"Mu, I wish you good luck. I'll see you at the top."

"Mu, I guess you will be slower than us. We will leave directly after descending. From now on, you can come to Ruidian to find me and I will introduce you to a few friends."

"Boy, be careful on the mountain. Don't lose your life. I will make coffee and you can try it when you come down."

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On the day when he was about to go up the mountain, Chen Mu's friends all hugged him and said a few blessings before letting him go.

During the window period, in addition to their mountaineering team, other mountaineering teams also have to seize the time to go up the mountain. However, because their routes are different, they cannot be seen when climbing, and the time to reach the top will probably be different.

At Zaher's order, everyone broke out and set off.

In the concept of many people, mountaineering means climbing up all at once until reaching the top and successfully reaching the top.

But in fact, mountain climbing is a very see-saw process. Before you get the window period, you have to keep climbing up the mountain to adapt to the rhythm of climbing, and then wait until the window period before officially going up.

During the climbing process, I will complete the climbing tasks step by step according to the climbing plan made by my predecessors. I will settle at a fixed camp every day, just like a battle plan has been formulated and completed bit by bit.

The entire route has five sections, and each section has a fixed campsite.

In other words, after the fourth camp, they will rush to the top with all their strength until they reach the top.

Of course, this is the professional climber's segment.

In fact, at Chen Mu's level, various situations are likely to occur, so there will be more segments to try to make their burden less heavy.

During the previous training process, Zaher led the mountaineering team to the first camp to let them adapt before coming down again, so they had no problem going up the mountain on the first day.

The altitude of the first camp was just about 6,000 meters, and the vertical height was one thousand meters, which was a huge change.

After setting up camp, he and Zhang Jiahui lived in a tent.

The two of them were always in tandem when going up the mountain, and they cooperated quite well.

Phuntsok Tashi was originally supposed to go with Chen Mu, but when Chen Mu asked for it, he didn't insist.

"Really cold!"

The two of them ate something warm, then each got into their sleeping bags and curled up inside.

Even though there was a tent to block the wind, I still felt cold.

Zhang Jiahui closed his eyes while talking.

Today's journey was not slow and he was a little tired. As soon as his body hit the ground, he fell asleep.

Chen Mu didn't feel very tired, so he summoned the map and looked at it again.

The focus of the thin line on the map should be near the fourth camp, just above the side of the black pyramid.

The route Chen Mu and the others said they were taking was called route, and it was very close to the other most commonly used route, the Abruzzi Branch Line. The two lines would overlap after the fourth camp.

The reason why the Abruzzi Branch Line is more difficult is that during the climb, you will encounter a pile of rock mass, which is like an upside-down pyramid and is very difficult to climb.

The entire rock mass is black, so it is called the Black Pyramid.

Chen Mu's route successfully avoided the black pyramid, reducing the difficulty of climbing and making it more suitable for novices.

Chen Mu didn't know what the situation was like at the place where the thin line pointed, whether it was the entrance or something else, and he felt somewhat uneasy.

He was now worried about what would happen if that place was a hanging cliff. It would be very difficult to get in.

Get up the next day and keep going.

The second camp is at around 6,400 meters, with a vertical height rise of less than 500 meters.

However, it was not easy because we had to be afraid of some rock formations today. When we arrived at the camp, everyone was too tired to speak.

Manny seemed to be doing better, but Lin Yuanchun and Zhang Jiahui were not so well. The two of them would cough a few times from time to time, and every movement was very slow. They even went straight into the tent to sleep without eating anything.

Chen Mu was still not tired, so he summoned the map to check it again, and then went to bed after eating.

Several guides and assistants sat together to discuss tomorrow's itinerary. Dorje Wangdui said: "Customer No. 1 and Customer No. 3 are not in good condition. They will climb 7,000 meters tomorrow and they may need to start giving oxygen."

The mountaineering team has been holding on to the oxygen bottles. Generally speaking, they will use them when climbing to the summit on the last day, and then they will have enough itching on the top of the mountain before descending.

But because this is a commercial mountaineering team, the situation is different. Several assistants in the team are here to carry oxygen bottles, and if something happens to the customer, they can also be assigned to take care of them.

Therefore, their oxygen bottles are very sufficient.

Zaher frowned and asked, "Is it too early to give oxygen now?"

Dorje Wangdui shook his head: "It's late. Today's guest No. 1 has already mentioned it to me. He said he couldn't breathe and wanted some oxygen. I didn't agree. I only advised him to rely on himself as much as possible, otherwise it will be worse in the future.

It was so difficult that he started to complain a little bit."

After a slight pause, he added: "He prefers to complain. In order to avoid any unpleasant things happening within the team, try to satisfy him as much as possible."

After saying this, no one else spoke.

Since it's a business, customers always come first, it goes without saying.

Starting from the next day, Lin Yuanchun and Zhang Jiahui began to take in oxygen.

Dorje Wangdui and Phuntsog Tashi also asked Manni and Chen Mu if they wanted it. Of course Chen Mu wouldn't want it. Manni thought about it and didn't want it either. Her reason was that she wanted to persist as much as possible and do it.

Climbing without oxygen.

In the mountaineering world, some people have always believed that mountaineering without oxygen is the real mountaineering, and the modern popular mountaineering with oxygen bottles on the back is not mountaineering.

Therefore, many people who really love mountaineering will use oxygen bottles as little as possible.

Manny obviously has this idea.

Camping at an altitude of 7,200 meters, not only exercise will put a strain on the body, but breathing will also become extremely difficult. No matter how hard you inhale, you can't seem to get anything inhaled.

Moreover, the solar radiation here becomes severe.

Previously, when I was underneath, there was a lot of dust blocking me, so the sun's rays were very comfortable and warm on my body.

But at this time, it becomes different. It is a bit burning when exposed to the sun, making people feel hot. If the skin is exposed, it is easy to get sunburned.

On the fourth day, we finally arrived at the fourth camp.

Chen Mu stood on the side of the camp, looking at the crack in the ice below, and said nothing for a long time.

"Save me, save me, save me..."

In my ears, I seemed to hear whispers, with prayers and temptations...

Chen Mu didn't know if he was hallucinating, but he knew that the sound came from the depths of this dark ice crevice.

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Chapter completed!