The Secret Art of Refining the Dead: The Walking Corpse File

Chapter 292 Advancing to the Xinzang Line

Time flies to the beginning of April, and there is only more than one month left before our plan to go to the snow mountain to find the little Fusang.

At this time, the best time to go to Tibet is from May to September. If you go to the snow-capped mountains, May is too early, but we are afraid of long nights and dreams, so we dare not delay.In order to enter Tibet smoothly, we checked a lot of relevant information before that.The area that the Zeng team went to at that time is still a no-man's land. The average altitude of the surrounding area is about 5000 meters, and not everyone can go there.Most people will have altitude sickness when they go there, and serious sudden death is possible.

When Tan Ren and Zhou Xuanye were young, it should be said that they both went to snow areas around the age of 25 or 3000, but they only stayed at an altitude of more than [-] meters. They had slight altitude sickness and indirect headaches. Other than that, they had no other problems. .

And if the altitude is directly increased to [-], Zhou Xuanye reckoned that with our physique, it might be too much.The geological survey team led by Team Zeng used to conduct surveys in snowy areas for a long time, so they adapted to high altitude areas, and only then did they have the physical fitness to enter that no-man's land.

In the end, Zhou Xuanye formulated a plan and decided to enter Tibet in advance, and stay in the snow area for half a month, to conduct indirect exercises, and to forcibly improve his adaptability.

I heard the term "altitude sickness", but to be honest, I haven't been to any high-altitude places, so seeing Zhou Xuanye's serious words, I actually felt a little bit nervous in my heart, wondering if it's so serious?Is altitude sickness really that bad?Thinking of this, I asked.

Zhou Xuanye thought for a while and said to me: "When I was 25 years old, I went to the snow area once. I went there by plane. I didn't feel much in the plane. But after I got off the plane, the sky was spinning and I almost fell down. gone."

I was a little surprised: "Brother Zhou, are you so weak?"

Zhou Xuanye smiled and said: "Many people are like me, so the best way to enter Tibet is to cross-country or take the Qinghai-Tibet Railway, gradually adapt to the altitude, take a plane there, the altitude rises too fast, most people will have this feeling Reaction." After a pause, he continued: "Don't underestimate the altitude sickness. The altitude of [-] is just a pediatric disease. If you go up to [-], most people can't stand it. If you go to [-], only a small number of people can stay for a long time." , more than [-], that belongs to the extreme environment, except for professional mountaineering teams, ordinary people can't go there."

"What will happen if we go?"

Zhou Xuanye suddenly stopped talking, but smiled slightly, took out a map from the desk, and pointed to a location in the snow area for me to see, I saw that place, marked by his hand, and wrote a few words impressively. numbers, all between five thousand and six thousand.

I couldn't help but widen my eyes, isn't this the area we're going to cross?
In an instant, I understood why Zhou Xuanye had such a half-smile expression. That's right, he didn't need to answer me, because soon, I will try that end myself.

After discussing the itinerary, we packed up some things, and Tang Linlin came back in early March, and we handed over the shop to her.Before leaving, I felt a little strange. This girl usually likes to join in the fun. If it was usual, she would have already clamored to go with us. Why did she stay so obediently this time?
I felt curious and asked, "Linlin, why don't you plan to follow this time?"

She shrugged, spread her hands, and said, "I think back then, when Miss Ben was a rich person, where hadn't she been? XZ... I went there once. At that time, I watched a TV documentary, and my mind suddenly It’s hot, so I took my troops to Hoh Xil.”

I said, "And then?"

She said: "Then my nose was bleeding, my face was purple, and I was carried back." After finishing speaking, she made a goodbye gesture to me, smiled and said: "Tian Tian, ​​​​you go, even if you died suddenly in that I will also be a widow for you, and I will definitely not go to find a handsome guy soon after you die."

I think she would!Certainly!meeting!
But what she said still made me a little nervous. On that day, we flew directly from Shenzhen to Chengdu, and in the afternoon, we flew from Chengdu to Gongga Airport of LS.Since I have been flying all the time, the sky is white, so I have not experienced the beauty of the Sichuan-Tibet line that is shown on TV, which goes up to the plateau, crosses the rapids, and enjoys the snow-capped mountains and grasslands.

When I actually got off the plane and arrived at LS, at that moment, as Zhou Xuanye described, I swayed for a while, as if all the blood in my body had been drained.This sudden reaction made me stop immediately, and stood there dazed in front of my eyes. It took a lot of self-control to not fall down.

It is said that Gongga Airport is one of the highest civilian airports at an altitude of more than 600 meters. I had some mental preparations before I came, but I did not expect that altitude sickness is such a painful thing.In the following time, I didn't even appreciate the local scenery much, and I walked with my head covered all the way, the kind of throbbing pain, so that you can't distract yourself from thinking about anything.

It is early April, the temperature is still a little low, and the temperature difference between day and night is also large. The daily average temperature hovers between 1 and 16 degrees. We stayed in a local hotel for one night. When we got up the next day, we felt this reaction. Only then was it suppressed.

In fact, LS is still far away from our destination, but the snow areas are sparsely populated, and most of them are still uninhabited areas, which are not suitable for long-term travel.As the capital of XZ, Sara is a relatively well-developed place, and we can live here permanently.Since there are many high-altitude snow peaks in the snow area, there are many mountaineering adventure tours. You can also buy a variety of outdoor equipment in LS, but the price is relatively expensive.

According to the original plan, we now live in LS for more than ten days, do some emergency training for high altitude resistance, and then go to the national highway to stay in Kunsha, which is at a higher altitude, for half a month to gradually enhance the plateau adaptability, and finally go into the mountains.

For the next few days, I felt that it was actually quite cool. There are three impressions here: clean, vast, and pure, as if they don’t belong to the world.The combination of natural magnificence and Tibetan humanity constitutes a mysterious space.

During this process, what we do every day is to keep walking to higher, farther, and wider places. Every time we walk, we are out of breath, as if we are about to faint before we stop.The blue sky, the vast plateau, the clear lake, and the figures of Tibetans praying to the Buddha all seem to cleanse the whole person and become thorough.

Of course, this feeling disappeared after only ten days.

It took us three days and spent a lot of money to buy outdoor equipment.Tan Ren did not forget to say something to me: This trip is for you, and all expenses will be recorded from your salary.I think if it goes on like this, I guess I will have to work for them for free for three years.

Then, we took our equipment, rented a car and boarded National Highway 318, heading towards Kunsha.

From here to Kunsha, it takes more than a day, and the fare is about 318 yuan, but the 219 National Highway is not long, because later, when we reached a fork, the Han driver began to say to us: "Boys Keep up your spirits, we are going to [-]." This person is a Han nationality, who specializes in sports car business here, and he has probably stayed for a long time, and he has the warm and generous personality of Tibetan compatriots.

I was scratching my face and looking out of the car window. The scenery of this place is so beautiful that I can’t get tired of seeing it after staying for more than ten days. The car is driving on the national highway, with plateaus on both sides. Can I still see large expanses of blue Haizi Lake? Occasionally, groups of cattle and Tibetan antelope passed by, watching us from afar.

The sparsely populated, vast and clean world makes people never get tired of seeing it. No wonder people describe XZ as a place to soothe people's souls, which is true.

As soon as the driver opened his mouth, he interrupted my interest in watching the scenery, and I asked, "What 219?"

The driver said: "Didn't do your homework, right? National Highway 219! You don't know about 219, but you always know about the Xinjiang-Tibet Highway and the Xinjiang-Tibet Line?" He said, and he gave us another jingle: "Driving on the Xinzang Line, It is no less difficult than the road to Shu. Kudi Daban is dangerous, like the gate of hell; Mazha Daban sharp, steeply rises 99; Heika Daban spins, [-] bays; The route we are taking now was built from XJ, let me tell you, this road was built across the Kunlun Mountains!"

I was suddenly surprised, built from Xinjian across the Kunlun Mountains?This, is this bragging?
Anyway, the driver is one of the most talkative professions in the world. He sits in the driver's seat every day and has nothing else to do except talk. Therefore, he actively acts as a tour guide and introduces us. .

The Xinzang Line, numbered G219, is the G219 National Highway.It starts in Yecheng, XJ, and crosses the world-famous Kunlun Mountains, Karakorum Mountains, Gangdis Mountains, and Himalayas. Most of the area is "no man's land". The average altitude of the entire road is over 5000 meters.

This line is the most dangerous, but also the most fascinating, the road that countless explorers are crazy about.Along the way, cross the holy mountain Gang Rinpoche, the holy lake Manasarovar, and between the glaciers and snow-capped peaks, a frightening road has been opened up.

Few people have finished this road. For example, this time, we just went to Kunsha along National Highway 219. The biggest challenge along the way is the altitude like a roller coaster, and we will not encounter too much danger. The really dangerous road is the section of the Kunlun Mountains where there are glaciers, snow peaks, glaciers, and signals that cannot be connected, and the loneliness of not being able to meet a companion after driving for a day and a night, plus the altitude of more than 5000 or even close to [-], Absolutely not everyone can run.

(End of this chapter)