Chapter 417: The Dead Souls Beneath Luozi Wall
May 9th.
Bifang woke up in Camp No. 2. Even with the rock wall blocking his way, his body was covered with snow. He took off his mask and squeezed it, and the ice chips flew away with the wind. He sat on the ground and took out two energy bars for breakfast.
At this moment, the cell phone vibrated. It was a call from Yao Jun.
Bifang took off his gloves and answered the phone, then asked while eating, "What's wrong?"
"The weather bureau's forecast is out. From the 10th to the 14th, they say this is the best time to reach the summit!"
"good."
There are at least
That's enough.
Bifang was not too disappointed when he heard the data, as it was not much different from his expectations. If he had trained normally, this time would definitely not be enough, but Bifang did not plan to train in the conventional three-rise and three-drop method.
Extraordinary people do extraordinary things. He plans to reach Camp 3 in one go today and then adapt to the environment.
After hanging up the phone, Bifang quietly started the live broadcast.
The audience waiting in front of their computers and mobile phones only saw a black screen flash, and then a sky full of snow and wind appeared in their sight.
【It’s on air! It’s on air! 】
[Are we going to the third camp today? ]
【Fang Shen makes a brilliant appearance! 】
[Pipi Shrimp is not skinning and giving the anchor fish balls * 1.000 - go go go! ]
[Liang Feifan is not a jerk and is giving the anchor a spaceship *1.0 - quickly reach the top! ]
[I can see the rich right after the show started, I'm so envious]
Faced with numerous barrages and gifts, Bifang expressed his gratitude again, but did not say much. He quickly returned to the topic, stood up, shook off the snow on his body, and headed towards the depths of the valley.
The entire valley is very deep. Many people may not have climbed a mountain, but in fact, Mount Everest is larger than normal people imagine. This can be seen from the fact that there is a valley several kilometers long in an area only 6,400 meters high. This is the power of nature.
The oxygen content at this time is already very low. Normal people here almost have to use oxygen cylinders and always remember to calm their breathing. In this situation, people's movements become slower and slower. Every kick at the hard bright ice seems to have exhausted all their strength, which is almost the same as that of a sloth.
Even Bifang finally began to feel discomfort in breathing when he arrived here. Fortunately, after going through so many dangerous environments, Bifang's own body balance made him very adaptable. After walking for a while, the discomfort gradually subsided.
"There is a concept in psychology called 'flow', which means that when a person devotes himself to something, he will have a high sense of pleasure and fulfillment, and forget the passage of time in the process. If you feel empty, anxious or even physically uncomfortable, do something that can bring you into this state, it will bring you pleasure, just like I am devoted to mountain climbing."
The cold wind howled in the narrow valley . After walking for more than an hour, Bi Fang finally arrived at the bottom of the Lhotse Wall. This was a climb of about 800 meters in altitude, which meant that the slope was relatively steep, about 40 degrees or more, and the steepest section was about 60 degrees.
In addition to its steepness, the Lhotse Wall is a mixture of ice and snow, with bright ice in many places. The so-called bright ice is that the snow melts due to strong sunlight during the day in high altitude areas, and the ice surface freezes again when the temperature drops at night. This is a repeatedly generated ice that is very hard and not easy to kick, and even more difficult to hammer in an ice pick, which means more physical effort and consumption.
At this time, Bifang took out the rope and ice pick and prepared to climb up.
Before coming here, Bifang had introduced the Lhotse Cliff, but the steepness of the ice wall may not be understood just by the introduction. Even many viewers did not feel it after hearing it. Fifty to sixty degrees is just a number.
But when Bifang stood at the foot of Luozi Cliff and looked upward, many people opened their mouths wide.
This is called a slope?
[Is this fifty to sixty degrees? Are you sure it's not ninety degrees? ]
[Indeed, but the visual effect is too strong]
[Can this be climbed? ]
[Of course you can climb, otherwise how can you reach the top? 】
"It is indeed possible to climb, but it is also very dangerous." Bifang exhaled a breath of hot air. It was impossible for him to be completely sure, especially when he was alone.
Normally, most people climb Mount Everest in a team. If they are professional, the efficiency will be higher. For example, this section of ice slope requires ropes.
Nail nails into the rock or ice wall, then hang a rope to use as protection, go back and forth, and climb up little by little.
Alone, it would be much less effective and more dangerous.
Even the climbing machine accidentally fell into the cliff and died.
Don’t get me wrong, the climbing machine is not really a machine, but a person, Ueli Steck.
"Ueli is one of the best climbers of this era, a two-time Piolet d'Or winner, and famous for his solo fast climbing. He completed the fast climbing Grand Slam of the three major north walls in Europe, the North Face of the Eiger, the Bridge of Las, and the Matterhorn, all in two and a half hours or even two hours. These three records made Ueli well-known and he was called the 'Swiss Machine'."
"Uli climbed all 82 peaks above 4,000 meters in the Alps in 62 days, becoming the king of Alpine mountaineering. In addition, he opened a new route on the north face of Tengkampoche Peak and won the Golden Piolet Award. In 2013, he soloed the south face of Annapurna Peak and won the Golden Piolet Award again. In 2009, he soloed Gasherbrum II and Makalu Peak. In 2011, he climbed Shishapangma Peak in 10 hours and 30 minutes. In 2012, he climbed Mount Everest without oxygen."
The series of achievements made the audience dizzy. Many of the mountains had never even been heard of, but they understood one thing: this was a big guy, a big guy who played an important role in the mountaineering world.
Unfortunately, Bifang changed the subject, with regret in his eyes: "Uli's two Piolet d'Or climbs were both completed in the Himalayas, and he died on the Lhotse Face in the end. The Himalayas made Wuli successful, and it is also Wuli's final destination."
That’s right, Wuli died on the Luozi Wall in front of Bifang.
In 2017, a large-scale avalanche occurred on the west side of the south wall of Mount Lhotse, but it did not threaten the climbing route of the Khumbu Glacier, so many people did not pay attention to it. After all, small-scale snow and ice avalanches often occur on Mount Everest.
As it turned out, half an hour later, the base camp received the news that "Uli fell on Nuzi Peak and was smashed to pieces."
In the mountaineering world, there are many ways to prove one's ability, and some of the most powerful and awesome ones are: solo climbing, climbing without oxygen, opening up new climbing routes, and speed climbing.
Accomplishing one of these achievements on any difficult mountain will allow you to stand out in the mountaineering world.
This time, Bifang performed solo and without oxygen.
Although this is an achievement that Uli himself has not achieved, the above achievements alone are enough to prove the amazing talent of this mountaineering machine. The halo of solo, anaerobic climbing, and the strongest speed climbing master has long made the public believe that Swiss machines are "all-powerful", but he still died at the foot of the Lhotse Face.
The audience shuddered at the thought.
