Everest

Climbing in the dark was extremely difficult. Under the double attack of cold and darkness, everyone's movements were extremely slow. When they reached the first half of the first step, they could only stand on the edge of a rock about the size of a hand and go up little by little. Moving forward, the lights on the shoes allow them to barely see the road under their feet. Apart from this, everything is dark. Here, the road rope has only become a guiding existence, and its safety On such a steep cliff, almost zero.

Although he had already prepared himself for this kind of mentality, Geng Aiqing was still filled with lingering fear when he walked. If he took a wrong step, there would be an abyss under his feet. The starry sky at night was still beautiful, but he had no intention of appreciating it. After walking for a while, he had to pause for a rest to let his legs and arms that were about to go numb feel a little bit. Every time he did this, Shen Biwen and Pei Lei who followed him would stop and wait for him. There was no consolation, just silently waiting for him to digest every shock of fear, Geng Aiqing didn't want to block their progress by herself, so she gritted her teeth and walked forward hard.

After walking for about an hour, Lin Sheng and the others in front of him had already arrived at the climbing route and were already going up. Geng Aiqing followed a few minutes behind, and Lin Sheng's footlights were right above his head. On the road, relying on the weak light, Geng Aiqing saw the whole picture of this almost vertical rock wall. At that moment, Geng Aiqing could hardly find words to describe the danger of this section of the journey. He seemed to be hung above himself in a series, and he could only see the height of the two people above him, and he could probably see Lausanne. The narrow and rugged mountain wall blocked his sight, and all around him, It is a pitch-black rock, which emits a cold light under the reflection of the lamp. The only thing Geng Aiqing can do is to hold on to the rope, step on all the rocks that can be stepped on the rock wall, and use an ice ax to dig into the ice-rock mixture. In the rock wall, relying on the strength of his own arm, he climbed up vigorously, and then continued to repeat the previous movements.

This is no longer exhaustion that can be described. Geng Aiqing's muscles are sore. Every time he takes a step forward, he has to take a few mouthfuls of oxygen, but that has no effect, except for giving him a sense of satisfaction that is about to dizzy. It provided any substantial help, but here, the distance between them and the team members in front has been shortened a lot, because for the sake of safety, everyone's speed is very slow, Geng Aiqing gritted his teeth and crawled for a while before going up When I looked at it, I found that Lin Sheng's foot was stepping on the top of his head.

Geng Aiqing breathed a sigh of relief, and finally could take a little rest.

But unexpectedly, the team stopped for nearly six or seven minutes. They knew that only after climbing this vertical distance would they have a place to sit down and rest, so time is precious. Geng Aiqing just wanted the lounge. Wrong, but he couldn't bear it after stopping for 7 minutes. The feeling of being hung on the rock wall is really indescribable, and stopping is obviously the most inappropriate behavior.

"What's the matter?" Shen Biwen, who was following Geng Aiqing, finally couldn't hold back and asked.

Geng Aiqing looked down at him, the light from her footlights shone on Shen Biwen's face, reflecting his extremely pale face, Geng Aiqing knew that her face was almost as pale as this, Geng Aiqing shook her head, and touched the sole of Lin Sheng's foot with her head.

Lin Sheng seemed to be startled suddenly, his whole body trembled, and then he looked down to see him, his eyes were a little blurred, Geng Aiqing's heart tightened, and he asked, "What's wrong with you?"

Lin Sheng shook his head with a painful expression: "Uncomfortable."

"Where do you feel uncomfortable?" This is what Yong Ke who heard him from the front asked.

Lin Sheng raised his head up again: "I don't know, my whole body feels uncomfortable."

Seeing that Yong Ke didn't move, Geng Aiqing knew that the pause was not caused by Lin Sheng, and the anxiety in his heart dissipated a little. Yong Ke seemed to have said something to Lin Sheng again. He bowed his head and said to Geng Aiqing: "Stop for a while, something happened above, and we are saving people."

Who are you saving?Didn't the team in front of them start an hour earlier than them?Could something be wrong?Geng Aiqing was puzzled, and looked up hard, and he saw a faint light above. He wanted to ask what was going on, but saw Lin Sheng's pale face and swallowed the words back.

Forget it, let's talk about it later.

Pei Lei at the bottom also heard Lin Sheng's words, and couldn't help cursing: "If anything happens, we have to wait until we go up! What's wrong with being stuck here!"

Lin Sheng shook his head, indicating that he didn't know either.

Pei Lei cursed a few foul words.

Geng Aiqing knew that Uncle Pei was not too angry, but felt aggrieved. Being stuck here for seven or eight minutes was uncomfortable physically and mentally. Cursing could be regarded as venting. Geng Aiqing also wanted to scold a few more words, but his talking time was too long. Long, headache and chest tightness, but finally dismissed the idea.

It took more than a minute for the team to start moving again. After a few minutes of rest, everyone's speed not only did not increase, but slowed down. It’s not good to stop and go, but it’s already like this, and there’s nothing I can do. Geng Aiqing felt depressed, and finally couldn’t help cursing, and walked up another ten meters, and it seemed that the end was coming, Geng Aiqing lowered his head and thought I wanted to talk to Shen Biwen and Uncle Pei below. I didn’t expect that when I lowered my head, I happened to see a narrow flat rock protruding from the side of the rock I was stepping on. He didn’t notice it when he passed by, but only now There was a human-shaped thing lying prone on the platform, Geng Aiqing was so flustered that he told himself not to continue looking, but he couldn't control his eyes at all, as if the prone thing was really a corpse.

Geng Aiqing who stopped suddenly made the two people behind him also stop.

"What's wrong?" Shen Biwen asked.

Just as Geng Aiqing was about to speak, he suddenly realized that the corpse was less than an arm's length away from Shen Biwen. If he said it, Shen Biwen and Uncle Pei would react as violently as he did, so how could they climb up?

To calm down.

Geng Aiqing tried his best to build himself mentally to calm himself down. There are indeed many corpses on Mount Everest, and he knew it before coming here, so seeing it is not a big deal.

Be sure to stay calm.

"No, it's nothing." Geng Aiqing tried to make his voice sound more relaxed, "It's almost the end."

Shen Biwen looked at him with some doubts, Pei Lei interrupted him: "Stop talking nonsense, hurry up!"

Geng Aiqing vaguely saw Uncle Pei's bluish expression, gritted his teeth, let out a harsh "hmm", turned around and continued to climb up.

Originally, it took one and a half hours to climb the first step, but because of the pause in the middle and the speed, it took them more than two hours. When they arrived at the resting place, the other team had already left, and Lausanne was at the front. , Knowing what happened, when they saw Shen Biwen behind, they came over to explain to him angrily. It took a long time for them to figure out what happened. It turned out that one of their team members walked too slowly and fell behind. His leg got stuck in the crevice of the rock. Luosang originally planned to let everyone go up first to help rescue the team member. Unexpectedly, his teammates rushed back and insisted on letting Luosang wait. They rescued the team member before letting them go. .

No matter what they said in Lausanne, that group of people acted as if they didn't understand.

Geng Aiqing was also a little angry when he heard what Shen Biwen said, but before he could speak, he was interrupted by Pei Lei who was coughing beside him. His eyes were kneeling on the snow, he was coughing and breathing heavily, the more he breathed, the more he coughed, his face seemed to be twisted together because of the great pain, Yong Ke was in a hurry and kept asking him what was wrong, Pei Lei didn't answer, just kept shaking his head.

His cough became more and more severe, and his pale face turned red like blood at this moment. Suddenly, Lin Sheng screamed, rushed over and pushed Yong Ke away, pulled off Pei Lei's oxygen mask and threw it aside. Putting his oxygen mask on Pei Lei's face, Pei Lei took a few deep breaths, and his cough strangely eased. Lin Sheng smiled weakly at them, and pointed to Pei Lei's oxygen mask with his mouth puffed out. Yes, Geng Aiqing walked over and found that the tube of Uncle Pei's oxygen mask had been completely frozen, only a little oxygen was leaking out, the pause just now was more painful than Uncle Pei's.

Uncle Pei, who had inhaled oxygen, finally calmed down. Although his complexion was still not very good, at least he had returned to normal. Before leaving, everyone checked their oxygen tanks and masks again. The question made everyone feel a little terrified.

After a few more minutes, they continued to move forward, towards the second step that is said to be "impossible even for birds". l