Dawn has arrived, the sky is dark white and behind everyone is dark, and the horizon is gradually becoming clearer than a knife blade.
Bi Fang watched with his own eyes the sun leaping up to the horizon, the grand and blazing rising sun coming to life from the sky, slowly melting the frozen mountains and rivers.
Looking up and down, the Khumbu Glacier, which was originally full of cracks, seemed to have been swept away. All the scars were covered up by the white snow. However, this is not a good thing. The snowflakes washed at high speed will not fill the cracks.
, but will cover them and make the road more dangerous.
Yao Jun let out a breath of cold mist and didn't know what to do. He looked at the guide Rob on the side, but Rob turned his attention to Bifang.
"What should we do now? The cracks are covered with snow. It is very dangerous to leave. If we have to wait, it will take at least a week to basically confirm that it is safe."
The glaciers are covered with snow, but this loft-like structure is not safe. It will collapse as long as it trembles slightly. Under the movement of the glaciers, the snow will soon disappear and be buried deep under the glaciers.
Of course, there are snow layers that remain supportive for various reasons, but that is a regular hazard. Many fatalities are due to many unlucky people falling into such glaciers.
At this time, everyone focused their attention on Bifang.
Unknowingly, even an experienced guide like Rob unknowingly regarded Bifang as his backbone.
After all, who can experience an avalanche personally and draw lessons from it?
A natural disaster like an avalanche is a big deal if you can survive the last time you encounter it. Even a lucky break may leave a lifelong psychological shadow. Only Bi Fang can have rich "experience" and get good health at the same time.
[Fang Shen, use your invincible wilderness survival experience to think of a solution! 】
【Is this the boss? 】
[The much-anticipated, textbook self-rescue! This is the man of the wilderness! 】
Bi Fang did not answer, but took out the altitude recorder from his pocket, which was 5874 meters.
"The altitude of Camp One is 5943, and the altitude of Base Camp is 5334. We almost arrived at Camp One last night."
Putting away the altitude recorder, Bi Fang frowned and thought for a moment. He was not alone now. According to his thoughts, he would not return to the base camp, but go to the closer and safer Camp No. 1.
But there are others around him.
Bi Fang looked at Jarrett, whose face was red, which was due to capillary dilation due to insufficient oxygen; Yao Jun, who kept coughing, might have injured his lungs and trachea; and Attenborough, who was sitting on the ground panting.
Maybe there is no problem temporarily, but age is a flaw.
In addition, the use of oxygen is also a problem.
Tenzin and Rob don't need to worry too much, their physical fitness is trustworthy.
After thinking for a moment, Bi Fang felt that he should ask others.
"I have a suggestion. I will go to the base camp first and try to rescue other people in distress along the way. Everest rescue is different from ordinary rescue. It may not start until this afternoon. Then it will be too late. So I will go first. Who are you?
If you can't hold on, just walk with me, lower the altitude, and stay at the base camp to wait for rescue. Tenzin and Norbu can go to Camp 1 first to rescue the people there. I think we may be physically on Mount Everest now.
The best group of people.”
Observing the terrain and changes around him, Bi Fang felt that last night's avalanche might have come down from a nearby mountain more than 7,000 meters tall, and that Camp No. 1 might also be in trouble.
So far, Bi Fang and others are undoubtedly the people who are closest to the disaster area and have no abnormal physical condition. They are the first and only people who have successfully rescued themselves from the avalanche.
After turning on the altitude recorder, Bi Fang looked at everyone: "Okay, who wants to go down with me now, and who wants to continue going forward?"
Looking around, everyone looked at each other.
Jarrett coughed twice: "I'll go down with you."
Yao Jun also smiled: "Me too, I shouldn't be a burden to everyone. If we go down together, we can save people by the way. To be honest, I think it's because we haven't practiced and adapted. If you can adapt to it for a week, you should go with us earlier."
I said."
"I want to go up, ahem." Attenborough looked at everyone and smiled, "Look what I do? You Chinese have a saying about sunk costs. I think it's very interesting. It's called whatever it is.
"
Bi Fang laughed: "It's all here!"
"Yes." Attenborough narrowed his eyes and smiled, "We're here now. It's less than a hundred meters away. I feel like there's no problem."
"Whether there is a problem or not is not up to you." Bi Fang came to Sir Alex's side, grabbed his wrist and took his pulse.
Don't get me wrong, although Bi Fang can claim to be a survival expert, he doesn't know the skills of an old Chinese medicine practitioner. He just simply judges the heartbeat through the pulse.
Attenborough clenched his fists nervously.
"The beating is very stable, but I can only say that there are no major problems so far."
A minute later, Bi Fang did not refuse Sir Alex's request.
As Attenborough said, he is a ninety-year-old man. No one or anything can easily change his mind. Bifang is just a "health consultant."
"Then let's go."
Bi Fang stood up again, took out his hiking pole and inserted it into the snow in front of him. Behind him, Jarrett and Yao Jun followed suit.
The road ahead is becoming increasingly difficult and dangerous.
You may be put off by this,
Holding back may mean that you are cowardly,
It may also mean that you grasp risks very wisely.
No matter what decision you make,
in the face of death,
You can't deceive yourself,
You will see your true nature clearly.
Perhaps you will be blessed with glory, money, power, and wealth; perhaps you will never return and will always be with you in the wilderness.
But this is an adventure.
Looking at Bifang walking away, Attenborough also stood up from the ground and patted the snow on his trouser legs: "Human risk-taking behavior is the product of human evolution."
Tenzin looked at the brave old man curiously, wondering why he suddenly said such words.
Facing Tenzin's curious gaze, Attenborough smiled: "This is a theory proposed by a friend of mine at the University of California. He said that human beings take risks driven by interests; the more willing they are to take risks, the more likely they are to take risks.
Become stronger.”
Tenzin, who had lived under Mount Everest his whole life, didn't know what California was, but he understood the sentence and asked, "Why?"
"He believes that humankind's habit of pursuing adventure originated from prehistoric times. At that time, there were two major types of primitive people living on the earth." Facing the seeker, Attenborough patiently stretched out two fingers and said.
"One type builds nests and settles, while the other type dares to explore new territories. The settlers mostly stay in their nests, living on the surrounding plants and small animals, and are always careful. The pioneers roam everywhere, and they realize that boldness
The behavior increases the likelihood of dying, but also allows it to find more delicious fruit and more prey."
"In the process of swimming outside and fighting against the dangerous environment of the outside world, these people have accumulated rich survival experience. Therefore, they are better able to withstand the harsh tests of nature. Compared with the first type of people, they are better able to
They can survive better by adapting to the environment. In addition, they have accumulated rich survival experience and can better withstand the harsh test of nature."
"These more capable doers tend to live longer, raise many children, and thus successfully pass on their genes to the next generation, until people like them eventually become dominant in the human race. Therefore, it is human beings who are keen on taking risks
a biological legacy”
Most of us ordinary people cannot understand the behavior of these adventurers.
Some people spend their lives avoiding dangers and problems. They reject uncertainties in life to make themselves feel safer.
But the theme of some people's lives is the pursuit of unknown things, and they will be full of interest and desire to explore all uncertain things.
Compared with the dangers they endure, the process of conquering these dangers is more meaningful to them.
For most people, this adventurous spirit cannot be understood. In fact, this incomprehension is more due to differences in life concepts.
"Of course, taking risks does not mean being reckless and out of control, nor does it mean simply seeking death in search of excitement. It means challenging the limits of mankind and doing great things that no one dares to do. It must be a cause of great significance to mankind, which is what I just said.
Those who bring more fresh fruits to the tribe are truly powerful only if they hold the key."
After hearing this, Tenzin said seriously: "I think you are also a strong person."
Attenborough smiled and took out his hiking pole.
"Okay, gentlemen, it's time for us to set off. Don't take care of me just because I am an old man. To be honest, I always feel that I am only twenty years old."
The second chapter will be later, so let’s take advantage of it first.