It was only when Ren He saw the speed at which the sky was getting darker that he realized why the experienced mountaineers emphasized: go down the mountain at 1 o'clock and 2 o'clock at the latest.
Yes, Ren He successfully reached the summit at 12:10 and returned at 12:25. He went down early enough, but when he arrived at Hillary Platform at 12:30 and waited for a full 40 minutes,
It's all too late.
In fact, when he arrived at the top of the mountain, he paid attention to the weather. The sky, which had been bright for an hour, was now covered with dark clouds. Ren He also had an impression of the place where the dark clouds hit just now. It was there at 12:10 noon.
There are still dense flowing clouds, no different from other places.
However, the weather on Mount Everest is so changeable, otherwise it would not cause so many people to panic.
If Ren He had descended from the Hillary Step earlier, even if the storm came, he could have hidden in the tent at the 7,900-meter camp and waited for the storm to pass. The tents there were all nailed to the ice sheet.
The storm was not as scary as a typhoon, it was only particularly scary because of the high altitude and low temperature.
But things are different now. The storm is coming so fast. Even if Ren He can ignore the group of people who are still climbing up the Hillary Step, it will be too late for him to return to the camp.
It would take several hours to get back to the camp via this road despite the storm, and I had to make sure that I would not become hypothermic or lose my footing and fall into the ice abyss during the storm.
At this time, Xia Boyu slowly descended the mountain from behind. When he saw Ren He was still trapped on the Hillary Step, he smiled bitterly: "It seems that we are all going to be left here by Mount Everest."
Ren He didn't have time to say anything to him now, but was thinking urgently about how to survive this storm. Xia Boyu stayed on the peak for too long, but even if he came down early, he would still be with him.
Ren He is just waiting here.
What's even more frightening is that until now, some people have been lucky and thought that this storm might not be too serious, but Ren He felt that if it didn't go down the mountain at this time, this storm would probably leave everyone behind.
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Smail, the leader of the American team also realized that something was wrong at this time. They shouted loudly at the foot of the Hillary Step to let everyone go down the mountain and return home. As long as they were still alive, there would definitely be a chance to climb to the top.
If you were in the camp, you might have heard it, but how many meters above sea level is the Hillary Step? 8,790 meters. Many people even think that they can take the time to climb the Hillary Step to the top before descending in time.
Ren He was too lazy to care about their life or death. At this moment, whether he lived or died was his own decision. If he went down the mountain now, he might live. If he didn't go down the mountain now, he would die or not.
It’s not that everyone is too stupid. In fact, no one can climb here. But every time a mountain disaster occurs, facts will prove how stupid people often behave at this moment.
Afterwards, everyone always concludes that if we had done what we had done, maybe so many people would not have died, but what is the use of this?
But now Ren He's biggest problem is that they won't be able to get down until they finish climbing to the top of the Hillary Step! Does it hurt or not?
Forced by the natural environment, he really wanted to ski from the peak towards the South Col all the way back to the base camp in Nepal... But there were many problems with this. First, he had not deliberately studied the route at all.
Second, he doesn’t even skateboard!
At this time, the American team leader took a satellite phone and shouted: "The storm is coming. Doctors from the camp below must come up to the camp 6,000 meters or even higher to save people. Otherwise, how many people will die is terrifying to think about. We are now at the Hillary Step."
, I want them to go down the mountain, but the situation is out of control. Some people have successfully climbed to the summit, and they have successfully climbed to the summit without oxygen, but I think we will all be left here... Okay, if it is irreversible in the end, I will just
I can go down the mountain alone."
At the end of the phone call, someone seemed to be persuading him to go down the mountain and stop waiting. At this time, no one could use moral standards to demand anything, even if he was the paid tour leader.
At this time, it is safer to roll down the hill than wait here. Many people on the Hillary Step who have successfully climbed to the top are urging those who are climbing the steps to get down. Of course, some people are saying bad things. I don’t know.
How come at this moment, the conflict between the two sides suddenly turned into: the people who had already reached the summit were alarmist, but in fact the storm was not that serious.
It is true that although dark clouds are sweeping in, the wind is really not much stronger than before. This is the reason for everyone's luck.
But the uneasiness in Ren He's heart became stronger and stronger!
After waiting for another 10 minutes, suddenly a gust of wind blew. This time the wind speed was stronger than any other time today. Ren He's jacket was blown so tightly that it clung to his body and he was a bit unsteady!
Suddenly someone on the Hillary Step did not hold on to the rope and fell down. He was thrown down the mountain with a long and shocking sound. No one could save him!
Everyone was shocked. This was the first time during this mountaineering process that someone fell off the mountain wall and died. No matter how many stories you heard, it was not as terrifying as seeing it happen in front of you. It was only at this time that the people on Hillary Step panicked.
Frustrated, he began to retreat downwards.
However, the passage was opened...but it was too late!
The sky full of ice and snow and the violent and explosive cold wind swept across the entire Mount Everest. The snow on the mountain peak was flying like dust on the plains, and the real disaster was coming.
Everyone in the camp 6,000 meters below the mountain learned the news that the mountaineering team would reach the summit today almost simultaneously. They also knew that a storm was coming and everyone was trapped on the mountain.
The entire 6,000-meter camp fell into an atmosphere of despair. The large tent of the mountaineering consulting company composed of Sherpas and professional mountaineering teams already believed that this disaster was difficult to recover.
Yang Xi sat in the tent and looked at the wind and snow outside without saying a word. She did not lose her mind and rushed out to run up the mountain because she knew it would not help. But thinking that this separation would be eternity, she felt torn in her heart.
Pain, the kind of pain that cannot stop until death.
Ren He stood on the Hillary Step and looked at the wind roaring in the sky like a giant beast. At this time, even if he continued to go down the mountain, he knew one thing very well. He could not return to the camp at an altitude of 7,900 meters. No one could go back.
too late!
Before, Ren He had a sense of luck, always thinking that if everyone on the Hillary Step came up, he would be able to hurry up and go down.
It was at this time that he seemed to understand that human beings make stupid mistakes when life and death are at stake.
If he had realized the problem earlier and descended directly from the north slope of Mount Everest into China, even if the north slope was steeper and more dangerous, it would still be better than waiting to die due to his physical condition.
Although climbing from the south slope and descending from the north slope is much more difficult than climbing Mount Everest itself, it is still a glimmer of hope, isn't it? It's better than death!
He asked in his mind: "How about two perfect rewards in exchange for a way of survival?"
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Please give me a monthly pass. Please give me a monthly pass. I am currently ranked 8th in the city classification. I hope I can keep it...
