August 7th day-care wood Er-feng expedition off good-bye to loved ones left the noisy city, started the long-awaited, and the most difficult expedition. Expedition plans north of the Tianshan Road Zhaosu through xat into the south of the Tianshan Wensu County, and then enter the rest Tuomuer Nature Reserve reconnaissance route for next year's mountaineering. We would have thought, but also not the letter should have taken place among us, ferocious wooden Sarter glaciers engulfed the arms of our most beloved, respected elder brother - Dong service new sinister wooden Sarter Glacier almost wiped out to make the expedition.
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August 9 by a team of 14 players crowded bus left the Zhaosu County, the bumpy, more than four hours before Daxia Te Township, in the scramble team will be the only one climbing rope threw the car. Loss of a rope, right out of a high degree of excitement in the players who did not cause much attention, but as captain of the Dong service new and I have depressed, Dong muttering along the way with new services to the Yang said, "This may be an accident, do not know who . "Loss of a rope to cast a shadow on the expedition.
Xat, Qing said Chatoux Ama Taiwan, is located south of Zhaosu Xi Khan Tengri mountain is the Ili to Aksu traffic Inn. Road communication between north and south of Tianshan xat a total length of 120 km, Naishi southern Xinjiang Yili pass a shortcut to the most dangerous Silk Road a well-known ancient Ai Dao. When we drove 40 kilometers to reach the valley of the xat Alashan (Mongolian hot spring means), is responsible for spa guest houses, Abdulla uncle heard that we had come across the trail, and surprised his head, telling us that he lived here a lifetime, no one has ever dared to go 7-8 this month Road, this trail is the most dangerous across the wooden Sarter the formation of glaciers and glacial melting glaciers wood Sarter, 7,8 month of high temperature, the rapid melting of glaciers, the river was swollen to the explorers is the biggest killer. Before Uncle Abdulla purposely drew a sketch to us and tell us, north of Osaka Hada Xiate Su Mu Zi Da river than south of the wooden Sarter River is much smaller, and there is a wooden bridge to cross the river .
Xat valley is a typical valley glacier, one of Tianshan Mountains in the fourth quarter, when the distribution of glaciers as far as can be to pass about 2,000 meters above sea level near in the valley can be seen everywhere in the traces of ancient glaciers. At 10:00 on August 10, when the whole team into the xat valley, the marching Verdy like the grass, watching the contests of wild flowers, all invariably gives a lively feeling. Everywhere you look south, close Bingfeng Setsurei, sometimes diffuse clouds, hazy and indistinct, and sometimes sky was clear and the iceberg is now complete. We are all the magic and the admiration of nature. 3 pm, when the expedition through the pleasant scenery, xat valley when the corner of the river really found a wooden bridge. When the stand on the bridge, the river roaring under the bridge Pentium, gruesome, as if at any time be involved in the feeling of being Rapids - this is just the eyes of Uncle Abdulla river, wood Sarter River What kind of water is it?
The bridge, the trail in the dense spruce forest, which extends upward, in the advantageous location, artificial construct traces everywhere. Piercing the forest shortly after turning in front of a cliff there, roads are washed down the river, forced through a very dangerous rock climbing. Players walk in front of the river beneath a makeshift bridge, formed by three logs, roaring river red on the bridge, spray scattered. Faced with this scenario, we are all a little nervous. I removed the side of the players back off the other side of the bag first while to remind you never have to be careful. At this time the new services with confidence Dong said: "If I slide down, it will certainly cling to the shore of the stones." Who would have thought unlucky phrase, then after three days has been verified. Through the single-plank bridge, the trail disappears, the mountainside of the rocks and bushes to make the difficulties of the march, did not take long been pouring down the hill from the left side of an avenue block rapids, all the players started for the first time wading, bone-chilling ice so that we experienced the cruelty of it, but this is just the beginning, more and more ferocious ice waiting for us.
August 11 the expedition began to climb trees Zida Hada Osaka, due to deviate from the trail, teams leading up to Osaka in a narrow river peristalsis. Daban in sight, but the vertical rise over 1000 meters, a steep, narrow and steep along the river to climb and its dangers, both sides of the cliff on the rock fall at any time possible, this time only a fast passed, no other选择. Tension, fatigue instead of the previous march in the laughter. 16:00, players pass one after another boarded the wooden Sarter. Turn the Yamaguchi entered the wood Zhaerteda Osaka.
Wood Zhaerteda Sakamoto (3582 meters) is a Kazakhstan-bit weeks, Hassan Yakou ridge line is the southern Tianshan north-south river watershed in the north of Zhaosu County xat headwater glaciers in the south of Aksu Prefecture Baicheng Wood County, Sarter headwater. Daban is five kilometers south of Mu Zida Hada Sakamoto (3509 meters). Daban east and west sides of 5000-5400 m above sea level mountain. Xat he climb the Tianshan Road along the main vein on the wood Zhaerteda Sakamoto and Hada wood Zida Osaka, more than a dozen kilometers across a few hundred meters thick wooden Sarter glaciers, along the wood Sarter River to the Tianshan Mountains in order to South Wensu County. According to historians to research, the wood Zhaerteda Osaka is a famous Tang Dynasty, a necessary bow on Road Yamaguchi, from South Road, Xi'an Dohobu to Ili bow on the city, this pass is a shortcut route. To the Qing dynasty, and Yili, Xinjiang became a military center, wood Zhaerteda Osaka weight was Kai pass, pass in the wood Sarter stationed in the vicinity of 70 people dedicated to chisel the ice ladder, maintenance of roads, when the redeployment of officers and soldiers, businessmen between and obtain more of this Road.
6 pm, five kilometers long expedition across the wooden Zhaerteda Osaka, the Osaka Daha Da Mu Zida. Here, close look lush grass, overlooking the north, steep Bai Yufeng erected, originated in dozens of kilometers below the snow-capped mountains of wood Sarter glacier panoramic view. Daban the north side there is a small platform protruding above a few huge granite, which, in a relatively flat granite artificial accumulation of a lot of stones, one to see that the ancients, to commemorate the deceased or worship the base of the Ma - Nepal package. I, Lao Dong (Tung Works new) and a few other players standing on the platform, all have here is a good Feng Shui is more than the praise. Lao Dong has a habit, and every time the mountains to see the Armani bag or monument should be placed a few pieces of stone or presented a bouquet of wildflowers. This time is no exception, he added Mani wrapped in a good few stones, but also specifically looked for a long article in the stand in Mani stone bag, in the Bei Shang written with marker on the "unsung heroes of the Tomb" Side text is "Mountaineering Expedition Association of Urumqi, in August 2001."
August 12 morning, the entire team stood in the tomb of the unknown, to channel this ancient road, a pioneer farewell. Today, we have to cross the wooden Sarter glacier, which is the most dangerous sections of trail, how many passing through this die. Before his departure, we will be all 14 players signed jersey hanging in the top of a boulder, a pioneer of the Spirits of heroes willing to bless us so that wood Zhaerteda Osaka to testify, there were 14 brave sons and daughters of the Tianshan, in order to of self-exploration into the soul of her arms.
In order to rush through the ice before noon, I lead the team hurried departure, and then Lao Dong Huan Yi Lianzhuo Mani Dui, he picked up a horse next to the skull, stand in the Mani Dui on to write in the skull on the "Dong heroes" three characters. Yang and Lee standing next to big sister, feeling very lucky, Lao Dong advised not to stay in that their names, but he is not care, and squatted beside Mani Dui, so Lee took a big sister to him Zhao. This photo became an expedition in which he left us in this last one personal photo.
Second, across the wooden Sarter Glacier
Originated under the snow lotus peak Bash Kelimisi glaciers and snow-capped mountains over 5,000 meters from the glacier, in the vicinity of converging to a daban 30 kilometers long and 2 kilometers wide wooden Sarter glaciers. As the number of years of glacial movement, ice valley on both sides of the peaks of the loss, the glacier covered a layer of stones, climb looked, glaciers like a brown dragon, from the snow poured down on the snow-capped mountains. 1:20 million, according to a military map of the calibration, xat trail along the south-west direction oblique wooden Sarter glaciers, the distance across the ice 6 kilometers Do not look at this short distance, it consumes a day and a half time of the expedition.
Farewell expedition to the unknown tomb, I lead you along the route reconnaissance yesterday embarked on a glacier. Wood Sarter ice is what we've seen the most terrible glaciers, ice extrusion movement, staggered in the cracks on the uplift of the hill-like glacier ice tower, glaciers melting, in less than 2 km wide glacier out of the three broad and deep ice groove, ditch deafening roar of the glaciers. When the team around a few large ice cracks after it was first glaciers blocked the avenue, in order to find way through down to the ditch, which the players did not wear crampons is very difficult, such as missed ice slide inside, it would be fatal. Walk in front of me across the river, the foot of a slide, a butt sitting in freezing water, while teammate Chen Hsiang book in a timely manner, I pull up, but my camera and backpack, or into the water. Over the first glacier, the team along a relatively flat fast-moving glaciers in the west, half an hour later was a huge crack in blocking this avenue for security reasons, the team to pull back. As the ranks of the majority of new players across the glacier is indeed such a sinister difficult. Hangzhou Xixi to girl, have not seen a glacier, not to mention walking on the ice, and the glacier Yang Big Brother at all times to take care of her, for fear of her accidents. The ranks of the glacier crawling for more than four hours after the glacier reached the other side of chaos Shek Kong, hundreds of glaciers due to melting and glaciers pulling stone role, and glacial mountains bordering on collapse, in the advantageous location trail long gone, Instead, the formation of a mountain collapse disorder Shek Kong. Walking more than two hours later, the team is exhausted, in order to set foot trail, I took three members of more than 100 meters left to climb the hillside, and finally found on the hillside above the trail, the new captain of Directors works with most of the team members to continue along the chaos Shek Kong march, more than an hour later, the road undulating larger, more difficult road, but unfortunately, the team members are from a very steep hill to climb up the trail.
16:00 arrive in southern glaciers wood Sarter Yakou, where difficult terrain, more than 100 meters wide on both sides of the peaks Yakou erected, towering. In the east slopes of Yakou have 7-8 rooms built with pebbles of ancient barracks, bunkers and several locations in the forefront of Yakou a cliff, there is a bunker to see that this is a year of military fortifications, the history books record The "ladder of ice" is definitely dug in here, because Yakou is impassable cliffs on both sides, and crossing the glacier is the only channel. Taking into account everyone's physical and emotional, and I decided to ceza Lao Dong camp, one to restore the strength and two to live in the castle is also not a good feeling. Yang and Hu Zen reconnaissance along the trail route, when the bunker on the cliff walk discovered the trail leads them to the abyss. According to later analysis, when the trail is definitely and glacial phase, because of the degradation of glaciers centuries old trails, and bunkers are all hanging in the cliff.
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3, to live through last night
August 13 the expedition left the castle, walked to the glacier. As the glaciers retreat, glacial are enormous differences in the end, just 300 meters from the drop up to 500 meters. When the team went cliff near the 100 meters can be watched as well to the glacier below the bottom of the river bed flat open close, distant hillside into a piece of white limestone in the sun's shining, the truth is a group of laid-back group sheep. Walked in front of the players excited, exclaimed, "see the sheep, and go on eating meat ... ...." Nobody expected that this 100-meter wooden Sarter glaciers of the most difficult and dangerous road. To move from under the cliff at the glacier, but also very dangerous. I and DENG Hui from the vicinity of the glacier and the cliff several times, it was found in the glaciers and the steep cliff, cliff between a large crack, cracks and folders between cliffs with a diameter of two meters of rock, the only line is the start down to the boulders on the cliffs, then down to the glacier. I was under the protection of DENG Hui, the first to set foot on a boulder next to the glacier, I am interested in a piece of stone scored a cracking, rumbling voice rang in the cracks, only 5-6 seconds to stop, without exception, so that players wait and see stunned. Through the cracks, the players were jittery in the glacier and walked more than four hours before reaching the precipice under. Looked up, standing on the cliff visible on the bunker, this time players were all a bit depressing, because the whole morning long and difficult journey, the team was creeping in a straight line distance of 100 meters.
To the river, along the white jade groove did not go far, team members were already exhausted, hungry unbearable, eyes looking at the river at the foot of cream (which mixed a lot of powder), also is helpless and can only support in this pot for cooking .
After a short break in the white jade groove, the team set foot on the river east of the Trail, strode to the lower reaches ran, walked the dangerous road sections, we have a relaxed feeling, from the map that it tries more than a dozen kilometers into the summer pastures, seems to have smelled the aroma of meat clutch. All the way mad rush, the team has narrowed the distance increasingly large, at dusk, walking behind a new service Tung and I Yang boarded an ancient fortress, there are many bunkers and a grave near the package, there is a measurement at the highest office tower, even though the sky late, we were still spirits are not reduced, in the fortress to closely observe the vicinity of several a while, and on high ground a souvenir photo.
Dark sky gradually down, a pass out of the river from the east cut off trail. As the team pulled away from too much, the two captains mind a little tears and decided to camp in situ. Had long since reached the river of Shanghai, Hu Zen is a veteran team of outdoor enthusiasts, he has selected the camp, take off the body of the yellow T-shirt hanging in trees for everyone to lead the way on.
Arrive before dark four players have been involved over the river, but they are not back tent, saw a large army camp in the north bank was a little aggrieved, do not want to wade back, started the collection of firewood fire. Captain For safety's sake bent so that they can come back and join in four-person camp and told them that instead of allowing 10 individuals wading in the past, it is better to make four points from the sacrifices. Besides, I also promised that the Lao Dong Xiao Jiang and Li Lan, back across the river two girls. Even so, the first persuasion failed, Lao Dong and I are still nervous, the second to wade across, so that Xu Yong returned back, and forced back across the river to Xiao Jiang and Li Lan, LIU Zhao-hui has also waded reluctantly back to back . The results of Zhao-Hui Liu, Xiao Jiang, Li Lan, a little bit angry, that night, the three disrupt the normal living in a tent. Two wading, Lao Dong is very tired, but he was, and as usual for Li Lan and Xu Yong prepared a dinner, when asked Li Lan only knew that she did not come back to eat to live, when the Lao Dong is very angry, made a meal temper, but later was sent to Li Lan rice in the past. After dinner Lao Dong to my tent to talk late into the night, this is two old comrades through thick and thin together last night, but also, and we spend a final night together.
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3, to live through last night
August 13 the expedition left the castle, walked to the glacier. As the glaciers retreat, glacial are enormous differences in the end, just 300 meters from the drop up to 500 meters. When the team went cliff near the 100 meters can be watched as well to the glacier below the bottom of the river bed flat open close, distant hillside into a piece of white limestone in the sun's shining, the truth is a group of laid-back group sheep. Walked in front of the players excited, exclaimed, "see the sheep, and go on eating meat ... ...." Nobody expected that this 100-meter wooden Sarter glaciers of the most difficult and dangerous road. To move from under the cliff at the glacier, but also very dangerous. I and DENG Hui from the vicinity of the glacier and the cliff several times, it was found in the glaciers and the steep cliff, cliff between a large crack, cracks and folders between cliffs with a diameter of two meters of rock, the only line is the start down to the boulders on the cliffs, then down to the glacier. I was under the protection of DENG Hui, the first to set foot on a boulder next to the glacier, I am interested in a piece of stone scored a cracking, rumbling voice rang in the cracks, only 5-6 seconds to stop, without exception, so that players wait and see stunned. Through the cracks, the players were jittery in the glacier and walked more than four hours before reaching the precipice under. Looked up, standing on the cliff visible on the bunker, this time players were all a bit depressing, because the whole morning long and difficult journey, the team was creeping in a straight line distance of 100 meters.
To the river, along the white jade groove did not go far, team members were already exhausted, hungry unbearable, eyes looking at the river at the foot of cream (which mixed a lot of powder), also is helpless and can only support in this pot for cooking .
After a short break in the white jade groove, the team set foot on the river east of the Trail, strode to the lower reaches ran, walked the dangerous road sections, we have a relaxed feeling, from the map that it tries more than a dozen kilometers into the summer pastures, seems to have smelled the aroma of meat clutch. All the way mad rush, the team has narrowed the distance increasingly large, at dusk, walking behind a new service Tung and I Yang boarded an ancient fortress, there are many bunkers and a grave near the package, there is a measurement at the highest office tower, even though the sky late, we were still spirits are not reduced, in the fortress to closely observe the vicinity of several a while, and on high ground a souvenir photo.
Dark sky gradually down, a pass out of the river from the east cut off trail. As the team pulled away from too much, the two captains mind a little tears and decided to camp in situ. Had long since reached the river of Shanghai, Hu Zen is a veteran team of outdoor enthusiasts, he has selected the camp, take off the body of the yellow T-shirt hanging in trees for everyone to lead the way on.
Arrive before dark four players have been involved over the river, but they are not back tent, saw a large army camp in the north bank was a little aggrieved, do not want to wade back, started the collection of firewood fire. Captain For safety's sake bent so that they can come back and join in four-person camp and told them that instead of allowing 10 individuals wading in the past, it is better to make four points from the sacrifices. Besides, I also promised that the Lao Dong Xiao Jiang and Li Lan, back across the river two girls. Even so, the first persuasion failed, Lao Dong and I are still nervous, the second to wade across, so that Xu Yong returned back, and forced back across the river to Xiao Jiang and Li Lan, LIU Zhao-hui has also waded reluctantly back to back . The results of Zhao-Hui Liu, Xiao Jiang, Li Lan, a little bit angry, that night, the three disrupt the normal living in a tent. Two wading, Lao Dong is very tired, but he was, and as usual for Li Lan and Xu Yong prepared a dinner, when asked Li Lan only knew that she did not come back to eat to live, when the Lao Dong is very angry, made a meal temper, but later was sent to Li Lan rice in the past. After dinner Lao Dong to my tent to talk late into the night, this is two old comrades through thick and thin together last night, but also, and we spend a final night together.
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4, tearful Wood Sarter River
August 14 morning, a team of explorers rushed to leave the camp, would like to take the early morning before the melting of glaciers crossed river after river unexpectedly crossed in front, walking less than an hour, was a river blocked this avenue. The river is a tributary of separation of the main river and its tributaries, the east is 100 meters high near 90-degree cliff, the river along the cliff more than 80 meters long under the slowly flowing through, in the corner of the spray thrown up the white. Xu Yong first one to reach water's edge, with his courage of young people began to climb the cliff, would like to find a line in the cliffs. Dong service is the second to reach the new river, without any explanation rolled up trouser legs walked on to the water, walking loud shout, so Xu Yong wading across the river down with him. Lao Dong starting when wearing a pair of sandals, when we are changing his shoes and work, he has spent a dozen west-meter-wide river, boarded the central river beach, loudly tell you that water is not deep, all reminders hurry river. Lao Dong waded through a few shallow water, but also to set foot on the river in one beach, when Li Cheng, Yang, Hu Zen has also arrived. The river under the cliffs because of years of erosion, forming a deep ditch, the above may seem like a gentle river, just at the corner of the spray thrown up the white. From this beach and waded east, the river 15 meters wide, you can bypass the cliffs to reach the east coast river. Lao Dong attempts to directly east across the river, did not walk a few steps foot into the ditch on the edge of the water a moment no to the thigh, he hastily retreated back, when people on the land are crying out, let him not a few of the , hurriedly ashore, Lao Dong did not seem to hear like, to continue down the stream went down, and then walk 10 meters, he tried to dock east, there are 5-6 meters offshore, he entered the ditch He hurried to pull back. The surging river flooded teammate of illnesses voices, Lao Dong without turning to continue down the river went down, when the river Yan Guo thigh, he realized the danger, and turned back the moment he floated relentless flow together, rapidly washed downstream to go ashore teammates are loudly crying together, tightly staring drift to the distant Lao Dong. At that time no one had been aware of Tianchi vertical crossing, across the Kanas Lake Lao Dong would be life-threatening, are looking forward to Lao Dong climb up the other side.
Blink effort, Lao Dong has been washed away 200 meters of a large legacy, from afar, he seemed to stop at the shore, Long time no move. Li Lan, standing on a sandbank anxious cry, Li Qi Sister features a move at a loss to shout "how to do." Lao Dong is waiting for us to help, I Erhuamoshui, unload backpacks, take off his pants, through the power of run-up toward the rapids, struggling to swim to the other side to go down my torrent rushed 10 meters, I The first effort to try to seize the other side of protruding boulders, because stone was too smooth, without success. Rapids turn down the 10 meters, I wrap, on a second effort I tightly grasp a protruding stone angle, climbed the other side. In hindsight, this protruding Shek Kok is the last hope, and then down the river is flat beach, the shore is not anything that helped him ashore things.
I landed, after a rapid go to the Lao Dong place to stay, to front only found in the Lao Dong is not the shore, but in a tributary of the river inside, he just hugged a big rock stopped, at the moment he was dragging a heavy bag of sand to the river inside the island by boat. He and I were separated by less than 100 meters, due to sound waves too, even if the other party have not heard of themselves hoarse. Lao Dong sand boat landing is less than 20 square meters, nowhere to be seen, he was the cold, slightly unsteadily to organize backpacks, I gestured desperately cries, he does not ignore. Lao Dong nearly zero at this time the water has soaked in 10 minutes, body temperature has dropped a lot, it seems a little unable to cope, and his boat in the sand capped with moisture-proof pad, covered with sleeping bags soaked in water to restore body temperature. I am the opposite shore, but also unbearable cold attacks, off his wet underwear, lying naked on the cold pebbles on the sheltered, so I do not stand up long, Youpaqilai mad rush back and forth along the riverbed.
See Wang Tienan across the sandbar at the back and forth on activities, while the Lao Dong also not clear, to stay put players began to feel uneasy. Li Qi Sister burning with anxiety, she told everyone that Pharaohs They at such a low temperature, can not long persist, they say hello on the side of cliffs Yang soup down the side of the organization was prepared for the shortest distance from node group from crossing the river bend, send clothes to the two captains. The decision of this suicide after being severely blame me, but I have been teammates touched by truth and courage. At that time, Li Qi's decision was only the presence of female members of the support of men and women have been a minor dispute between, but they are ignored Hu Zen, Hui Deng and others against it and started changing his shoes, adjusting the backpack height, do a good job Even if something fell into the water, we should also be sent over preparations. LI Qi can be considered as a winter swimming masters, the worst case scenario is to send her one in the past. They see the last men's team can not stop the move, but also forced to join the guitar group, which includes Yang just down the hillside.
LI Qi, Deng Hui, Xixi, Hu Chan, Liu Xin, Yang six people holding hands in a straight to the river walk. I saw the situation worse still, while waved to the crossing point while running in an attempt to prevent this suicide move, but they seem to hear nothing. Newly launched shortly after the biting cold water did to the knee, despite the slow-moving, six people are still gradually close to the other side of the bend. But only if Li Qi only a few steps away from the shore, she kick into the ditch, the entire people were wrecking in the water. We rushed to turn around, trying to pull out of Lee flag. At this point the water level has risen up unconsciously. After the wave has already hit turned off thigh. The lightest weight, Xixi immediately dash float up and fall into the water overlooking. Zen Hu has taken precaution, pulling her tightly. At this point, walk in front of Sister Lee was water will that, in order not to bring players back down, Lee Sister resolutely loose end group, was involved in the rapids among. Then I also went to the corner stone to cross the river, just bad hand away from the failure to seize Sister Lee. Lee Sister carrying a large bag, their backs to the flow direction of drift downstream. I frantically Yanzhuohean run, and Lee Sister side by side only a few meters away, I cry They leak a disposable bag of Lee's elder sister, at the moment, from Sister Lee can be seen the face of suffering, she has completely desperate just mouth mantra of "I can not ... ... ... ... ... ... I can not manually." Sister Lee was the water, more than 100 meters, the river came a 90-degree turn, by the power of water, Li eldest sister was an instant torrent washed shore. I act quickly jumped into the water and grabbed his older sister's backpack Lee, Wolia been whitewater rushed 10 meters, but fortunately I have lived at the foot pedal stopped a big rock, I struggled to climb cliffs, and the eldest sister Lee out of the water fishing . Late again step into the front of a few meters into the main river channel, disasters would surely ensue.
In the water because the force in pulling Hu Zen Xixi, was brought down in the water, but his exhausted body strength will be the first Xixi care out of the water, in this extremely critical juncture, the shore LI Cheng jumped into the water, and Yang, Hu Xixi Chan will be saved only one on the shore. Danger faster end to disappear just as quickly. Twinkling of an eye between the captain and the team members will be separated from each other and no one can know each other's messages.
Most players who have varying degrees of equipment, water, body temperature rapidly reduced, we had to return to the cliffs under the ground, occasional temporary camps, like other way. Come off easily when relaxed at this time has several tributaries, water levels skyrocketing. Several male members braved the dangers may be involved in the rapids, after many attempts to cross the river during my stay in the sand bag on a boat back to the temporary camp, to keep the team the only map of the march and all program expenses. Leader were all left the team, Consul-General Yang assume the responsibility of the team.
12:00, the weather began to warm, the river rose rapidly on the Lao Dong sand boat had been lying half an hour. Lee and I shore torn throat eldest sister is crying out for the Lao Dong's name, urging him to hurry up. Sand boat'd be watching flood engulfed Lao Dong did not know had heard the cries of, or seen the water potential, he climbed up, sleeping bags and other discarded items, beginning to revert back upstream in an attempt to more than 30 meters from the upper reaches of the river at a narrow lot to force crossing. A long period of cold water immersion, Lao Dong strength has seriously overdrawn, actions become very rigid and counter-current in the river where he was staggering a few steps, it was water washed back to its original position. Lao Dong has begun to despair at this point to us in a moment waving hands, covered with sleeping bags they rest more than 20 minutes. The observation, more than 50 meters at the lower reaches of the river was "human" shape, the inside through the main river tributaries, lateral wide river, water flow is relatively flat, there is some distance to the main river. 12:30, watched as the river swallowed up the sand that will be a boat, shore eldest sister Lee and I desperately cry out loud. Lao Dong unable to continue to stay, and he wore sleeping bags sat up and looked as if he was far from eating for a while, he stood up, his back pack. I let him cry gesturing abandoned package, Lao Dong did not do any reflection of slow walking to the water, I and my eldest sister Lee rushed to the river downstream of the outside, I pulled Lee his older sister's hand, has stood in the river , in order to provided assistance to Lao Dong ready. Lao Dong river has reached the knees, his hands Baoquan, over his head, seems to let God bless themselves, or in bidding farewell to us, resolutely toward a river. Involved in the rapids at the moment, he might have realized that death is approaching, instinctively solved backpack, backpack and quickly floated to the main river, Lao Dong in the water almost did not make any struggle, and subsequently along the river inside the involvement of the main river. I climbed the shore, shouting Dong service a new name, ran along the main channel downstream, the main river flow rate of water fast, I am desperately running, barely able to catch up with Lao Dong, saw his body sideways, one will be sinking into the water Then another surface, there is no action, at the moment I realized that Lao Dong has deep coma or death. More than ten seconds after Lao Dong was shelved and the inside of the shallows into the main river, we saw his body sideways, his right hand holding the chest, lying motionless in the water. Eldest sister Lee and I cry tears for a long time, Lao Dong no longer together. A person's life in a natural face seemed so ruthless frail and vulnerable. Lao Dong quietly away, cruelly left us, do not leave the last word, with the exception of his figure into the water from time to time before the collision Baoquan our hearts, they strike us the painful memories of this expedition.
Temporary camps across the players do not know what happened, had hopes early tomorrow morning when the water level crossed the river low. In order to savings and strength, Yang let everyone back to their tents a good rest. He was everywhere, gathering wild fruit soup for everyone to add strength. Days have been gloomy, and in this dilemma, each person's mind also seems to be clouded, a trace of taste is slowly approaching danger. Think we may have to go down mad rush to find the nearest point of grazing, which is a glimmer of hope players.
Each tent is quiet, but what everyone's heart and both are not calm. Sub-boiling pot of wild fruit roll forward, Yang and Hu Zen Buddhism, have already decided to twist the night tearing up the tents, rope, ready to cross the river tomorrow's dawn. That would be a battle of life and time robbed. Wait a minute more than in the water would give you at risk.
The eldest sister Lee and I crossed the river at this time is also in trouble, according to the map to determine, not far from the summer pastures, and the end we decided to go downstream to find someone to rescue. I wrapped Li older sister brought sleeping bags, with a heavy heart Woliang ran downstream. More than an hour later, one originated in the east valley, the two men blocked the avenue torrent, water potential greatly simply can not, but unfortunately they return back, this time has reached 16:00. The harsh reality has been a threat to our survival, I am burning with anxiety, but also do not know the ranks of the situation across the river, for fear of risk-taking by force players to cross the river again. I resolutely decided to take big risks and then have to return to the camp, the success of the entire team's survival.
The face of more than 100 meters high almost vertical cliff, looked from the south, the only way up the road is a narrow 20-meter-high crack, crack the top card with a spherical rock. With Sister Lee can not go up the rock climbing techniques, and I wait for her at this he wrapped the body get rid of the sleeping bag, wearing shorts brought Sister Lee, along the cracks in the difficult climb up. To a crack at the top, I grasp the long-short in the crevice in the Vitex, from the spherical boulders carefully climbed up the side. Standing height, only see the cliff beneath the surging river, can not find down the line, I continue to climb and reached the top of cliffs, humble looked south, the shore on high ground a few red spots, I conclude that , blocked the ranks of the security zone established after a temporary camp. Easily down the mountains is difficult, to nearly 90 degrees from the hand down the steep cliff, is a very fear and terrible, and I three times faster near the bottom, but a period of more than 90 degrees elevation in any case, Xia Buqu, but unfortunately my fourth climb again and again to the top of the cliff. I wore shorts, T-Shirt in the cold wind in the fighting which had been more than 4 hours a day, does not drip into, the excessive secretion of bile, so that made my mouth Shibuya, action gets tough, plus cross the river wearing plastic sandals has begun to fracture, this time I'm really desperate, watching the sunset on the next camp, teammates, I cried a cry, and chose a hard line to do the last time, I would like this if we do not succeed, I would from the precipice on the jump off, because I can not have the strength will come up.
Afternoon, the temporary camp is still a quiet, since made a decision, but set everyone's heart down. Suddenly, after hearing the cry that they all out of the tent to find the source of the sound. However, four a quiet, no one. As this cry too much, and everyone can not convince myself to use as a hallucination. To be honest, at this moment, if we are indeed a return is not necessarily good news, at least that we rescue failed. We also looked around for a long time, still not moving, photography Xiao come up with four hundred times the lens term it is still nothing.
Suddenly there is a red shadow of the flashing eyes, under the cliffs opposite the station went so far as the individual, he is just emerging. However, by no means certain that cry he sends, because the sound can not pass so far but so clear, the mountains should be another person. Xiao washed down the camp to try to close some observations. A moment, he told us it was Lee flags, but they can not read what you want to express to her gestures mean. A time to players who have Guessing what had happened, and Li Qi continued between the gestures and statements and a lot of time, but both sides probably can not understand each other's meaning, were dropped.
The sky will be dark, suddenly it was observed that the steep cliff above the camp, some people are climbing. Because the cliff is too high for a time all efforts to identify the bearer, but in the end was unable to confirm the Lao Dong, or me. Only have people on the cliff was worried for the Khan - such as cliffs, this hand rock climbing, wind, only T-shirt, shorts, sandals, which I usually can not imagine.
Xiao finally to see the cliffs that people are me, he shouted to tell his teammates. The camp's members have provided assistance with clothing, and water will go out of my stay in situ players soon do the division of labor, while blisters boil coffee, while moisture-proof mat laid out sleeping bags. My move is really, truly will be shocked everyone, though do not understand what happened, but has been moved.
Cliff a few pairs of eyes staring at me, when I was down to the bottom of the cliff the moment, because exhaustive collapsed to the ground. The players had tears in her eyes Yong-up, this time I, limbs bruised, half-speak. Li Lan cried to me to wear Trousers, LI Cheng tearful asked Lao Dong's situation, I can barely, and not stop the tears streaming down, sobbing, to say the victims of the sad news of the Lao Dong. Things to too sudden, and players find it difficult to accept a cry throughout the temporary camps.
Xu Yong courageous climb by more than two hours, and finally stuck in the cliffs a relatively easy low-end line will be Lee eldest sister brought back. When she saw me in the tent when the two men cry, and she thought I was climbing via the dead, because Xu Beach to pick her up, I have not returned to the camp.
That night I called Yang, Hu Chan and Li Qi met and made three decisions, one for Xixi responsible for cleaning up food; second is the preparation of tearing up the two tents rope, do a good job tomorrow morning prepare to cross the river; 3 is stable team emotions, to prevent the spread of panic. Night we are in extreme fear, Yang slept almost overnight, from time to time observe the river underground water level and looks forward to early morning river water levels drop.
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5, fear of wood Sarter sur -
At 5:00 on August 15, almost did not sleep the night in the dark of the players busy, Yang came back from the river, to give us the first news is that the water level is even higher than the yesterday morning, there are big changes in river . I let everyone stand in situ, to cross the river itself and Xu Yong-point detection regimen. After a night of scouring the river yesterday, the beach has been exposed under water, river water potential point increase. I was under the protection of the rope to test forward to walking across the river, no water no steps after a thigh, Xu Yong Xianshibumiao quickly close a rope to pull me up.
The results from the detection of view, wading in the past is obviously not, as most players have not been rock climbing training, from rock Shangpan risky in the past, if it will fall into the rapids being missed, if the same route to return the actual team left more than a day of food, to when the trip took four days time, players of the physical exertion almost to the limit, coupled with Lao Dong death, each person's spirit has been hard hit, whether the safe return of all heart no end. Dilemma in this critical moment, the views of our members also had serious differences, some members would like to impose the past, some members suggested sending people go for help, waiting for the remaining players in situ. I analyzed the status of players and team situation, decisive decision to return to all staff according to the original way. This decision has been Yang, Hu Chan, Li Qi and other old players respond to a simple local mobilization, so that everyone can give up all the discarded items, easier to move forward, desperate to have three days to return xat hot springs, which The only way out is the team.
Temporary camps a messy, abandoned tents, tripods, clothing scattered all over the floor, the team began to quietly walked to the wooden Sarter glaciers. Lao Dong Xu swimming alone brought to stand in the river, facing the direction of the victims crying Lao Dong, a long time refused to leave. The face of this tragic scene, Yang and the Pharaohs tears in my eyes, literally will Xu Yong persuaded back.
Dusk, the world has played a drizzle, the team was from the east pass blocking the outflow of a whitewater avenue, at the moment players are hungry and cold, find any, has no power to cross the river again, and even went to a height no physical camp a. I immediately decided to camp in situ and restore physical, tomorrow a final struggle.
Players drinking at a bowl of cabbage soup and rationing a handful of crushed slag Nang got into the sleeping bag on. Rain the night wind sandwiched desperately Sida with tents, camping sites with inappropriate choice of players intensified the fear of heart. I had yesterday, suffering, physical strength has been overdrawn, for tomorrow's final stroke, I have to swallow the two stable early on sleep. Li Cheng, and with the tent Xixi nerves are out of high tension. They said that, according to just lie down and soon heard outside the tent a great dynamic and static, like a cats snore snore to breathing heavily around the tent for a while turn left. After a more than an hour at around 11 animals is back, this time directly toward the animals, tents, tents, breathing heavily across the head with the nose, Li Cheng Wen, LI Cheng tents flapping in panic in the force, but who he never imagined that this instinctive reaction to rise to catastrophic consequences.
Xixi lying on the sleeping bag did not sleep, Shuzhaoerduo vigilant listening outside moving, LI Cheng tent flap moment frightened animal instincts to a sideways, overwhelming the body heavy tents, was extremely nervous of the big Xixi called up, the screams led to the screams of all the tents. Confusion throughout the camp, I was sleeping in the sit, I do not know what had happened, his hand instinctively support the collapsed tent in the darkness, LI Cheng that the beast burst into the tent, sleeping bags pulled up loudly shouted sprang forward This flutter just pressure in Xixi body, LI Cheng Pu Zhu thought that the beast will be exhausted body strength Xixi under pressure in the body. Following Xixi thought they were wild beasts Puzhu scared speechless, struggling only in the sleeping bag. LI Cheng smoothly from the edge of the pillow to work out the knives already out of its scabbard, separated stabbed twice in the down sleeping bags. Xixi head of the poor middle knife, another knife from the neck and grazed to the skin on the neck pick opened a hole in four and poor in a millimeter on the Tiaoduan the carotid artery. Xixi blood from the head and neck gush, LI Cheng seems to have awakened from a nightmare, at a loss, looking at a pool of blood in the Xixi, I used the head of the knife-edge fingers Xixi suppressed, so that LI Cheng went out to the Lee Sister tent brought Yunnanbaiyao and bandage to stop bleeding wounds.
The sudden turn of events, in the entire camp, caused an uproar, confusion in the Yang, that was a wolf attack, do not ask indiscriminate, pick up the jungle knife, across the tent outside Luan Tong, while the other tents in the Tang Hui hunting ax with both hands clenched in a tent waiting for the door ... .... Rain or kept underground with, the sound of lying on the brawl in the players tent where there are sleepy, but quietly looking forward to the arrival of dawn, quickly leave this horrible wooden Sarter River.
6, life and death fighting
The next morning, the rain stopped Dao Shi, days remains dead. With sufficient exposure of the glaciers of the terrible, everyone, without exception, packed up early and ready to cross the river, according to what I mean, first do not eat, until there is a source of drinking water at a further break. Team members in order not to cause further psychological panic, I let him Xixi wear Jackets to cover up the blood. However, LI Cheng's mental state is very bad, it is so I am worried - this time the ranks will fall to any one person affects the entire team action.
Because Qi Dezao, we race against time to cross the river, but also with a rope ready, so when you cross the river while difficult, they are all near misses, only some members of wet clothes and equipment. But think about the terrible sight of wood Sarter glaciers, and no one mentioned no motivation to start. Some people have already vowed to never again to see how this glacier has come, did not think we should just three days later to return to overthrow their own vows.
My spirit is still very poor, but I still back the largest number of things. DENG Hui is actively walking in the front ranks of pathfinder. The shadow of death hangs over the whole team, we all just walked in silence along the way, seeing more and more away from the terrible ice near. Suddenly, the team moving in a narrow canyon stopped, everyone gathered together and realized that the wrong way. The rise is the first-line gloomy days. Water in the valley came the rumbling sound of a surge of ominous feeling rising from the hearts of everyone, as long as a little wild, a little knowledge of who will be aware of the danger of the situation - is very likely the last few days of rain brought flash floods. As I gave the order, wake up It seems like everybody in general and started up the river valley along the mad rush. Not attend to the cold water soaked shoes, falling teammate also was immediately pulled up and continued to operate. In order to escape the speed of players ran to the top of the valley, it was found had arrived Jedi, only retrace their steps back from the valley is the only way out. Water is still rumbling sound, fate has once again opened a joke with us like a joke. Team members began to breathe undetermined galloped Tingna water, sound, muddy floods seem to have reached behind us. It was at this for a back, the bottom of the river also rose up, return to the road more difficult, but in a strong desire to survive under the slightest hesitation is not a member. From up to the back, probably not take 10 minutes, but this soul-stirring which urges people to unforgettable. Aftermath, Aftermath is alive and corpse wilderness to imagine the possibility of its own Pu to imagine themselves buried in the sand when you can see a bright future after the next several years gives a thrilling shock of that feeling.
Finally left the woods, mountain torrents also seems to be no outbreak in a timely manner. Glacier right close in sight, and the original progeny of the Yang caught up with him, from his GPS to the set when transferred out of the line, the team want to get out alive, and only according to time lines set to go, we are no longer physically and the time to find a new line. Up to the glacier, which still have to pass between the glaciers and the great cliff cracks. This is undoubtedly tired of the players is a major test of the rapidly melting glaciers make no one can guarantee that caught in the cracks in the rock can still be able to firmly cards there. In the crack is too large, the men's team have no hesitation in pulling on the Cliff played on the only way to protect the rope, so that female players on the first. This case, who is not willing to stay behind. Although there are pumice continued to fall into the cracks, boulders began to shake, all the players or the safe passage and embarked on the trail.
Afternoon, the thick fog from a distance up the valley began to spread, potentially dangerous and approaching to us. Depleted the ranks of the food will not allow any further delay the moment when, I told you that we do not have time, and the glacier we can count on more than one minute delay is dangerous, if the glacier before dark cross, however, the entire team will be plunged into extreme The danger, in order to survive, we only have to fight the. In order to save player's physical strength, I rely on his own experience of leading the way to explore the way the ice, in determining the line safely and accurately before they were allowed by the team. To this end I have a serious physical advances, so that over the last one in the ice, he was almost out of an accident. Yang has since been back and forth every effort to help me transport players and their backpacks, but also result in exhaustion, jumping nearly fell into the water when the glaciers.
When the team out of the glacier, climbing the last slope to hada wood Zida Osaka, the Tin has been down dark, fog, visibility and only a few meters. Until this point, we did not leave until the heart hung down. It seems like everybody has a kind of tacit understanding that no one toward that higher ground away at the Mani Dui. Only Yang and Xixi unconsciously actually gone up. Lao Dong's handwriting is still, there was the yellow T shirt was wet fog, howling to stand in a bamboo pole. They can not help but feel sadness welling up, burst into tears.
7, farewell xat Trail
Today is August 17, just 8 days, mileage, our hearts are a lot of impact, in this dream around the soul of the Department of the xat Trail, we have witnessed the magnificent central Tianshan Mountains, while personally experienced a large Nature gives us mental and physical cruelty of torture. The days and nights in this life and death, we found the true meaning of life and feel a kind of genuine emotion, and we have also seen how people in the tiny nature, life is so fragile.
Today, we'll leave here, and the early morning Hatta wood Zida Sakamoto extraordinarily solemnity misty Bai Yufeng stands quietly in the morning into the distant mountains, reaching a high slope Osaka remain the same to the Tomb of the Unknown Trail of the vicissitudes of life that people speak of. However, there Who would have thought, sentimental but ruthless wooden Sarter River virtues of our beloved brother, from morning till evening good comrade - Dong New Service to retain in her arms forever into? Who can know that he left behind so much committed to the way it was in his handwriting to guide their own destiny towards the end?
13 team members arrived with tears in his nameless tomb, Liu Xin could not help but burst into tears, will be a bouquet of wild flowers gently placed on written Dong heroes of the horse next to. Lao Dong, our good brother, we can not go home, your everything to stay in the wood Sarter valley, nature's son, dissolved in the Tianshan Mountains to the embrace of the mountain for your moment of silence, wooden Sarter river for you crying, Next year we'll be back, and our hearts forever, you will always be in our hearts a good brother.
Team began to slowly leave, with tears in his singing, Hu Hong Yi Chan's "farewell," At this moment, and then nothing more than his bleak songs to express our feelings better: the
"Changting, the old road, Grass sky. Breeze Fu Liu flute disability, sunset hill outside the mountain.
Days, Ya, to the corner, good friends and a half scattered, a cup of liquor to make I Huan, this heaven do not Menghan. "
Postscript
August 17, team officials later in the mad rush the safe return of more than thirty kilometers to the Alxa Hot Springs. , Wang Tienan, Yang, Xixi, LI Cheng, XU Yong night chartered rushed xat Township, Xixi wounds on timely processing, inform the board Urumqi Association and the relevant units as soon as possible and organized manpower to carry out salvage rescue operations.
August 18, Secretary General Zhang Yaodong search team led by first starting from Urumqi, 19, arrived at Akzo-breaking Chengzi stope. That evening Wangtie Nan, Li Cheng, Xu Yong composed of the second search group, starting from the Zhaosu, 20 on the evening went to the mining field and the first convergence of the search group. 21, two-pronged wooden Sarter along the river to the accident site search. 23 at the accident site 5 km downstream of the Dong services discovered a new backpack, two kilometers to find a new one sandal Dong service.
August 25 along the 100 kilometers of wooden Sarter River conducted a second search, to no avail.
September day mountaineering expedition in Urumqi Association for the memory of Comrade Dong the new service, held in Urumqi Qunyi Guan large-scale photographic exhibitions.
October 1, Urumqi City, Mountaineering Expedition Association Members of the Organization, to the Dong Works erected a new place of death, in the 6 km downstream of the accident site discovered the remains of a new service of directors.
Dong Service of new victims of all sectors in society are concerned, Urumqi, physical culture, autonomous regions and agricultural companies, autonomous regions and information center, as well as mountain climbers across the country have the hand of friendship, for Mountaineering Expedition Association of Urumqi new search services for directors and rehabilitation work done The human and financial resources to support vigorously.
Author: licheng018
