Chapter 40 The highest point of the Qinghai-Tibet Highway

After leaving Pana and running along 109 for about an hour, I came to the first mountain pass of more than 5,000 meters after going out today, the Tojura Mountain Pass.

Tojula Mountain, also called Torjula Mountain, belongs to the remaining veins of Tanggula Mountain, known as Little Tanggula Mountain.

When Liu Moang drove to the pass of Tojula Mountain, he got out of the car to take pictures.

Originally, Lao Liu thought that crossing the pass of Tojula Mountain was a very ceremonial itinerary, but he didn't expect to come to this high mountain pass with an altitude of 5170 unconsciously.

Today, Lao Liu has been driving for more than ten hours, and he has completely felt the big difference between the 109 Qinghai-Tibet line and the 318 Sichuan-Tibet line along the way.

Although Liu Moang has not walked the Sichuan-Tibet line, he usually brushes Douyin, looks at pictures or something, and knows the situation of the Sichuan-Tibet line to some extent.

On the Sichuan-Tibet line, the altitude difference between the high mountain pass and the low place is more than 2,000 meters, and the winding mountain road can make people dizzy, and the winding mountain road can make people bewildered.

But on the Qinghai-Tibet line, the so-called "low place" is about three or four hundred meters lower than the highest point. You barely feel any climbing, and you accidentally go from the "low" to the top.

As for the common winding mountain road on the Sichuan-Tibet line, it is almost impossible to see it here! Even Liu Moang walked this way, he often thought that he was driving on the national highway in his hometown in Dongshan.

Just like Lao Liu drove out of Pana, when he came to the pass of Tojula Mountain an hour later, he didn't realize that this was actually a high mountain pass with an altitude of 5170......

His sister and sister's, this is 5170, why is there no sense of ceremony?

No, not at all!

The altitude of 5170 is absolutely really high, and if this height is placed on the 318 Sichuan-Tibet line, it is the first mountain pass on the Sichuan-Tibet line.

But on the Qinghai-Tibet line, tsk, don't make trouble, 5170 is nothing, it seems that there is a higher pass in front of it......

If it weren't for the blue indicator board on the side of the road marked with the words "Tojula Mountain, 5170 meters above sea level", Liu Moang would not even know that he had unknowingly arrived at the pass of Tojula Mountain.

Next to this sign is an iron shelf about two meters high, on which is a crashed white car......

This shocking "warning sign" will give the most intuitive warning to the passing driver!

The sun hangs high in the air on the left, radiating infinite light. But at this altitude, the sun doesn't feel warm at all.

The fierce mountain wind blows on the face, which is not much weaker than a knife......

casually took a few photos and two short videos, and took a few selfies with the white lion in his arms, and after a delay of less than ten minutes, Lao Liu patted his stomach and continued to move forward.

It is not far from the pass of Tojula Mountain to the pass of Tanggula Mountain in front, and the altitude of this section of the road is almost about 5,000.

Before arriving at the Tanggula Pass, Lao Liu stayed on the road for less than twenty minutes, because he actually found a group of Tibetan wild donkeys with about five or six heads on the road!

There is also a small herd of Tibetan antelopes......

This is a very rare national first-class protected animal, so Lao Liu did not hesitate to stop here to take several videos and photos.

Well, it's not just him shooting, but four or five cars are parked here to shoot. Looking at the license plates of these cars, they are all from the northern half of the motherland, and they are all self-driving tours.

However, when the white lion made its debut, this guy immediately took away the scenery that originally belonged to Tibetan wild asses and Tibetan antelopes.

When many self-driving tourists saw the tall and powerful white lion with a snow-white coat, they immediately turned the lens of their mobile phone or camera to the white lion, and even took Lao Liu as an "Internet celebrity......

But what no one expected was that after the white lion took the photo, he actually roared at those Tibetan wild asses and Tibetan antelopes.

As a result, those cute creatures were frightened and ran away into the distance, and after a while, they ran away without a trace.

Lao Liu had no choice but to pull the white lion into the car with the same fart, and if he didn't run, he would definitely be beaten......

After fleeing in a hurry, he came to the famous Tanggula Pass.

This pass is probably the most famous mountain pass in China. It is estimated that many people can't name the 14 mountain passes on the Sichuan-Tibet line, and they may not have heard of those passes on the Xin-Tibet line that are more than 5,000 meters above sea level, but as long as the name Tanggula Pass is mentioned, I'm afraid that nine out of ten people will nod and say "yes"!

But in fact, the Tanggula Mountain Pass has a great reputation, but it is really low-key.

At the very least, the commemorative stele engraved with "Tanggula Pass, 5,231 meters above sea level" is extremely low-key. Compared with the stele in the east of the hotel with a height of more than three meters in the Nianqing Tanggula Mountain-Namco Scenic Area, the stele of Tanggula Pass is really low-key and cannot be more low-key - if it is not deliberately searched, it is estimated that many tourists will not be able to see this stele.

The height of this stele is really inconsistent with its reputation at home and abroad!

Compared with the Tanggula Pass Memorial Monument, the "Lan-Xi-La Optical Fiber Communication Engineering Monument" next to it is about seven meters high, which is more eye-catching.

Standing at the highest pass on the Qinghai-Tibet Highway, you can see the endless snow-capped mountains in the distance, the gently undulating grasslands nearby, and the vast and boundless sky...... This made Lao Liu deeply understand what the combination of rough + vast + wild beauty looks like.

Standing here, you really can't help but feel that heaven and earth are great and you are small. Again, there are no words to describe the feeling.

Lao Liu took a look at a certain app downloaded from his mobile phone and found that the air pressure in Tanggula Pass was only a pitiful 520 kPa!

You must know that a standard atmosphere is about 1000 kilopascals, and the atmospheric pressure here is only a little more than half of the standard atmosphere, which is really a bit too terrifying......

Compared to the place where Tibetan wild asses and Tibetan antelopes were seen just now, there are undoubtedly more tourists in Tanggula Pass.

In this environment, the white lion has undoubtedly become the focus of attention again, and even Lao Liu has become popular for a while.

Not to mention, when the white lion stood there, the white hair on his body was blown by the fierce mountain wind like water waves, coupled with the white lion's mighty mane, it really looked like that.

Some tourists even boldly want to have a match with the white lion, and Lao Liu will naturally not refuse. Of course, when co-filming, Lao Liu had to wrap his arms around the neck of the white lion.

may be because he met Zhao Mingquan's family of three in the hotel before, and later met Dunzhu Zhuoma on the road, and now the white lion is not very resistant to making a match with strangers.

At the very least, as long as Lao Liu is by his side, this guy no longer grins at strangers, and this guy has even learned to pose without a teacher......

PS: Bow and thank the big guy "mimi4153" for the tip.

In addition, although these chapters are written about journeys, there is a pit in which there is something in the pit...... Hehe, when our old Comrade Liu comes back, this pit will give you a small surprise......