the same time, their foreheads sweated slightly, and their hands and feet were even more sore......

Is it too late to turn back?

Even the audience in the live broadcast room was a little confused, although Saito's English was very loose and the accent was extremely strong, but the subtitle translation was very accurate, listening to this meaning, it seemed that Bi Fang was going to climb not a mountain, but a tombstone.

Suddenly, a hand slapped on the shoulders of the two of them, the two of them trembled for a while, beads of sweat fell down their cheeks on their foreheads, and Bi Fang's voice sounded: "What's the panic, did you get to the top, it's great that the two of you can get to C2, C4 or something, don't even think about it." ”

"Huaxia people, that is, you want to reach the top without oxygen?" Saito watched coldly, staring straight at Bi Fang beside him.

Bi Fang's eyebrows were raised, and he also looked straight at Saito, and even raised his chin: "It's me." ”

Saito stared at Bi Fang silently, without saying a word, and everyone was confused by the two of them, until three minutes later, Saito avoided his gaze.

"Then I hope you come back alive."

"I'll bring back the snow from the summit."

……

Half an hour later, the helicopter crossed the mountain and shuttled to a small airfield, the helicopter slowly landed on the runway, Rob was the first to jump off the plane, cover his hat, and point around.

Before the construction of Lukla Airport, which was a patch of rock and shrub, Edmund Hillary hired 100 locals to build the airport after obtaining a land permit. They cut rocks and shrubs during the day, and walked on the runway at night to level and compact the ground, and the airport was built in December 1964 and has served the area ever since. To this day, there is no road in Lukla, and all daily necessities rely on Lukla Airport for transshipment. In 2001, Lukla paved an asphalt runway, but the airport remains dangerous. You see, even this runway is uneven and very steep. ”

Bi Fang fell to the ground, and immediately felt the unevenness of the ground, and the overall slope was very large!

"At least more than fifteen degrees, which is a very scary angle on the road, let alone an airplane, and ......" Bi Fang squatted halfway down, showing everyone the first person he saw.

Through the sight, the audience saw not only the terrifying slope, but even the ups and downs!

[Rub? What the fuck is this airstrip? 】

[I'm so panicked when I drive]

[Ace driver, request to fight!] 】

[It deserves to be the first in the ranking of dangerous airports.] 】

Rob beckoned the local residents to carry their luggage, and then walked over and said with a smile: "That's right, the runway slope is 18.5 degrees, the slope is quite large, and it is undulating, rare in the world, and this alone qualifies as one of the most dangerous airports." ”

"I just watched the pilots and found that the airfield seems to be flying only by eye, that is, by eye. There is no DME, no ILS, not even an approach light or a PAPI light.

Moreover, the sense of turbulence when the plane flies is also more obvious, and the feeling of side flight is heavier, which should be that the airport is located in a high mountain and deep valley, and the wind along the valley direction makes the aircraft have to fight against continuous crosswinds when taking off and landing.

In addition, the formation, accumulation and transport of water vapor in the valley also make the visibility of the airport unpredictable, so it is no wonder that it is so dangerous, which is very demanding for drivers. ”

The front bunch of professional terms made the audience a little dizzy, but the later translations were all normal Chinese, which did not prevent them from understanding.

Sitting in a helicopter for a while to see so much?

[Damn, can you fucking feel it? 】

[Strange knowledge has been increased, and Fang Shen's skill panel has been added by one]

[Isn't the old party still able to fly a helicopter? ] 】

[I almost forgot that Lao Fang is still an ace special soldier, Nima's, maybe it really will? ] 】

"I can't open it, but I still know a little bit about it." Bi Fang laughed, took off all the backpacks on the ground, looked at the mountains hidden in the clouds and mist in the distance, and pointed heroically, "Here, is the starting point of Mount Everest, from now on, we are already on the road of official progress!" ”

Although Jarrett and the photographer were still shocked by Mount Everest in the clouds, they did not forget to work seriously, and hurriedly took the equipment out, started the drone and the lens, and entered the working state in seconds.

The entire airport is taken aerial photographs, and the view from high altitude is even more serious, this is completely a cliff, there are no fences on both sides of the runway, just cliffs!

The two who watched were dumbfounded, they actually landed on such a runway?

The lord who stepped off the plane looked at the mountain peaks in the distance, and he was also excited, and his old face was indescribably ruddy, as if he was a few years younger again.

Yao Jun on the side took out PHS-like things from the inner lining, pressed them a few times, and a fluctuation data suddenly appeared in front of everyone: "Altitude 2845!" 2845 above sea level! ”

[What's that?] 】

【Altimeter?】 】

"That's right, altimeter." Bi Fang stretched out his hand and took the instrument in Yao Jun's hand and showed it to everyone, "This one is equipped with a piece of GPS, which will continuously release signals and then provide accurate positioning, but the accuracy is limited, and there may be a certain error, so there will be an error of about one meter." ”

"Hey, there's a signal here?" Wang Yongbo took out his mobile phone and suddenly found that there was still a signal here, which was different from what he imagined.

"What age do you think?" Bi Fang rolled his eyes, "Our country has installed a new mobile phone signal base station 19 kilometers from the summit of Mount Everest, and since then the mountaineers who challenge Mount Everest can make phone calls on the summit of Mount Everest, and the British mountaineer Rod Barber is the first man to make a phone call on the summit of Mount Everest." ”

As he spoke, Bi Fang also took out something like a walkie-talkie from his bag and shook it in front of the camera.

"Initially, climbers were in Everest and were primarily connected to the ground through Morse code. Since then, shortwave radio and satellite telephones have replaced it as the commonly used means of alpine radio communication. However, the former has a limited call range, while the latter is expensive and susceptible to weather.

One of the biggest advantages of mobile phones over other means of communication is that they are cheaper. However, radio shortwave is still the most reliable means of alpine communications, but some low-cost expedition organizations are not able to provide radio equipment to their members. This is what the guide company just prepared for us, I checked it, and the quality is very high. Don't lose it, it's best to put it in the inner lining.

You must know that in 07 years, there were 4 Yi Xiaoli climbers who participated in the cheap mountaineering team in danger near the summit of Mount Everest, and they had to use expensive satellite phones to call Yi Xiaoli to call the police for help. The four Italian climbers survived because they received timely oxygen supplementation with the help of the organizer of the mountaineering team ——— Experience the Himalayas, the organizer of the mountaineering team that Barber joined. Experience the Himalayas usually charges £20,000 per climber.

Generally speaking, a mountaineering company with only 10,000 ugly knives is not so reliable, so you should be careful when choosing. ”

Hearing the familiar information case, Yao Jun and the others immediately took out the walkie-talkie and carefully put it into the inner lining for close protection.

[Redefining Cheapness]

[I can't even afford the money of a cheap company, grandma's, I'm angry]

[I feel that I am numb now, Fang Shen mountaineering alone costs 65,000 ugly knives, and any mountaineering company is 20,000 pounds, I wonder if inflation has not brought me, otherwise why is it dozens of ws as soon as everyone makes a move, I am sad for a long time when I buy a potato cake for five yuan in the morning. 】

"Okay guys, have you packed up your salutes? It's time for us to go! ”

Seeing that everyone was ready, Rob at the front clapped his hands, and the mule that was carrying everyone's luggage immediately began to move forward.

"The transportation here is inconvenient, so the mode of transportation is still relatively primitive, and the transportation of things is basically carried by mules, from Lukla to the Everest base camp, it takes about six or seven days to advance, and then we will walk from Lukla for about three and a half hours to Fakding, from the altitude of 2840 to 2610, first descend two hundred meters, but soon make up for it." Bi Fang patted the mule beside him and explained, "The good news is that the altitude of this journey is less than 3,000 meters, and generally speaking, people who are in good health will not suffer from altitude sickness. ”

At this time, it was eleven o'clock, the sun had already risen to a higher position, and after two hours, Bi Fang was even so hot that he began to sweat.

After crossing a short, suspended bridge, perhaps due to the high humidity in the mountains, the path became muddy, and it was crowded with trekkers, herds of mules and horses, monks in red robes, and barefoot Sherpas bent over by timber.

"I found that climbing Mount Everest didn't seem to be as poetic as the story, you can see that the whole road was full of livestock excrement, and I even felt that there was no dirt road on the ground at all, but a dung road. It may be an exaggeration to say this, but you must pay attention to every step you take, because there are really too many ox teams, horse teams, and donkey teams here. But you can see that the scenery on both sides is still good, and the roadside is full of small yellow flowers, which is exactly the same as what we saw on the plane, which is really beautiful. ”

Bi Fang squatted down and picked up a small flower, and the water vapor in the mountain came to his face, and the sea of clouds turned into a continuous drizzle here, so that every leaf of every plant was covered with water droplets. The small flowers also appear brightly colored.

"It looks like a rhododendron, but I don't know exactly what it is, and there are small yellow flowers over there, but I don't know either."

Bi Fang shook his head regretfully, there are thousands of animals and plants in the world, although he can now identify most of the animals and plants, but not every one can be accurate to the genus and species, especially plants, roughly can only distinguish the rhododendron family, the specific kind of rhododendron is not known, maybe a professional botanist can know.

At this moment, a slightly old voice sounded in everyone's ears, very familiar: "This is the yellow scaly cuckoo, and there is Jin Lumei over there." ”

Bi Fang's side, the lord also squatted down, he wiped the sweat from his forehead, and also picked up a small yellow flower, and looked at it carefully.

"Haha, I almost forgot, I brought the lord with me this time!" Bi Fang scratched his head, he almost went there, and there was a great god by his side!

When it comes to identifying animals and plants, there are few in the world that can compare to Attenborough!

"The scaly cuckoo generally grows at an altitude of 3,000 meters, which is similar here, and if I guessed correctly, there should be a pink bristle cuckoo further up."

The lord pointed to the upper peak in the clouds, and the photographer next to him asked the drone to continue flying high, then adjusted the focus and viewed the picture through the computer screen.

Slowly, a touch of pink suddenly appeared in everyone's sight.

Is there really one?

Bi Fang was taken aback, sure enough, ginger is still old and spicy!

Wildflowers you encounter casually on the side of the road can even be recognized by the genus?

The azalea is just a small episode, and while maintaining interaction with the audience, the team has been moving fast, but fortunately, with the help of the mule, an old man like the lord can also keep up.

The journey into the mountains is not inhabited, there are many Sherpa clan villages in the Himalayas, such as Namu City, a small town in front of Bi Fang and others.

The city of Namu hangs like a large, sloping disc-shaped satellite halfway up the steep slope, and the path between the houses is like a labyrinth.

There is a normal human society in the city, as well as hotels and other service industries, and Bi Fang and the others stayed in Namu City that night.

The next few days will be the real difficult times.