Chapter 407 Absolutely Impossible!
In the base camp, the quarrel among the people continued and gradually became fierce.
From time to time, some people came down the mountain to join the quarrel, and members of the association also kept going up the mountain to maintain basic order. For a moment, the whole base camp seemed to be caught in an atmosphere of turmoil. If it were not for the lack of oxygen at high altitude, many people would become breathless after some intense movements. Bifang even suspected that a fight had already started.
[To these people, aren't tens of thousands of ugly knives just a drop in the bucket? ]
[The richer you are, the more you get deducted]
[I checked and found that Mount Everest has been closed several times in recent years, not just this time. Does the association do this every year? ]
Bifang shook his head. "The reasons for closing the mountain are different. Except for the two times in 2014 and this year, which were due to accidents, the rest were due to environmental issues or weather reasons, such as heavy snowfall. The former would be announced before the start of the climbing season, and the latter was too dangerous and there was nothing we could do. The only reason is mourning, which is the most unacceptable."
I see.
"Oh, it's been ten days, I've watched the live broadcast for ten days, but the most exciting part came to an abrupt end." Etienne, who was lying on the sofa in the RV, sighed, but unexpectedly his hand shook and the phone hit his face directly, his lips hit his teeth, and he gritted his teeth in pain.
Elwan and Lennon were checking the moving red mark on the computer. When they heard this, they educated him: "Yes, it's a pity, but what can we do? Not everything in life can go smoothly. All we can do is accept it."
"OKOK, stop preaching your principles." Etienne was speechless.
Beyond the Arctic Circle.
Peter and Tony closed their computers regretfully and went to see Peter's aunt to get some apple pie.
Matthew pressed the ballpoint pen and had to put the report he had been planning to write on hold.
Unlike the lively scene on Mount Everest, the popularity of Bifang's live broadcast room quickly dropped.
"How long will this quarrel last ?" Bifang scratched his eyebrows, not knowing what to do. The anticlimactic ending of the live broadcast left Bifang, who had never encountered such a situation, at a loss.
How about waiting for Attenborough to come down and go to the documentary filming site together?
Just as Bu Xuanang was thinking this, a shout brought him back to reality. When he turned around, he saw it was Thaïs.
"Thais? How's the situation?"
Thais was panting heavily, the atmosphere in the crowd almost suffocated him. "It's terrible, the situation is not good. The cancellation of the climbing season is a foregone conclusion and it cannot be changed. It's useless for them to argue. Moreover, the Sherpas also said that if we don't suspend the season, they will suspend all activities like they did ten years ago. We can only wait for our chairman to come."
"When will he come?"
"tomorrow."
"Then Attenborough and the others have almost finished the changes. I should leave tomorrow."
"Thank you very much for your help, Mr. Bi. Without you, this rescue would never have been so smooth. If possible, please don't be so anxious. Our association would like to express our gratitude."
"No need." Bifang waved his hand. "I just want to save people. I don't have any other thoughts. You can go back."
After saying that, without waiting for Thais's reaction, Bi Fang returned to the tent, chatted for a while, and then turned off the live broadcast.
Early the next morning.
More people came down from the mountain, including Attenborough and Rob, who returned to the base camp along the new route they had opened.
After returning to the base camp, Aidenburg walked into the tent panting. He looked around but didn't find the person he was looking for. He quickly looked at Bifang and asked, "Where's Tenzin?"
"Tenzin?" Bifang was stunned. He turned around and looked at Wang Yongbo and others. "Did you see him?"
Wang Yongbo shook his head and looked at Yao Jun. Yao Jun also shook his head and looked at Jarrett. Everyone shook their heads.
No one saw Tenzing.
"Isn't he with you?" Bifang had a good impression of this young man who was willing to help others during the avalanche, and was a little worried at the moment.
"No! He went down the mountain by himself yesterday!"
"one person!?"
Everyone was shocked. It was too dangerous for one person to go down the mountain.
The route was completely reset after the avalanche. Even with Bifang's experience, he was scared to go down the mountain. However, a young man who just turned 20 chose to go down the mountain alone. What's more important is that he is now missing!
"Rob, do you have his phone?"
Rob nodded, but shook his head: "I called, but it didn't go through."
These Sherpa guides were arranged by the company. Rob had their contact information, but he had tried to get in touch with them early in the morning and couldn't.
"Oh no, where can this kid go?"
Realizing the urgency of the situation, Bifang rushed out of the camp and searched with everyone else, but when they met again half an hour later, no one had found the item.
The entire Everest camp is so small, where can this guy go?
Are we really in danger?
Bifang looked at the high mountain and swallowed his saliva. Just as he was hesitating whether to go up the mountain and search along the way, a loud noise broke out in the camp.
The Chairman of Nepal Mountaineering Association is here!
Sherpa got off the helicopter, held his gold-rimmed glasses, took a few deep breaths, looked at the noisy crowd and pressed his hands.
"I'm sorry, everyone. Can you listen to me for a moment?"
Seeing that the president of the association had arrived, everyone in the base camp gradually lowered their voices, wanting to see what the other party would say.
Seeing that the situation has improved, Sherpa spoke again: "I am deeply sorry that this happened, and I feel deeply guilty for my compatriots who lost their lives in this disaster."
After saying this, without waiting for everyone's reaction, Sherpa lowered his head and began to observe a moment of silence.
In such a situation, it was difficult for everyone to blame, and the insults became even quieter.
Just then, an angry shout came from the crowd.
"We didn't want an avalanche to happen, and we feel sad too. But you can't stop our dream of climbing mountains just because of the sacrifices! Sacrifice is inevitable, and you can't stop the living just because of the death! Either the climbing season continues, or give us our money back!"
"Yes! That's right!"
“Pay back the money!”
"Refund the ticket!"
Seeing the situation he had just stabilized become heated again, Sherpa's eyes flashed with anger, and he shouted: "Impossible, the climbing season will never start. Why can you move forward? Why? Is it because of you? No, not at all, look around you, look!"
Sherba pointed around, toward the cemetery at the foot of the mountain and the colorful garbage left everywhere.
"Some people say that today's Mount Everest has reached the point where there is garbage on the left hand and corpses on the right hand. Is this a lie? No! In 2018, a cleaning team composed of Sherpas cleaned up 28,000 pounds of human excrement. In 2019, 14 Sherpas cleaned up 10,386 kilograms of garbage on Mount Everest by themselves. As for human corpses, let alone, after the end of the spring climbing season in 2021, there were 309 recorded deaths. Who were most of them? Why? Don't you know? Huh!?"
"It's you, it's because of you!"
"Since the disaster, more than six Sherpas have lost their lives, and there are still missing and uncounted ones! They could have stayed at home with their wives and children, why did they accompany you to trample on the holy mountain in your mind! Why?"
“Shouldn’t the climbing season be cancelled for this?”
