Chapter 697 Climb the 'North Slope Ridge'!

Chogori Peak is the "barbaric giant peak" in the mouth of international climbers.

This metaphor is very appropriate, because it is like a giant that may roar anytime and anywhere.

The ever-changing weather, plus avalanches, rock avalanches, and landslides may occur anytime and anywhere, so it is not a big mistake to regard it as a savage super giant.

The history of human beings trying to conquer it began more than a hundred years ago.

But this conquest took several generations of hard work, and countless people stepped forward, and finally there was a successful person who followed the path of the predecessors and finally reached the top.

Although modern times have benefited from the standardization of the mountaineering industry, the development and convenience of scientific and technological materials, climbing K2 is no longer as difficult as it was more than a hundred years ago.

But to this day, 'k2' is still the dream in the eyes of countless mountaineers, and nearly 30% of them still have a death rate if they want to conquer it!

Today, at the very top of this peak, even a little bit away from the highest peak, a new conqueror has ushered in!

Her figure does not look as tall as those who successfully climbed to the top in the past, and she even looks petite and exquisite.

But when stepping on the snow that no one has stepped on for decades, she walked extremely firmly.

creak.

creak.

crunch.

Her pace has a unique rhythm, which greatly slows down her energy consumption.

This is a woman wearing sunglasses and a large mask covering her face.

Although she couldn't see her exact age and figure clearly through the mask, but judging by her long legs and the youthful vigor in her actions, this should be a young girl.

What is strange is that there has never been anyone who dared to challenge the peak alone when climbing K2, but there is no one else around this girl.

Could it be that she is really the kind of female mountaineer who dares to be alone and challenge the world's top level of difficulty and the "barbaric giant mountain" that all climbers dream of? !

wrong.

If you look further, you will find that the girl is less than 100 meters away, and she is also accompanied by a team of mountaineering members who climbed the snow slope route in a rope group.

They should be the girl's teammates, but for some reason, most of these guys, who are big and thick, can't catch up with the little girl in front of them, and they tend to be pulled further and further away by her.

According to the distance between the teammates, it is not too controversial for this girl who has ridden the dust to say that she is almost challenging K2 alone.

Brother Sun was walking in the middle of the team, and when he looked up and saw the footprints of a string of snow mountain boots far away, behind the small and seemingly slender figure, he couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"Hehe, I, we just said that this kind of small slope is our strong point, and it should be able to shorten the distance with her. Why, how can we actually walk, it's not what we expected?"

Everyone smiled helplessly.

"I really don't understand. Yesterday she walked a similar section of road, but she didn't see how fast she could go. Why, today, she broke out in an all-round way."

"Maybe this is called Mao Sai's sudden enlightenment, or epiphany?"

"What epiphany? I've read too many Xiuxian novels."

Several people were talking about the back that was getting further and further away, but Zhu Ying was silent for a long time, and then raised her head firmly.

"I'm different from you. I've been paying close attention to her these days. What you don't know is that yesterday she has already mastered a similar method of snow walking, and every day before that, she has made rapid progress. It's just that you all underestimated her

Just missed it. "

What Zhu Ying said made everyone silent for a moment, and then they all fell silent.

This kind of rhetoric is like saying that they don't know Taishan with their eyes, which is very heartbreaking.

Of course, Zhu Ying herself didn't have much "bole", and she also questioned Jia Long today.

In fact, it is not normal to have no doubts. Who knows that a person who was high two days ago was desperate to die, and then he didn’t understand anything. Apart from using the name of a "gold hunter" to scare people and gain privileges, he couldn't see any climbing advantages. How about the little girl who is so young, will suddenly transform into a "super all-around" master mountaineer who leaves them far behind?

"If you think about it too much, your head hurts. Don't think about it."

"That's right, at such a high altitude, the brain is not working well. If you think too much and then you will be short of oxygen, you are just asking for boredom."

Everyone restrained their emotions.

In short, Jia Long's sudden outburst allowed them to use less of their brains, as long as they climbed along the route taken by the girl, it was too easy, greatly reducing the risk and trouble.

Even Xu Hua, who was worshiped as a master in the past, formed a rope group with everyone and walked in the team. He felt delicious no matter what, especially when he saw the back of the little girl who was riding Juechen, it was even more uncomfortable.

But no matter how uncomfortable it is, he can only get used to it, who made him not a 'master' to the level of Jia Long.

"Quick... Hurry up, two, two hours of snow slope route, I almost only took one hour and fifteen minutes to finish it, and here saved forty-five minutes, very good efficiency."

At the front of the snowy road, the girl struggled to shake the one-piece snow mountain boots with crampons under her slender feet, but the masked cherry mouth made some intermittent explanations.

Puchi, puchi.

Due to the structural factors, the snow mountain boots are already very heavy, and with the fast marching, the weight becomes even heavier when they are thrown, which makes her very useless.

In fact, after walking for a long time, the snow slope section will make people look very tired, not just physically tired, but also psychologically tired.

This road section is said to have dangers such as ice cracks and slipping, but with Jia Long's vigilance skills, the safest road section can often be selected for the route, so the snowy slope road that should be full of risks has turned into a very boring and simple road. Hurry up.

It's just that this boring snow slope section is about to pass.

It took an hour and fifteen minutes for Jia Long to stand in front of an extremely bumpy ridge line formed by undulating ice rocks and snow.

"The altitude here is almost 7,700 meters. Look, is the peak of K2 already in front of you? I doubt it. I yelled hard. If there are people over there, they can hear it... ..."

The girl stood proudly in front of the stunning scenery on the top of the mountain, and suddenly felt that the surroundings were extremely comfortable and refreshing.

More importantly, the top of K2, the second highest place in the world, is no longer blocked by any mountain, and it no longer feels as high as the sky, but like a small slope that is a little higher in the distance, directly Standing in front of Jia Long's pair of beautiful eyes full of autumn water.

The distance from the dream suddenly became very close...

Although the surrounding air was constantly eroding her body, making her shiver a little, the girl still couldn't help smiling.

The undulating and bumpy road in front of her is actually the "north slope ridge" that their climbing team climbed all the way up, but at this time the north slope ridge has reached the top, that is to say, The ups and downs are a short section of ups and downs from the ridge to the top, which converges with the main peak of K2.

"Here is another kind of risk. Because the place is uneven, ice crevices, rock crevices, and some cliffs that can fall into it if you don't notice it will pose a great threat to people. But in this area, Generally, mountaineering teams walk in groups of ropes, so that when a team member slips and falls, other people can catch the person who fell. Of course, it may also be the result of the faller dragging the whole team down the abyss. gone."

"However, today I am not going to use the knotted rope group climbing method, but I am going to try to walk alone. Don't worry, please trust my judgment. This road is the most test of judgment, but my strongest The location is also the ability to judge, so you don’t have to worry about me at all, I will pass here quickly, and then go straight to the fourth camp!”

The section of the road where the mountain ridges meet and undulate is a distance that was originally estimated to take four hours, but Jia Long is in a hurry, so this section of the road must be completed within two and a half hours.

After walking the ups and downs, the altitude will climb to 8,000 meters, so the last hour is also a section where the sky is likely to get dark, and she will be stuck on time. Today is the hardest and most likely time to go wrong The 200-meter section of the road.

After climbing there, you will arrive at the "Camp No. 4" scheduled for this mountaineering trip—that is, the altitude is nearly 8,200 meters, and it is only more than 400 meters away from K2. It can be said that it is close to the dream!

The road ahead is another big challenge, but after a few hours, she will really step on the front of the "dream" again. It only takes one day, maybe not even a day, to conquer there. Jia Long felt suddenly Full of energy.

"Gudu, Gudu..."

He took another sip of hot water, and felt hot all over.

"It's so cold, big, can you feel it? It's so cold that I can't speak clearly. The temperature here may already be minus twenty-four or five degrees. Now I, no, dare not take off the mask, because you will I found that the mask is full of snot, disgusting? This, this can't be controlled, because it's too cold..."

The girl only felt that she was cold to a certain extent. Fortunately, the professional mountaineering equipment was very powerful, and the temperature from the outside world was continuously blocked back into the clothes again, but there were some unavoidable air leaks, and there was always a feeling of icy cold. The wind blew into the clothes, and Jia Long stretched out his hands to pull them tirelessly, so that the cold wind would no longer affect him.

"No, the temperature will be even lower in the future. It's uncomfortable to think about it. I may not even be able to speak well by then. Please forgive me."

"Okay, I've inhaled enough oxygen to ensure sufficient oxygen in my body, and my mind is much clearer. Let's go on now. The small goal in front of me is to conquer this undulating ice and snow area first. Let's go!"