Everest

The Everest base camp that Geng Aiqing and his colleagues arrived at is the one located in the Garma Valley of Qudang Township, Tingri County. The ultimate goal of most Everest enthusiasts.

The journey to climb Mount Everest starts here.

Before Geng Aiqing came, he did some research and knew that the conditions here were relatively bad, but when he saw the large tents on the vast wasteland, he still felt a little unacceptable.

"It's already a five-A scenic spot here, why is it still like this?" Geng Aiqing complained in a low voice, "Fortunately, we didn't stay long."

This is also the plan they discussed in the car before. Counting from the time they arrived at the base camp of Mount Everest, the estimated time to climb the peak is 20 to [-] days. During this time, they will go to the base camp two to three times. After adaptive training, including ice walking and simple ice climbing adaptation, formal preparations for climbing Mount Everest begin.

If there is no accident, they will complete the climb around the end of May and the beginning of June. This time is actually a bit late, because the rainy season on Mount Everest is coming in mid-June. In order to avoid any unnecessary danger, they have to We did not cancel some plans.

For example, go to Rongbuk Monastery on the north side of Mount Everest.

"Just rest, you still have to pay attention to so much!" Lin Sheng complained.

"I'm not particular about it!" Geng Aiqing jumped out of the car, stood and felt the wind in the base camp, and exclaimed, "It's not bad!"

Lin Sheng laughed twice and got out of the car, then took a photo of the base camp with his camera.

"Have they all come down?" the driver uncle said cheerfully, "I'll come down and take a look around to see if there are any tourists coming down the mountain!"

"Thank you, uncle!" Geng Aiqing said in a good mood.

The uncle smiled and waved at him and said, "Thank you, I will bring you here if you give me the money!"

"Haha..." Yong Ke laughed beside him.

"By the way, your equipment...are you going to climb a mountain?" The uncle didn't leave in a hurry, and stood there talking to them.

"Yes." Uncle Pei handed him a cigarette, "It's a bit late."

"It's not too late!" The uncle took the cigarette, "It's almost the time when there are the most people!"

"Hey, I see that you are not very old, let me give you a suggestion!" The uncle whispered, "This place is very dangerous! If you can't climb up, you can't hold on!"

"That's right..." Geng Aiqing smiled, "Our equipment is all top-notch!"

"You little brat!" The uncle pretended to be unhappy, "That person has had accidents before going up by helicopter! Don't say you just test your legs! I drove ten times back and forth on this road. It's been many years, what haven't you seen?"

The uncle took a puff of cigarette, sighed and said: "People outside often say that our Mount Everest is the highest peak in the world, what is the roof of the world, and they all rush here! I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing!"

"Of course it's a good thing!" Geng Aiqing continued, "If there is no reason for this, your business will still be impossible!"

The uncle was stunned for a moment, then laughed loudly and said, "That's right!"

After chatting for a while, several people came to ask whether the car would return to Lhasa, and they separated. Before leaving, Lin Sheng took a photo for the driver and everyone. They were standing in front of the Everest Base Camp, with the majestic Mt. Mount Everest, everyone has a smile on their face.

"Be careful!" The uncle did not forget to say hello to him before leaving.

"Okay!" Geng Aiqing also waved in a decent manner.

Lin Sheng thought it was funny, leaned closer to him and asked, "Master Geng, you seem to be in a good mood!"

"Of course!" Geng Aiqing pointed to Mount Everest, "Then I'm about to conquer the world's No. [-] peak, can I not be happy?"

"Not necessarily..."

He was glared at by Geng Aiqing before he finished speaking: "Hey, don't talk nonsense!"

"Okay..." Lin Sheng covered his mouth dumbfounded, ran forward, and left with Pei Lei and the others.

Shen Biwen followed up from behind: "How do you feel?"

Geng Aiqing paused, and said naturally: "It's okay, it's pretty good, um, the scenery is pretty good."

"I'm asking about your high-pressure reaction." Shen Biwen said seriously.

Geng Aiqing didn't think of this at all. He reminded him that he really felt a little stuffy in his chest, but it wasn't a big problem, so he shook his head and said, "Fortunately, it's a little tight in chest, but it's okay!"

"Go to the tent and take some medicine later." Shen Biwen suggested.

"Okay." Geng Aiqing responded casually, but didn't take it to heart.

Their tents are also pre-booked. There are quite a few tents here. In most cases, they are not satisfied. However, because it is the golden age, many mountaineering teams have come over, so the tents are still in short supply. It is still bright now. , You can see some people sitting outside the camp in twos and threes, and even some foreign faces.

If you want to see the magnificent mountain scenery, you will definitely be disappointed when you come here. In the Everest base camp, except for the snow-capped mountains in the distance, everything else is desolate. Here, almost There is no green vegetation to be seen, the land is surrounded by large or small rocks, and there is still a thin layer of unmelted white snow on the surrounding higher hillsides. The wind blowing here has the breath of snow mountains.

"Suddenly it feels so cold!" Geng Aiqing obviously felt the temperature drop a bit, while wrapping his coat tighter.

"It's going to be below zero at night, so keep warm." Shen Biwen whispered, "Let's go to the tent first."

"Hey, what are you doing here again?" Geng Aiqing lifted the curtain unhappily, "I won't sleep with you... Hey!"

Several people in the tent turned their heads to look at him.

"Fuck you all live here??" Geng Aiqing said in horror.

"Well." Pei Lei was taking out the sleeping bag, "The tents here are quite tight, and we only booked this one, and the tents here are all for 6-8 people, so it's quite spacious for the few of us to live in." !"

"Where's Miss Yong?"

"She's next door. There are more female mountain climbers this year, so it happens that Xiao Ke will live with them." Pei Lei laughed, "It will save you the trouble of living with us big men!"

Geng Aiqing froze for a while, and secretly made a gesture, thinking how uncomfortable it was to sleep in such a big place?

When he froze, Shen Biwen and Luosang also came in. They both squatted down and started to pack their sleeping bags out of the way.

"What's the matter?" Shen Biwen was closest to him, seeing that he was not moving, asked.

"Master Geng must have disliked the harsh environment!" Lin Sheng complained.

Geng Aiqing originally planned to ask if he could order another one at an additional cost, but when he heard this, he straightened his neck and said, "Who said that, I just have chest tightness, take it easy!"

As he said that, he also squatted down and began to spread his sleeping bag.

Shen Biwen smiled silently, and did not expose him.

It was already dark when everything was packed, and they had to go to the agency here to register. Lin Sheng was going to take pictures of the night scene, Pei Lei wanted to rest early, and it was useless if he couldn't speak the language in Lausanne. In the end, Geng Aiqing and Shen Bi Wen passed by together, and as soon as the tent was lifted, Geng Aiqing couldn't help shivering.

"Is it so cold here at night!" Geng Aiqing felt it, and the zipper of the down jacket was pulled down under his chin speechlessly.

"Twenty degrees below zero." Shen Biwen closed the tent, "and there is still wind, so it's definitely cold."

"It looks like I have to add more clothes tomorrow!" Geng Aiqing looked at Lin Sheng who was making a tripod in the distance, "Damn Lin Sheng is a real warrior!"

"Go and have a look later?" Shen Biwen suggested.

"What are you looking at?" Geng Aiqing pouted, "I don't want to watch it, I'm freezing to death."

"The starry sky here is beautiful." Shen Biwen said suddenly.

Geng Aiqing was stunned for a moment, looked at him suspiciously, then looked up at the sky, and was shocked immediately, wondering if it was because of the high altitude here, so close to the sky, so even the stars seemed to be seen To be more clear, Geng Aiqing used to look at the starry sky when he went out to play, but then he had no time to look at it when he was busy. In addition, it is good to see the moon when you look up in Beijing, and there are no stars.

"Let's go." Shen Biwen didn't wait for him to answer, and walked straight forward without saying a word.

Geng Aiqing followed behind and pondered for a long time before she blushed and thought, isn't this guy asking him to watch the stars together?

The place where the registration office is located is a relatively large tent, which looks like an office area. There are two people sitting there chatting with each other. When they saw them coming in, one of them raised his hand and said, "Go out of the bathroom and turn right. .”

"No...we are here to register." Shen Biwen said.

The man was stunned for a moment, and pulled out a folder from the side: "Hey, I know, I called the base today. Your captain is... Pei Lei? Are you Pei Lei?"

"I'm Shen Biwen, team member, and this is also our team member, Geng Aiqing." Shen Biwen pulled Geng Aiqing over.

"Yes." The man took a pen and ticked off the document, "When are you going to leave?"

"About a week."

"Okay, let's go." The man threw the document aside, "Remember to report before you leave, come and sign something."

"What?" Geng Aiqing asked suspiciously.

The man rolled his eyelids and glanced at him, then said slowly: "What happened on the mountain has nothing to do with us."

Geng Aiqing was not very happy immediately: "What do you mean it has nothing to do with you? When something happens, you won't save it?"

"Save?" The man laughed twice, "How to save? If you can't get up, don't go up. Don't expect anyone to save you."

Another chimed in: "There are too many people climbing Mount Everest, and there are too many people going up and down. We are telling the truth."

"Then your ears are really sharp to hear the truth!" Geng Aiqing said coldly.

"Hey, what are you talking about, little comrade!" The man was not too happy.

"What's wrong with me just talking like this?!" Geng Aiqing was furious, "It's like someone is counting on you, will you say something nice!"

"..."

"Forget it." Shen Biwen held Geng Aiqing's arm and said helplessly, "There's nothing to be arguing about."

Geng Aiqing felt flustered when he saw his "don't make trouble for no reason", and always felt that he didn't care about anything.

"Stop making noise! ​​Let's go!" Geng Aiqing snorted coldly, turned around and left.

"I'm sorry." Shen Biwen apologized, turned around and chased him out.