Plank Road, the last of the donkey Xiajiang shadow
--- Foot Pima households
There is a travel call on foot across. Travelers carrying dress with tents, sleeping bags, cooking utensils of the luggage, and walking in the inaccessible abnormal rugged track, they are also known as a backpacker or a mob. On the Internet that they are intimate to each other as "Mix" ; There is a picture called disappearing landscape. because of human activities has changed the face of the earth natural primitive past, the landscape no longer exist, such as the submerged ancient city; a known history of a culture. the wisdom of their ancestors with their hands to create a kinds of civilization, such as caves, Plank Road. when the three are combined to form a process will be full of exciting novelty.
"China on foot through the" listed the top ten hot spots in mainland China, the Yangtze River Three Gorges seventh place. The Three Gorges Dam after several years of efforts of hundreds of thousands of people, lie in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River .5 25 8am dam close part of the gate started the pre-impoundment .6月1日-15 day period of slow water, the Three Gorges water level line across the board to reach 135 meters, the famous Three Gorges Old Plank Road will be sinking into the water. Mix who have posted on-line transmission: to the Three Gorges to the Old Plank Road to go! our dogs began preparations for the club.
1. Departure
"Walking the Three Gorges to go!" In the wild dogs watched the club members, the captain led the brave bad ass bright ass, lame ass, crowded road, .5 on at 8:03 on the 31st of them boarded the airship from the Yangtze River on the 9th to the Pakistan MAOPING the East. As the rise of water, river floating around the surface of branches, plastic bags, water, Hebei airship can not be high speed. transfer to the Yangtze River on the 6th of the original 9:00 until 12 noon to Padang. docks a inquiries to the Bei Shi ship 11-point on the left. frustrated lame ass non-stop nagging: ill-begotten, ill-begotten. captain decided to go ashore have enough to say.
Padang enthusiasm, Columbia lead us into a small restaurant, a look at recipes: wow thiophene to catch up with Samsung Hotel. Boss came on the cigarettes, said the shop there were 10 yuan per capita on the meal .30 yuan hoof and a wax wax ribs plus potato soup, the other to send four dishes and a pot of fresh green vegetables. Qiexi endless mind, the wind swept into the Weinang Canyun like. captain inadvertently eating, busy study maps, look for the local people inquire about the . Wunai May 25 after start up of water, in front of different opinions. Padang to Bei Shi land has been flooded, Perry Stone to the bluestone is also difficult to say. captain decided to charter!
Columbia sent three people to the battlefield brick pier, looking for a delivery boat reached an agreement to send 350 bluestone. The brother with the sound of the wave farewell, the boat slowly left the Padang, against the current to the bluestone embarked.
2. Adventure "boat leaf picturesque to" along the river in the boatman's three wild ass story of the Three Gorges scenery intake sound greedy. River surface from time to time and large-scale ro-ro ships pass through the airship wave will push the boat swaying left and right. Ship to nanmuyuan, boatman loudly and calling loved ones on shore. shouts echoed in the Three Gorges on a long time. occasionally see a snake, writhing body, quietly slipped across the front the river. shore of the old house left devastated. Only a few Tan on the root slanting beams of smoke traces of the fireplace still miss the old days.
From Padang to the Bei Shi saw several discrete Plank Road, as the body of a wriggling dragon, for a coil on the Qiao wall, one would sink into the river. It seems the choice of boat is right. Captain instructions: first, rest, build and intensive sharp. as long as the front of the berm did not drown, immediately abandon the ship ashore! Xiling Gorge valley water slowly, over a few years ago a big difference. Gap wind gently across their faces, bright ass, lame ass Shen Ru Mengxiang.
"Plank Road!?", With the captain exclaimed, we saw the south bank of the Yangtze River water level can still be seen online side of the berm covered with weeds. At this point just over Pui Ishimura. Going to go up one kilometer, we decided to abandon boat ashore. Finishing well back capsule, adjusting the radio channel, bright donkey produced three cane with machetes, we have embarked on the bluestone.
Plank Road has been years since ancient Boat Tracker footprints trail across the edge of thorns from time to time arm, the right of the Three Gorges sent depressing sob, quite a few "Neither the front nor to the ancients, this not seen bearer" and desolation. "Behind the Mix!" Sure enough, behind the canyon cliffs between the two floating silhouette .15 minutes later, a man and a woman appeared in front of us. are two in Tianjin Mix, who started from the Bei Shi on foot, the way has been to Beijing green Club Mix crash point , from the perspective of condolence to stay gnaw days there is a team of Hubei Shiyan Mix walked. we can only pray silently pioneers bless our security.
After about 5 km trek, Plank Road widened significantly. 2 Tianjin donkey might be the power of love, or did not pack the negative tents, sleeping bags like the weights, they would have long disappeared trace. Dogs team three players move on . turned a cliff, actually saw the side stood a few hundred meters at large in the green steel fence. turned out to be terminal side of the road red paint the words "welcome to those who walk through the arrival, please go to ** Accommodation" ads. turned pier and saw there is a village in south, north shore there is a peak of straight into the sky. "bluestone village!" captain certainly Road. "opposite is the Goddess Peak."
Goal in sight, and his party donkey Dousoujingshen to bluestone forward.
Seeing behind the berm away from the surface of the river is gradually getting closer and left us with phone numbers, please contact us Mix later, if it exists. Liang donkey will note, under pressure in the street stones, and even leave a pen. Hsueh Hui Guoshen, looked at large in an affectionate manner, to captain, said: It is possible that we passed this large in the last of the Mix. captain did not reply.
3. Bluestone entrance to the village came to camp, the Goddess Peak Xia clothing has just faded. One spoke Mandarin with a Taiwanese accent Mix welcome in the ranks. "You come from the Bei Shi? Road is good to go? Tomorrow will be going at large in flooded it?" series of questions rushing toward us. This is a Mix Quanzhou, Fujian Province, reported today in the Wushan down. He led us to a bluestone village reception center. Hey, here Mix Zhenbu Shao .4 are from Wuhan in Hubei, as well as a foreign donkey - from Germany, Bavaria, Aix-en-40-year-old software engineer. Aix-en-equipment unique: two rocket-like inflatable leather valve fixed with two steel housing, steel shelves with a bicycle wheels on a small generator to promote two valves among the propellers. He is such a walk of the Three Gorges.
Darkness fell, the Gap fog rises. A few pull hops in beer Mix the complexion of the relieved against extraordinarily excited, we go Meet the Shennongjia, the city of Aden.
Xiajiang soon as the long whistle in our wake. Climbing tents, the sky was bright. He went through Aix-en-place for our tent interest in holding the camera according to a non-stop. After breakfast at the sound of each other's blessings , several pull Mix separately hit the road!
4. Distress charter to Wushan, and some go to DCH Mix disembark in this ancient city. Wushan demolition of the old town have been on a few of us take the Three Gorges, Wushan and morals is not respectful violation. Dogs team directly for Rent a boat to the upper reaches of major Township.
Around noon, arrived in Dasi. Captain used binoculars to observe the march route, decided to find a farmer to resolve lunch. It tries to avoid the afternoon sun at noon. Climb the Mid-farms, the villagers simple passion. Farmhouse give our kids to eat chocolate, timid, looking at these strange strangers dressed. masters come up with a few "health registration form" Let's fill. appear to have the fault of SARS. "A few years ago there is a lot like you go from here, this year little more! is SARS, but also up in water, how can there be how many people to be proud? "I do not know the owner is complaining about, or happy. farmhouse big the dish is to boil out the incense! bowl of meat, potatoes, soybeans, Mesona to stimulate our taste buds. a warm invitation to the host, the lame-ass and even drank a cup of brewed liquor.
An hour later, according to mountain guide dogs teams road to the Qutang embarked on Plank Road. Riverside complex back, how are we're lost. 1 hours away from lunch is also only a mile to the village. Originally a meal 3 hours, the river rose almost 1 meter! disembark when the observed path all submerged! in the flooded street, earthworms are hordes of the mountains Paqu. captain decided to crosses in the past.
Meet the formation of two mountain valleys, canyons at the end of the original trail no longer exists. We must not Yandao down to the bottom, and then halfway up the mountain Xiazuo. Bright ass first into the opposite side of the cliff, while beating with a stick scare away snakes in front of the grass while moving forward. to face 70-degree slope before the believers, it is no way out. Captain Q: Can you climb? bright donkey that 10 meters of the slopes there is no problem with bare hands However, carrying almost 20 kilograms, would not it say a backpack. you can try! walkie-talkie on the opposite side under the guidance of staff, bright donkey began to climb. "2 o'clock direction of 1.5 m at a grass, you can load! stop! 11 o'clock direction 0.7 meters are raised, to the left! "finally bright zigzag path with donkeys climbed the top of the hill. captain started the second climb, at the foot of rocks, surface dust was continually pedal down, the grass has also been pulled out slope soil. All three were very tense. "There are 5 meters, as well as 3 meters." from the top of the hill not far from the bright ass out the captain pulled up a walking stick. bad ass beat knock down the dust that "light is responsible for the lame donkey donkey La Shanglai, I went in front of pathfinder!. "lame-ass began to climb from the bottom up. the end result has been the former Caikong, it can grasp the attached thatched a grasp on the off. After a few Ta Kong continuously after the the top three meters away from the Department, the lame donkey stopped. climbing shoes attached at this time can only grasp a little hard soil. bright ass captain returned with the walkie-talkie call quickly. The two together with a drop off his backpack, bright donkey lying on the slope top-out cane. finally a lame-ass has climbed the ranks.
They climbed over a few ditch slope, I wonder if the afternoon sun, or just made adventures, or the role of white wine, a lame-ass sweat legs trembled. Rest two cases no significant improvement. We all can not be ascertained how much the front Goukan, had decided to help. bright ass and bad ass boat moored across the river waving hats, blew whistles. nothing happened. probably think that these crazy ass people to do their excitement Xuanyao. believe that they often come across such a scene . lame ass is still out of sweating, drinking a beer to add moisture. bright donkey and donkeys continued to decline to issue distress signal. finally boats motor boats seem to find us. to see someone on board the boat to the edge of shouting. mixed Council, the boat toward us. We are saved!
Boarded the boat, the wind blowing in the river, the lame-ass strength gradually restored. Distant sound came blasting. "Bombed the house then, 135 meters below the house should be bombed." Boatman explained. Turned a Bay, Qutangxia mouth in front of us. Xiakou the north shore of the signal being on stage was a whirl with a sledge-hammer percussion Duan Qiang. at the top of the bursting of the gun has just dispersed. signal station in front of the berm, there are two shadows. "Yes, we are here of the mountain, you see woman it is also the name of parasol. "boatman said." how kind? We take Plank Road? "captain sought the views of Members." No problem, go ashore! "lame-ass Dousoujingshen replied.
5. Must look at Plank Road King Congjiang surface is like a cliff on the excavation in a ditch dozens of meters under the Jiang Tao is surging. Despite a slow start today, the dam water, but water still Qutangxia former glory. Boarded the Ancient Plank Road have not seen the naked body trackers, only the white cliffs on three characters, "bellows Gap," watching our presence. paragraph at large in many of yesterday's spacious. precipice on the occasionally stone, but also "this one Tour" graffiti. care for the environment is the basic norms Mix captain even let us have it from carrying garbage. berm side of a man dug a pit hole, tunnel wall with traces of Indian fireworks. Way back when the trackers in the cave to escape the rain, fire stave off hunger; or There Montagnards fled the fighting in interest-bearing at this home. berm side of fiber stone in this telling of the Chinese nation's strength and perseverance. "ancestors, we have come!"
Move on, we encountered before we see the two "mountain", was originally encountered in two last night slate of Wuhan Mix. Parasol to go at large in the name, too far right? Just pathetic that male donkey, backpack load increased a lot. in front of large in more and more narrow, all for the rock hewn. up and down, so we have a lot of several dehydration. the lowest at less than 3 meters away from the surface of the river. river ferry from time to time passing, the passengers on board waved to us, but also useful to look at our telescopes overlooking the. They probably think that river above the cliffs between the number of ass video is a non-prevalent view. But then pour the Three Gorges, the ships Fei Shi our eyes the beauty of it.
Catch a glimpse of a few hours later Baidicheng the cornice. South huge LITHOGLYPHS greeted. "Kuimen world-hung, ship oar too lightly," 2 the same printing stone cross-hui. At the top left piece of writing seems to more brightly colored. originally the Three Gorges Dam reservoir, the original stone to be sunk in the water, government heritage departments in order to preserve cultural heritage, specially in the 175-meter water line "clone" of the more valuable the stone. 2 the same stone with the hanging picture of the river will disappear within a few days.
Baidicheng connected with the Ancient Plank Road suspension bridge has been destroyed. A huge stone block bridge collapse is on the rise in the river, the residual exposed white concrete blocks are silently up the river to calculate the progress.
When the sun was setting to reach Fengjie, Riverside jammed with the crowd watching the water. Boatman said: Now the river is broader than previously three times, crossing a river more than tired, and not make any money. Fengjie new county with flashing neon lights, under construction The Fengjie Yangtze River Bridge on the River welding flowers fall, to draw a bright arc Road. shore boat fishing boat lights flickered, constitutes a beautiful night view map of the Three Gorges.
6. Go home
At 8:00 on June 2, wild dogs Maoping team boarded the boat to return. And then watching with deep emotion from the ship we have taken Plank Road. Qutang at large in the lowest point is only 1 meter away from the surface of the river has. Bluestone to Bei stone Plank Road has been basic sinking into the water. Mix are, the Three Gorges on foot today, has become history! our own pride, because we are at large in the final Xiajiang donkey teams; We are proud of Mix, we challenge ourselves beyond the limits; We are the pride of China humanity's greatest water conservancy project in the Yangtze River, the Chinese nation will never yield; we are proud of the world, the world is more exciting because of foot across!
In the strains of Chuanjiang chant the sound, we have the mountains cry: Good-bye, forever of the Three Gorges! Farewell, I dreamed of Ancient Plank Road!
Next month, we take the Dahongshan go!
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