Chapter 416 Base Camp No. 2
Darkness enveloped the valley. Bifang turned on his headlamp, but it could only illuminate one or two meters in front of him.
The field of vision is very narrow.
At an altitude of 6,400 meters, Bifang was already in the clouds. The narrow range led to more cautious actions, and the climbing speed became slower.
There was no other sound in the entire valley except the whistling of the wind. There were no humans or any other living creatures.
Gradually, there were fewer and fewer people in the live broadcast room . As they watched Bifang move forward step by step, the world was silent.
Bifang said, this is the Silent Valley?
It’s absolutely true.
Fang Xiang is a middle-aged man, neither successful nor unsuccessful. Like every middle-aged man, he needs to take care of three families: his parents, himself, and his children. They occasionally quarrel, but they make up after a few days. He leads a routine life and gets a fixed salary.
He is not a fan of Bifang and never even watches live broadcasts. His only hobby is watching short videos, reading the news, and occasionally making comments. The reason he came here was that a few days ago, when news of an avalanche attracted him. Watching the live broadcast that he has always despised, Fang Xiang is now deeply immersed in it.
At this moment, everyone's soul seemed to have arrived at the Himalayas thousands of kilometers away, sitting quietly in the center of the world.
Because of the silence, all one can feel is the flow of the wind, which brings sounds from afar, the swaying of the forests, and the howling of the mountain god.
A few kilometers away, patches of spring flowers swayed and snowflakes silently condensed into ice.
My hair has turned grey, and the moonlight is shining. In the distance outside the window is a cold lake. I imagine myself walking barefoot into the water, startling the sleeping fish, and the flowing light merges into the sea, with waves rising and falling silently...
I want to travel.
Fang Xiang opened his eyes again, but when he thought about his wife who quarreled with him every day, his son who worked far away in another province, and his elderly and disabled father, he sighed silently again.
Suddenly, a dark yellow skeleton appeared in Fang Xiang's sight, startling him out of his fantasy. He stepped back and his phone fell to the ground. He didn't come to his senses until he fell down on the edge of the bed.
Cold sweat has soaked through my shirt.
Fang Xiang was breathing heavily, his eyes were bloodshot, he picked up the phone on the ground tremblingly, and found that the skeleton was not in reality, but on Mount Everest thousands of kilometers away.
Not only him, but hundreds of thousands of viewers were all surprised, some even broke out in a cold sweat, and some even screamed.
The first-person immersive experience is beautiful, but once you encounter danger, it's simply fucked up.
Through the hat and cold-resistant mask, a corpse appeared in the narrow field of vision.
Imagine that a headlamp can only illuminate one or two meters in front of you. Apart from the howling wind, the world is quiet and beautiful. Suddenly, through the hat and oxygen mask, you see in this narrow field of vision a corpse with bones separated by the wind.
Being able to close the flood discharge valve is a sign of strong self-control.
Even Bifang himself was frightened, especially since he might be the only one left on the entire mountain.
The upper torso of the corpse was exposed palely, with only one arm and one leg still intact.
Bifang got closer and found that there were scars on the clothes around the waist of the corpse. After thinking for a while, he guessed: "It should be that he was tied to his companions by a rope, but fell off the cliff together and died."
The corpse was leaning against the backpack with eyes wide open, as if there were invisible gazes focused on everyone, which made people shudder. The corpse's hair was frozen in the wind and snow, showing that he died with his eyes open.
Years of howling winds and severe cold stripped away the skin and hair of the corpse, leaving it with a horrific remains that were terrifying to see.
"You'll get used to it. Climbers at high altitudes can easily see the bodies of climbers ahead of them, especially above 7,000 meters. There are bodies almost everywhere you look, and there will be even more as you go higher."
[Wow, wow, I want to go home, mom]
[I almost peed myself just now]
The corpse was just an episode that allowed the audience to see the danger of Mount Everest, but it did not hinder Bifang from climbing. Finally, at 7:37, Base Camp No. 2 appeared in front of everyone.
Camp No. 2 is in a huge valley. Many mountaineering teams will rest here for two days, use these two days to adapt to the new altitude, and then continue climbing.
But because it was a valley, the wind and snow here not only did not decrease, but became even stronger. The cold wind was like a knife, blowing into Bifang's clothes. Even the vision became narrower, and he had to walk closer to see whether the tent was completely dismantled.
Unfortunately, it seemed that everyone in Camp No. 2 had left, and almost all the tents, big and small, had been dismantled and pressed down with stones.
"I said before when choosing a campsite that valleys and caves are not suitable for camping because these types of terrain will become windy dens at night."
[Why? There are mountain walls all around here, shouldn't they block the wind? ]
The audience looked at the nearby mountains and didn't quite understand.
"A valley that can block the wind is not called a valley, it is a small pit. Any valley cannot block the wind. The wind here is called valley wind in geography because of this terrain."
"During the alternation of day and night, a temperature difference will occur between the hillside and the valley due to solar radiation. The temperature difference brings about a difference in density and pressure of the atmosphere near the ground. The pressure gradient force will push the airflow from the high-pressure area to the low-pressure area. This is the reason for the formation of valley wind."
"And you should know that on a clear day, the temperature will drop by 1 to 2 degrees for every 100 meters of altitude increase. In addition, the clouds are like a warm blanket. If you are between the clouds or even above them, the temperature will drop even more."
Bifang found a crack and didn't pay much attention to it. He dug out the snow and made a simple snow nest. Then he took out a thin blanket from his backpack and rolled it around himself, using the backpack as a pillow, intending to rest there.
[Fuck, I just slept like this? ]
【What a ruthless person】
[I remember Lao Fang said he didn’t bring a sleeping bag]
[I feel very cold even sleeping in the park, let alone here. ]
[What's the story of the brother in front? What happened? Was he kicked out by his wife? ]
[My wife warned me of divorce and said I was a common man, woo woo woo]
【Ah, this, this】
Bifang zipped up his clothes completely, covering half of his face, and tightened his thermal mask a little, and said in a buzzing voice: " The severe cold can damage our lungs and internal organs, so you must use a scarf or something similar to cover your nose and mouth, so that you will be slightly warmer before inhaling air."
"In addition, there are risks of hypothermia and frostbite in extremely cold areas. You must ensure that your body temperature is normal. You should keep warm externally and obtain heat internally by eating. Well, that's all for today's live broadcast. I'm going to sleep first. There will be another tough battle tomorrow at Camp 3."
Having said that, Bi Fang ended the live broadcast to the reluctance of the audience.
He leaned against the rock and fell into a deep sleep.
