April 29, Songpan, sunny 7 o'clock we got on the Jiuzhaigou to Songpan car, the weather is surprisingly good, along the road due to the reasons, when the Da Songpan is a 10-point more. Songpan city gates, we got off, as described in the same line, and happy trails along the river Colts Colts welcome in the ranks along with the boss, we came along the river Colts, the office is very simple, the walls are maps and photographs left behind by visitors . We chose the snow Bonding on the 4th tour. Used a simple lunch, 11:30 am, the two of us set foot on the snow and the two grooms Baoding journey.
On horseback filled with luggage, and we sat on the high luggage. My wife and I were riding for the first time to begin is also a little nervous, too high a total fear of falling, and gradually get used to it. In fact, riding is necessary to relax, the more intense the more tired, but also to be noted that only light dip toe stirrup to prevent the horse startled when the pin attached stirrup can not escape, very dangerous indeed.
2 groom one old and one little older we call him old Joe, the young is called Xiao Zhang. I rode a horse of Sally's rhubarb is said to pack over 400 pounds, tall and robust. Wife riding the old Joe's bay, very pretty. Xiao Zhang clear the way, old Joe pads. We are walking on the road for half an hour, then Guairu Ma embarked on a mountain. Mountain ups and downs, continuous, and our mind can not help open up, does not seem to roar on a Liangsang Zai Bie De uncomfortable, when it sounded groom their singing voice as melodious as the mountain tops. At this point the city's noise suppression far away, and we heartily indulged itself in indulging in inter-mountain village. Have gone through one by one stockade, climbed over a high hill, we came to the camp, a good place Yishanbangshui. Support from tent, the old Joe and Sally have their own division of labor, old Joe is responsible for cooking, Xiao Zhang mountain firewood. Health and fire, the old Joe cooked tea from his horse. Ma Cha from Dujiangyan, a result of past traffic backward, Songpan the tea is shipped from the Colts from Dujiangyan, so the tea is called horse tea. After boiling the water on the fire and put it into tea to boiling, while you can drink tea, and drinking hot tea and horses while chatting days, in this where a beautiful mood is extremely comfortable. Sally's movements are very agile and quickly back down from the hills, a large bundle of firewood, just trying to chop down the mountain blamed for Health bonfire of firewood. Dinner is very simple, potatoes, cabbage stew noodles, we ate very fragrant. Epigenetic dinner played a bonfire, dark days and gradually down the blink of an eye is the sky the stars. We are around the campfire, drinking tea, horses, burst into song. We are in the city room, Kara OK voice out of the mountains in the open is so thin, possession of Sally's Song in the silence of the night, a very large, we are gradually immersed himself in these songs, how a good night! The first was from the earth so close, lying on the groom who paved the bedding, the fresh air has a faint smell of horse manure, we have already gone to sleep this way.
April 30, Songpan, sunny morning I wake up genius daybreak, they can no longer sleep, so get out of bed. Yeah, actually end up being the surface layer of frost! Out the tent to see a good big cream ah! As hillsides covered with a layer of Bertha, Turkey has frozen Ying Ying, the mountain stream side Caojian branches also knot the ice hanging on the beautiful birds singing, the sun is also gradually shine on the hilltop, which is a mountain morning. Groom had still not wake up, I started to scattered along the mountain road, I also saw a nice grouse. Far I see the rising smoke of our camp, old Joe again for us to get breakfast, and returned to camp, everyone up, old Joe in and noodles cake in the cake on the thin places Jian Hao sprinkle a layer of white sugar, sweet, quite delicious.
10 o'clock we started riding his horse the next day's itinerary, it's that walked more than an hour on a curve, snow Baoding, much of it in front of us, and above the top of Zhu Feng, such as the pagoda-like holy . Old Joe said we were lucky, be able to see the snow here, Baoding, and there are clouds or heavy rain on the sight. Then taken from the moment they came to the recent Tibetan snow Baoding stockade, known online as mountain guides Tashi lived here. Horse passing Zhaizhong shop, everyone was down a break. Shop door sat a climber, we chatted up. Climbers from Shenzhen, a special trip to the snow came on board during the 51 Baoding, is awaiting the arrival of companions. Today, such a good look at the weather, climbers do not live to regret this day summit in good weather, but ah! But today there are a Baoding Beijing buddies on the snow, and alone, climbers are very worried about his safety, after all, when the snow the snow is quite thick Baoding, no guide there is a certain danger exists. Shop owner is Tashi's father, talking about his son, the father seemed quite proud of. Chatted for a while, we held a camp starting, a few minutes is up, on the grass beside the stockade, and the stockade across a stream. At this time only 13 o'clock, we met the day before departure than our cavalry are two foreigner tourists, is still in the mountains, we have to wait until 3:00 or so camp. We play around, saw waterfalls and Zhaizhong near the temples, back when they saw two foreigners and their grooms, one of the groom was an old man, 65 years old, we call him uncle meters. 2 foreigners is a student from Beijing Normal University, closed due to SARS, they will come out travel. Members After dinner, they sang around the campfire, the one a recount. M uncle singing revolutionary songs, old Joe humming "the girl, ah, ah girl" and Minor, Sally pleasant singing Tibetan songs, and the other young groom singing pop songs, we are all so happy! I really wish time can always be fixed grid.
May 1, Songpan, overcast morning snow drilled tents, sensory temperature is much higher than yesterday, there is no frost on the ground, this is not a good omen. Two foreigners and their cavalry is being packed up and, while they waved goodbye to us, today we have snow on the tripod. After breakfast, the sun has gone, more and more thick clouds of heaven, it seems to rain look. Xue Baoding, today we can see you? I secretly pray for the doing. Shortly after 9 am, Sally so she took our departure, and old Joe stay in the camps. Today, horses are also traveling light, all the luggage was left in the camp, from camp to camp all the snow uphill Baoding, horse to go for two hours, and some very steep slope, very insurance. In bypassing a hill, the gall of people ran into a pasture, some nearly 4,000 meters above sea level, and two little girls, quietly watching us pass by cheek is endemic Gaoyuanhong. Then it is a very steep zigzag mountain road, horses difficulty crawling, and the heavens it began to snow, and more under the larger, to the Great Peak base camp, my hair turned white.
We have seen online have been known for a long time Tashi bar, a very simple wooden house, there should be no climbers come closed. Not far away from the house wearing a tent, sat a local Tibetans, and we say hello to him, he told us yesterday, a buddy on the snow Beijing Baoding, not yet come back. I am reminded of yesterday zhaili shop in Shenzhen climbers encounter, then such a bad weather, it seems the odds are.
This weather can not see snow Baoding, the snow was the next stop, want to go to the snow crystal is impossible Baoding Qu Jian, and some regret! More than 12 noon, we decided to go down the mountain. Down due to the steep mountain, you must walk. Some of muddy roads, though a bit slippery, but we are still under the fast one and a half hours before we returned to the foot of the mountain camp, a full faster than the common people has doubled.
Yamashita also it began to rain, we hid the tent rest. Today again a group of climbers who came from Guangdong night, but the bad weather began to snow Baoding is estimated to last several days, their luck is not very good. No follow-up of the Colts up, tonight on the four of us. After dinner, we played a bonfire baked.
Three days with the same places to eat so that we became friends, old Joe, and Sally chatted about the Colts life, give us Let's talk about all sorts of people they encounter. Most of the foreign tourists all came good, and only the Israelis is an exception, foreigners are mostly all came to cherish the horse, Xiao Zhang and even play due to one with the horses to survive the tree branches of a foreigner's punches were thrown. Of domestic tourists mainly come from Beijing, Guangdong and Shanghai, Chengdu, of course, local people are most annoying is the groom in Chengdu, because they are most critical and unreasonable. For example, Xiao Zhang, Chengdu to once encountered a regiment of one of them for fear of shit by leaves in the wild, rolling the buttocks, asked Sally to give him dig a pit, the air Xiao Zhang cruelly!
Unknowingly chatted very late, it is and the Colts last night had a bonfire!
May 2, Songpan, overcast with light rain starting today from the camps back to Songpan town, because the road farther away, we have to get up early to set out. Walking in the high mountain, the old Joe usual humming and Songpan minor girl of his folk songs, Xiao Zhang is also singing Tibetan songs softly, we move forward in the songs.
Speaking of my wife last night to invite them to eat a meal, and I quite agree with, everyone 3 days to quite come together. I will be old Joe and Sally to bring something to eat one night, they readily accepted the invitation.
Tibetans along the way we have a slight stockade stay, drinking sweet tea and the slag to to turn a long longevity round 15 o'clock we returned to the city of Songpan. After a Hui village, we can see the impact of SARS, a group of Moslem children to see us coming, high-shouted: "SARS came, SARS come!" And hide us from far off, but the side curious watching us through.
In the cavalry's office we met Grandpa m, 65-year-old is looking forward to have a new travel arrangements for the task, when you watched him at the door waiting for mood and appearance, I think it's a rather bad taste, and not that day 50 of the income? Which have to be deducted to tourists prepare three meals a day and a horse fodder!
Night and old Joe ponies a clutch in a halal restaurant to eat lamb, I am surprised that the two of them are at home to eat dinner, they explained that the Colts are traveling if they have prepared for the task. They told me they entered the Colts are at home very difficult, so they took both of them, the old Joe a large family, there is the old father, under the two children have been relying on him to support; Xiao Zhang is the home The eldest, 17-year-old entered the cavalry. There is a saying, said: "Happy to go out the door unhappy," it is appropriate to describe them has.
When finished checkout, the two actually have to pay the bill, the mountains were really simple and ah! 80 to block the money, they want to earn a few days, how do we let them refrained from costly?
Hospitality of the old Joe has invited us to his house tea, saw old Joe awe of his father, old Joe we Yueqi Guo, he could not out drinking or playing mahjong, otherwise they will suffer his father's curse. Drinking tea, old Joe sent us out, we stay at the hotel office on horseback next to old Joe, and we were after, but also to the Colts go, this time is half-past nine at night, and this is their life!
Remember that the best right back at it, Qiao-wide, and Fujun.
Author: poison1688
