Doomsday rat

Chapter 546
"Oh... so it was worn on the feet!" But soon she realized that this thing was not a bear trap. The man picked up one and put it on the bottom of the boots. After tightening a few rubber boots, the soles of the feet A circle of steel thorns grew.

"These are crampons. With them, we can walk on the ice." Having spikes on bare feet was not enough, Hong Tao took out four hammer-like things from the sheepskin bag, shortened the trekking poles, Screwed on the head of the stick is the ice axe.

"Wait here, I'll go up and explore the way first!"

Putting on crampons, an ice ax in each hand, snow goggles, gloves, safety belts, and a full body of quick hangers, rock plugs, pitons, and two rolls of climbing ropes on the back, the herdsman Biges turned into a mountaineer again , Clanking up the snow slope.

For rock climbing, Hong Tao hadn't tried it too deeply in his previous lives, he just stayed at the level of being able to use equipment and understand some basic common sense.But it should be enough to face most of the terrain and landforms. In real life, there are very few opportunities to use the superb skills like freehand rock climbing.

Hadamuz Daban, to put it bluntly, is a mountain pass eroded by glaciers.It may have been a cliff in the past, but it was chosen by the glacier. As a result, the constantly moving ice blocks ground the mountain made of rocks into a big gap.Let's talk about water, it's hard to say whether it's soft or hard.

Daban is about 200 meters wide, with cliffs on the left and right sides, but there is a steep slope in the middle. If you want to cross Daban, you have to climb up the steep slope.At this time, the snow on the slope has not frozen, and it is a pit when you step on it.But the rocks under the snow are already frozen, and it is really difficult to go up without crampons.

"Ka Ka Ka... Dang Dang..." The main reason why Hong Tao didn't like rock climbing was because he was afraid of getting tired.

This thing is purely self-abuse. Every time you take a step, you have to use an ice pick to chisel the ice shell a few times to make sure that the foothold is not loose, and then kick it hard with crampons, so that the sharp steel claws can firmly grasp the ice and rocks.

With a distance of less than 200 meters and a steep slope of almost 70 degrees, Hong Tao had to stop to catch his breath after climbing more than ten meters, and shook his hands vigorously to let more blood flow, and at the same time he had to pay attention to the strong wind.

The mountain pass is basically a wind outlet, and the feeling of going down the slope is not very obvious, and the wind is stronger as you climb up.Halfway through the climb, Hong Tao was slapped on the slope by a sudden gust of wind. Fortunately, the ice ax in his left hand got stuck in the crack of the rock. Otherwise, the tens of meters of climbing would have been in vain. In case of hitting a rock, the consequences are unpredictable.

"Your mother...Your mother..." As a last resort, Hong Tao could only resort to scientific and technological methods, took off a rock plug, and stuffed it into the rock gap where the owner's ice ax was stuck just now, making a relatively strong protection point.

Then tie the climbing rope to the safety belt and throw it through the steel ring of the rock plug for Juma to hold.In this way, no matter whether you will stumble and fall when you climb up again, the pull of the safety rope will not drag you to the end.

Climbing up from here, Hongtao dared not take it too far. Protective points were built on the rock every ten meters or so. Large gaps were plugged with rocks, and small gaps were drilled in with pitons.A small section followed a crooked route, gradually approaching the top of Daban.

"Hey, I'm going to Nima..." When Hong Tao hooked his ice ax to the rock and poked his head out of the highest point of Daban, intending to take a look at the results of his two hours of tossing, he started cursing again facing the scene in front of him. .

I thought climbing Daban would be a big victory, but I didn't expect it to be just the beginning.The real smooth road is only a few hundred meters ahead, and then there is a gray-white crack that can't be seen at a glance.

Glacier, Muzarte Glacier, the Crimean said that this is also Mongolian, meaning a white valley.In fact, it's not white at all, and it doesn't look like ice from a distance. It's not too gray, like snow and soil mixed together.

In addition to the color, its shape is more likely to be daunting.The surface is full of large and small gullies, like a large pile of broken glass gathered together, and there is almost no way to pass between the high and low.

But no matter what, you have to climb up Daban before you are eligible to challenge the glacier, so Hong Tao has to climb down after fixing the climbing rope.It's useless for him to go up alone, there are three big backpacks and a big living person below!
With the help of safety ropes on the way down the mountain, it is much easier to do a little bit of protection than climbing up the mountain. As long as your feet don't slip, you don't have to worry about safety issues.

"Can I go up?" But Zhuma at the bottom of the mountain didn't think so. She could see the appearance of the man climbing up just now. It's so hard for a strong person. Her leg was still injured and she couldn't do it too hard. One leg doesn't seem to have much confidence.

"You can't go up by yourself, I'm pulling the rope below, just step on your feet and climb up!" Even if Zhuma has good legs, Hong Tao doesn't think she can go up by her own ability.

But it's different now. With the safety rope, I can help share part of the strength.Theoretically speaking, it is possible to go up with ice picks in both hands without legs. After all, this is not a cliff.

In fact, Zhuma's performance was much better than expected. This smart girl found a trick, specially stepped on the place Hong Tao had just stepped on, and used the dug-out depression to climb up in step.On the way, I was only blown to the ground twice by the wind, but with Hong Tao pulling the rope underneath, there was no serious problem except for some pain from the fall.

But the next link was the most tiring. Hong Tao had to carry the three large backpacks weighing forty to fifty kilograms one by one.Even with the protection of the safety rope, you don't have to worry about slipping and rolling, but you can go back and forth three times with a real load.

"Set up, set up a tent..." When the last trip arrived, Hong Tao's hands could no longer hold the ice ax, and his gloves were wet, which would freeze immediately when the mountain wind blew.Not only the gloves, but also the clothes all over the body were soaked in sweat. If they couldn't be changed immediately, they would soon freeze into popsicles.

"Hiss, hiss... I believe you are the ancestors of the American army..." Zhuma was very capable, nailing the ground by himself, and when Hong Tao calmed down a little, the two joined hands to set up the tent.The first thing Hong Tao did when he got in was to take off his clothes. After less than 10 minutes in the cold wind of the mountain pass, his underwear almost froze.

"Come, come, let the uncle give you a hug... Hey, don't let it go outside, it's better to open your heart!" After taking off the blanket, Hong Tao shamelessly invited Zhuma, insisting on hugging him , and had to untie the coat.

Zhuma didn't treat the man as a hooligan, and even if the hooligan was frozen like this, he wouldn't be able to flow.Knowing that a man needs warmth, she generously unbuttoned her winter jacket, hugged each other face to face, and even rubbed the man's ears and face with her hands.

"...Why do you have a tattoo of Mickey Mouse's head on your back?" Sitting in the man's arms, with his face on his shoulders, he naturally saw the tattoo on his back.I didn't see it clearly at first, but I stretched my head out to look again and finally got it, but it got even more confused.

"Hey, don't satisfy your curiosity, wrap the blanket tightly!" In fact, Hong Tao has already recovered, and there will be nothing wrong with changing into new underwear at this time.But don't take advantage of the bastard, he firmly doesn't want to be a bastard, so he has to hug him a little longer.

The night was really stormy, the small tent was deformed back and forth by the wind, being squashed and blown crooked for a while.Fortunately, the material and workmanship are not false, otherwise it would really be frozen into a popsicle.

But the tent is still not very comfortable. The altitude here is already 3600 meters. Except for snow and stones, there is ice. It can be said that there is no grass.Naturally, there was no firewood to burn, and there was only a small gasoline stove that could barely melt the snow and make some hot chocolate.

"Ka Ka Ka...Boom...Gudong Gudong...嘡嘡...嗖..." After eating and drinking, the two quickly got into the sleeping bag, but no matter how tired their bodies were, they couldn't fall asleep after tossing and turning.There is only one reason, besides the howling wind, there are all kinds of weird sounds outside, such as weeping and complaining, sleepless.

"Are the ghosts in the mountains crying?" No matter how strong Zhuma was, she couldn't help thinking about it. She poked out half of her face from her sleeping bag, her eyes rolling around.

"It's the ice that's cracking... I really don't know how the princess and Tang Seng got there. I guess it will be better after spring." Hong Tao knew what was making the noise, and he couldn't sleep either.That kind of sound didn't just come in through the ears, it was transmitted directly to the brain along the vibration of the mountain body, and it was useless to plug the ears.

(End of this chapter)