Chapter 425: Reach the top!
In the snow, the owner of a pair of green boots was curled up and lying stiffly in the snow and ice of a stone cave, as if he was just taking a nap.
The red mountaineering suit, blue mountaineering pants and green mountaineering boots, three bright colors made him particularly eye-catching among the white and gray tones of Mount Everest.
The famous "Green Boots".
Puba told the audience that this was one of the three major "corpse marks" on Mount Everest. Next to it was an equally famous resting man. Before he died, he kept his hands on his knees and stared into the distance.
It can be said that these corpses are "road signs".
But Bifang did not stop. After just a quick glance, he continued to move towards the summit along the southeast ridge of Mount Everest.
Time passed slowly, we climbed, rested, passed the third corpse mark "Sleeping Beauty", continued to climb, and rested.
There were two more rounds of rest, during which Bifang ate more than once to replenish body energy. On Mount Everest, it is a real "anaerobic exercise". Every hundred meters of climbing requires extremely huge consumption, and this consumption is still increasing.
The higher the altitude, the greater the consumption of water, physical strength and energy.
At 8,700 meters, Bifang reached the South Peak. In front of him was the last hurdle in reaching the summit of Mount Everest.
【Hillary Steps! Hillary Steps! 】
Even at this moment, Puba couldn't help but repeat it twice, and even his typing fingers were trembling slightly.
It's incredible.
Phurba had very complicated feelings towards Bifang. Even after Tenzin came to find him and they actually met, Phurba still felt a little disdain in his heart. Perhaps even Phurba himself did not realize it at the time.
It was only because of Tenzin's request, Bifang's actions, his heartfelt respect for the equality and respect of the Sherpa people, his yearning for the sacred mountain, and out of concern for future generations that Phurba finally decided to step forward to help.
But now, Pogba, who had witnessed the miracle, looked back at the past and had to admit that he did have such emotions in his mind at that time.
I have climbed Mount Everest 21 times in a row. Countless Sherpas and many people in the world regard me as a legend. But even so, I don't dare to try to climb to the summit without oxygen or even alone.
Not to mention climbing to the summit alone without oxygen, talent, ability, ability and luck are all indispensable.
But now, a 25-year-old young man who has never been to Mount Everest is about to succeed, what he could not do when he was young.
Puba's expression was complicated. At this moment, he was even a little jealous. Perhaps he was jealous of the other person's youth, or perhaps he was jealous of the other person's achievements. Now he felt a little ashamed, but more of it was admiration.
Because the mountain is there.
Taking a deep breath, Puba tapped on the keyboard and made the final commentary.
[During the final push to the summit on the south slope, you must pass through the southeast ridge from the south peak to the highest point, a 12-meter-high almost vertical rock section of the mountain. Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay were the first team to climb over this section and it was later named the "Hillary Step" by the mountaineering community.]
[This "step" was shaken off in the 2015 earthquake, leaving only a "snow pit". Now there are no more steps on the south slope of Mount Everest, but there is no doubt that the name Hillary Step will be retained. ]
[But the snow cave is still narrow, and because it is too narrow, it is often congested. It may take a long time to wait because of the congestion, and people often die on Mount Everest because of waiting too long. ]
Bifang has excellent eyesight. Standing on the South Peak, one can see that the Hillary Step is very narrow, as narrow as the back of a stegosaurus, and can barely accommodate only one person.
It is so famous that it even causes psychological fear in people.
The only thing that is known is that no rescue operation above the Hillary Step has ever been successful.
The abyss was crawling at my feet, waiting for the "delicious meal" to fall into my mouth. The jumpsuit had become an armor of ice and snow.
Fortunately, Bifang's hands and feet had not frozen from waiting, so he continued to climb along the snow slope on the ridge.
The last level, the real last level, is only a hundred meters away!
There is only one Hillary Step between the South Peak and the summit!
A miracle is about to happen before your eyes!
The audience stopped breathing at the same time, but their heartbeats kept accelerating. The originally noisy live broadcast room was instantly emptied, and the entire screen was filled with the vast sky. Everyone watched the peak getting closer and closer, and their pupils trembled slightly.
In the village at the foot of the mountain, Puba and others sat together, holding their breath.
Inside the Magic City Airport, Huang Tianming opened his bloodshot eyes wide and breathed almost in sync.
Inside the Arctic Circle, Etienne was so excited that he almost jumped up.
Ugly country, Peter excitedly grabbed Tony's arm.
Central China, Matthew clenched his pen.
Audiences from all over the world, students on vacation, office workers in the company, housewives buying groceries in the market, those who stay up late, those who get up early, those who stay up all night, millions of attention are focused here.
There was heavy breathing in my ears, rapid and deep, making me worry that the person making the sound would collapse.
A 12-meter-high gravel staircase... If it were a few years ago, this would have been a huge rock with a smooth surface and no place to hold on. Now, it is much easier.
Bifang was stepping on the gravel, his brain no longer had any room for thinking. If someone lifted his mask , they would find that his lips had turned slightly purple.
The time is 9:14 am.
The wind rolls up the clouds, and the flow never stops.
Bifang stopped and took a last look behind him, looking at the long mountain ridge he had just climbed. The shadow of the ridge almost covered all the mountains, as if he was also a part of this huge body.
This is the last look, representing all the scenery on the road, rocky beaches, ice, snow, ice towers, wild blue sheep, mountain crows, icy rivers, cliffs and even natural disasters such as avalanches...
All of that had its ultimate reward.
Bifang took off his gloves silently.
The next second, a powerful hand grabbed the rock crevice at the edge of the peak, and then moved the entire body through the crack to the wide ridge and climbed up completely!
Mount Everest was as crystal clear as jade in the morning light. Bifang took off his cold-resistant mask and suddenly sat down on the ground, shocking everyone. But then he began to laugh, laughing out loud.
Looking around, there is sunshine for thousands and tens of thousands of miles, the mountains are towering into the clouds, the sky is blue as if it was dyed, and countless snow-capped peaks are surging with wind and clouds, but they all "surrender" to his feet, and the endless stream of clouds is rushing towards the sun.
The laughter became louder and louder, and the intense laughter put his already oxygen-deprived body into further trouble. He began to cough again, and while coughing he began to laugh again, over and over again.
The sound spread out in circles, echoing through the mountains and the roaring clouds in the forests.
From Kathmandu to Lukla, from Base Camp to the Death Zone.
Dragging heavy steps through the death zone, and every step was painful, but everything was worth it.
What Bifang pursues, risks, and yearns for is right under his feet, right in front of him, and beside him!
The highest peak, the real highest peak!
There is no higher height on earth for him to challenge!
Bifang's eyes suddenly turned red, and the urge to burst into tears hit his tear glands in waves.
Whether in his past life or this life, Bifang had never thought that he could reach the top of the world solely by his own ability. If someone told him that he could do so, it must be a dream, an illusion, like a dream bubble.
Now, reality hits.
It really changed.
Bifang raised his head to stop the tears from his eyes, struggled to stand up , and put on his gloves again. The next second, a metal tube as thick as a thumb was held in his hand.
Looking through the hole, it appears to be a telescopic tube.
With a gentle flick, the red flag flutters.
Bifang used up his last bit of strength to insert the flag into the ice cap, causing ice chips to fly everywhere.
The red flag with five stars fluttered in the strong wind and drifted towards the homeland across the mountains.
The clouds dispersed.
Sunshine on Golden Mountain.
May 10th, 9:20 am.
The first Chinese to climb Mount Everest alone without oxygen.
Birth!
