Wilderness Survival Live Room

Chapter 9 Eat less and eat more often in the wild

"Hi Bear!"

"Hi! Brother Bear!"

"At first I yelled like that just for fun, but the more I yelled, the more creepy I got. So you can hear my words change. Hey, let me see! What I found! "

"This is bear poop. The good news is that there are berry seeds in the poop as you can see. You can see that there are berries around here. The bad news is that there are actually bears in this area. This poop was pulled about a day ago. So I still The courier left well!"

Although Xiang Qianqian wants to leave here quickly, it is not an easy task. Those understory plants are very difficult to deal with, and every step is painful.

"These are sea cucumbers. This is the most thorny plant I have ever encountered. You can see that the thorns cover the entire petiole, the stem, and the leaves are full of thorns. The buds also have thorns. There are thorns, and the roots have thorns, it's a pain to walk through here. But for the native people of Alaska, this is the most precious medicinal plant, rich in all kinds of good ingredients, there are many ginseng. But it is not fun to walk through the middle It's gone." Xiang Qianqian pushed aside the thorny sea cucumber leaves.

"Ginseng is said to boost strength and energy, which I need right now to restore my energy."

Xiang Qianqian dug the sea cucumbers out of the ground and ate them raw while continuing to walk.

A small stream ran between the sea cucumbers, and Xiang Qianqian walked along this stream, saying at the same time: "If we are lucky, the stream should lead to the river and take me out of the forest, which means I can hurry up. "

But things are far from as simple as Xiangshang thought. Things in the wilderness are unpredictable. After Xiangshang walked a few hundred yards along the creek, he encountered a very, very big obstacle.

"Now that such a big waterfall is in front of me, I have only two choices. The first choice is to climb down the waterfall, and the second choice is to walk back to the sea cucumber. Neither of these two choices is a good choice. .This waterfall is more than 200 meters, quite dangerous. But I am a veteran climber, I want to show how to go down.” Xiang Qianqian is observing the vicinity to see if there is anything that can help him, and check the situation of the waterfall Make sure to wait for the route you want to take first.

"The most important thing is to take your time when going down. Many climbing accidents are because people are prone to rush in nervous situations, but I am here to tell everyone that even if you have done it thousands of times, it only takes one mistake and it is over." Shannon took a deep breath and began to climb on the rock.

"The rocks here are all wet with the water from the waterfall, so they are very slippery and easy to make mistakes. In order to climb down, I have to follow the basic climbing rules. The weight is carried by the legs, and most people try to climb with the arms. As a result, the arms are not strong enough, but the legs are much stronger. You just need to use your arms to stabilize your body and keep your balance. This is also a mistake that some novices and people who don't know how to climb often make mistakes. Many people are used to using their hands to exert force. But once your arm muscles start to sore, you will be very uncomfortable. At that time, your arm may have a series of dangerous conditions such as cramps, so you have to make sure that your legs are bearing the weight of your body. Because Your legs carry your weight all the time in your day-to-day life, so you can see that your thighs are basically much bigger than your arm muscles."

Xiang Qianqian came to the place where the waterfall fell into the water during the climbing process, where you can see a lot of green moss growing on some stones.

"There are a lot of loose rocks here, I have to test every support point of the hands and feet, the water in the middle of the waterfall is more impactful, making the climb much more difficult, it feels like I am carrying someone on my back. "Xiang Qianqian found a relatively flat place, took advantage of this place to take a rest, and casually observed the distance he had not finished.

"Ohmygod's! The last section of the road is almost vertical. The cold glacial water is menacing, pushing me down hard, and the cold makes climbing much more difficult. These are all unfavorable factors."

After resting here for a while, Xiang Qianjin continued to climb for the last part of the journey. In the last four or five meters, he slid directly to the bottom of the waterfall on a smooth rock. I can only stand up quickly and leave the icy river under the waterfall.

"The water is really icy. My hands are so numb that I can hardly even make a fist. Now I look back and see that the waterfall is much steeper than the sea I imagined when I climbed down." back on land.

While walking, he suddenly found a plant on the side of the road. He squatted down and looked at this plant seriously.

"This plant is called tragacanth, and I pulled it up." Xiang Qianqian walked along the branch to find the root and lifted it up vigorously.

"This one can be eaten whole, the taste of the season will make you feel a little old, the best way to eat it is fire grilled, but it can also be eaten raw. This one is a bit muddy now, but it is a good food source. Lots People say this is the most precious source of food in Alaska. Its roots are rich in starch and carbohydrates. This is not a delicacy, but it can replenish a little bit of energy." Xiang Qianqian almost devoured this mountain with mud Rock tragacanth, he continued along the small mountain road, and soon found another plant on the side of the road.

"Look, here are some frogberries, these are these beautiful big berries. Look! Beautiful, right? Because they have a beautiful orange-yellow color like a frogfish, they are called frogberries." Xiang Qianqian directly put the baby berries into the mouth.

"Wow. It's really delicious. They don't have the fishy smell of frogfish, they are beautiful, sweet and juicy. This is a bit like our Chinese mulberries." Xiang Qianqian found all the frogberries in the vicinity, one by one I ate some of them, but even if I ate all of them, there were only a dozen or so, and it could only be regarded as putting a little something in my stomach.

That's what this wilderness is all about, eat less often because you never know when your next meal will be or what it will be.

"It's cohosh, look at these. Pretty and rosy and juicy, but poisonous, you can tell by the berries that grow on top of the flowers, which is rare. I've heard it takes just six of them to kill a child, so be careful .”

With such a long distance, it is obviously impossible to cover these distances in one day, so Xiang Qianqian now has to find a place to live.

"The daylight here is almost 24 hours in summer, and you wouldn't know it's 10pm. I've been walking for a long time and I need a break. I have to build a shelter and light a fire to dry my wet clothes."

(End of this chapter)