Everest

Geng Aiqing woke up very late the next day. Lin Sheng was the only one left in the tent. The beds of the others were all made up, but they were all gone. It seemed that Lin Sheng hadn't just woken up. Fiddling with the computer.

"Why are you the only one left?" Geng Aiqing sat up with his body and asked.

Lin Sheng stared at the screen: "It's almost nine o'clock, we all got up early to watch the sun go out, and we couldn't even wake you up. Brother Shen told you to sleep more, so we got up first."

"..."

Lin Sheng tilted his head and glanced at him: "Get up quickly, we're leaving soon."

Geng Aiqing remembered that they had agreed yesterday that they would have the first adaptive training at the base camp today, so he hurriedly got dressed and got up. It was almost 09:30 when he finished packing, and Lin Sheng took the picture. The photo of him was also saved, and he just followed him out of the tent.

Shen Biwen and the others were standing outside the tent chatting, and the packed things were piled up at their feet. Yong Ke saw him first, and greeted him with a smile. Luosang also smiled at him in a friendly manner. Shen Biwen Wen Ze and Pei Lei were talking together, but they didn't look this way.

Geng Aiqing felt that she had delayed her action, and felt a little sorry, so she jogged and joined the team with her things.

Yong Ke patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Long time no see, Xiao Qingqing!"

Geng Aiqing said embarrassedly: "Sorry, I woke up late in the morning."

"It's all right." Yong Ke laughed loudly, "There's nothing to be wasted in this little time. Our task today is not heavy, so we don't need to be so anxious."

Her laughter attracted Shen Biwen and Pei Lei who were talking.

Pei Lei came up and patted him on the shoulder: "Boy, you can sleep well, you won't wake up if you are called so in the morning!"

Geng Aiqing smiled embarrassedly.

Shen Biwen rescued him and said, "It's actually okay to sleep more, today our..."

"Our task is not heavy!" Yong Ke took over the words with a smile, "I told him, I didn't expect Xiao Shen to take good care of our little Qingqing, right?"

"..." Geng Aiqing said awkwardly, "Take care of me!"

"Forget it..." Shen Biwen smiled, "Have you packed everything?"

Geng Aiqing nodded.

Pei Lei raised his hand and looked at his watch: "Leave at ten o'clock?"

Geng Aiqing also took a look, there are still 10 minutes before ten o'clock, that's okay, he agreed.

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Due to time constraints, they prepared two adaptive training sessions. Originally, the other one was to go down, but now it has been changed to all up. This time, the destination is the middle camp at an altitude of 5500 meters. There is not much in the middle. There are not many ice climbing requirements, the only purpose is to adapt to the long climbing process, fortunately, this is not unfamiliar to them.

Lausanne did not participate in this adaptive training. On the one hand, this training does not require much experience, and on the other hand, the base camp must call all the Sherpas to hold a meeting, so Lausanne had to stay in the base camp.

The team set off from the base camp at ten o'clock on time. In order to ensure safety, everyone prepared trekking poles and walked carefully along the road.

After leaving the base camp, there is an endless wasteland. There are broken stones everywhere and some wonders caused by the weathering of Mount Everest's strong wind all the year round. Geng Aiqing followed Lin Sheng while walking, watching him take pictures, and by the way, he also made a guest appearance. Back to the model.

The process of walking is very boring, and stepping on the gravel upwards hardly requires any climbing skills. Geng Aiqing quickly became impatient after walking for several hours due to exhaustion and fatigue.

"What's wrong with you?" Sensing his discomfort, Lin Sheng chased him over and asked.

Because it was too hot while walking, Lin Sheng took off his coat and tied his sleeves together around his waist, making it look like he was wearing a skirt.

"How long is it?" Geng Aiqing asked secretly.

Lin Sheng looked ahead: "It's still a while, I can't see the camp yet."

"This is too tough!" Geng Aiqing frowned, "When will it be?"

"That's a good walk?" Lin Sheng complained, "Have you really not climbed the mountain for too long? Why are you so tired?"

"I'm not tired..." Geng Aiqing said tactfully, "I just think it will be more technical..."

I don't know if his voice was a little louder, but Shen Biwen, who was walking in front of him, stopped and turned to look at him.

Geng Aiqing didn't notice him, and just complained to Lin Sheng in a low voice: "Our first adaptive training means we have to go back, right? Then we have to come again tomorrow?"

Lin Sheng sighed: "I told you the reason before. You should not rush to climb Mount Everest. You must proceed step by step, otherwise the danger will be even greater..."

"I understand the truth...but this is too fucking long..."

Pei Lei, who was walking ahead suddenly, said loudly: "We are almost at the middle camp. Just now, I discussed with Xiao Shen. If everyone can hold on, let's go up a little bit and see if we can get to 5800." Mi's transition camp, where we can try ice climbing."

Lin Sheng: "...I'm sure Brother Shen heard what you said!"

Geng Aiqing: "Isn't this great!"

Geng Aiqing really thought it was pretty good. As soon as he heard that he could try ice climbing, he immediately became more energetic, and happily ran forward to catch up with Yong Ke in front of him. Lin Sheng had no choice but to put away his camera and followed helplessly. .

What Pei Lei said was indeed true. They continued to walk for half an hour before arriving at the middle camp. The climbers stationed at the camp prepared some tea for them. After a short rest, they raced for time to continue walking up. .

Starting from the middle camp, the terrain became much steeper and the slope became larger. They all felt a little strenuous and their speed slowed down. After walking about a kilometer, they could already see some glaciers, but most of these glaciers were Hidden underground, from some fissures in the ground, you can see the pure white glaciers inside. Lin Sheng told Geng Aiqing that these are ice crevices.

The ice crevasses here are not very dangerous, because these gaps are not too big, you can just go around if you see them, but if you go up, the places you step on are basically within the range of ice crevasses. It is so thin and brittle that it may fall if you are not careful.

No one knows what lies beneath that crevasse.

Hearing the horror he said, Geng Aiqing moved away from those ice crevasses with lingering fear.

Shen Biwen, who was standing next to him, watched his reaction and followed with a smile.

"It looks like we won't be able to reach the transitional camp today." Pei Lei looked up, "Our speed is obviously not fast enough, and it will be dark at this rate."

Hearing what he said, Geng Aiqing felt a little disappointed: "We haven't tried ice climbing yet..."

"Tomorrow will be the same." Yong Ke looked at the sky, although it is still blue and white clouds, "We must leave time for going back."

"Can we try to go up to the transitional camp and then rest there?" Geng Aiqing suggested, "So we can go straight to the ice climbing practice tomorrow and come down later?"

After speaking, he glanced at Shen Biwen, thinking that he should agree.

Everyone was silent for a while because of his suggestion, but in the end Shen Biwen shook his head: "It's too risky."

Geng Aiqing frowned and said: "Coming here is a risky act, if you hesitate to go because you are afraid of taking risks, then you are a fart!"

Lin Sheng was on Geng Aiqing's side: "I agree with Ai Qing's statement, trying to arrive at the advance camp before dark can indeed save some time."

"That's right, that's the reason, and even if we go down today, won't we still get that tomorrow!" Geng Aiqing patted Lin Sheng's shoulder understandingly.

"If it's tomorrow, we can leave earlier." Shen Biwen explained.

Geng Aiqing thought that he thought he was getting up late in the morning, so his complexion suddenly turned dark.

Shen Biwen was hesitating over his suggestion, so he didn't pay attention to his expression.

"How about this." Yong Ke said, "Let's rest for half an hour, eat something, and then we can discuss whether to play or go, how about it?"

"Okay, let's do this first." Pei Lei said, "Rest on the spot for half an hour."

They actually didn’t bring much this time, they were all bread and other things that could fill their stomachs. Seeing Shen Biwen’s hesitant expression, Geng Aiqing snorted and took the things and walked to the side, not really thinking about it. care about him.

Geng Aiqing turned around after eating, and found that there were quite a few cracks in the ice that Lin Sheng mentioned near where they stopped, but none of them seemed too deep, and the gaps were not big enough, so Geng Aiqing made a little gesture , looking at it like that, one person should not be able to get stuck.

Geng Aiqing, who had nothing to do, moved a little closer to the ice crevasse. From a close distance, the ice crevice in the ground is not completely white, but has a slight blue color. It feels very smooth.

Geng Aiqing turned her head and wanted to call Lin Sheng to bring the camera over to take a few photos.

At this moment, he felt a slight sound of collapse coming from one of his feet, he froze for a moment, and then the ground under his right foot cracked completely, Geng Aiqing felt that his right foot stepped on the air, and his whole body lost balance and crooked to the side.

Then he realized how crooked he was just in time.

His entire right leg sank into the ice crevice, and his left leg and half of his body stayed on the ground. He wanted to pull his leg out. At that time, the ground cracked just now really frightened him. It will not cause a bigger collapse.

"Shen Biwen! Lin Sheng!!" Geng Aiqing called several people in turn. Shen Biwen reacted the fastest. Hearing the voice, he hurried over. Seeing his appearance, he immediately threw the bread in his hand and ran away Come over, Lin Sheng and the others followed.

"Damn it!" Lin Sheng was startled, "How did you get stuck in it!"

"I don't want you to take pictures!" Geng Aiqing scolded, "If you're useless, come and drag me out!"

"Hey, wait a minute, will this collapse if you come here!" Geng Aiqing yelled in horror seeing Shen Biwen coming so directly.

Shen Biwen paused, and told himself in his heart that there was no danger and there was no need to worry, but he just took his steps lightly.

"Give me your hand." Shen Biwen squatted aside and handed him his hand.

Geng Aiqing quickly grabbed his hand, at this moment he found that his palms were covered with sweat.

Shen Biwen dragged him out forcefully. As soon as Geng Aiqing's legs left the ice crevice, he immediately crawled forward several meters with hands and feet.

"Are you okay?" Shen Biwen followed him to support him.

Geng Aiqing cried and said with a mournful face: "Then why is there such a commotion in the ground!"

"There is an underground river under the glacier, and the rushing sound is the sound of the underground river." Pei Lei explained.

"..." It seemed that Geng Aiqing was not comforted.

"Let's go down the mountain." Shen Biwen pulled Geng Aiqing up, "Let him recover."

Geng Aiqing agreed dejectedly: "Go down the mountain."