D1: Rongbuk Monastery at the foot of arrival
Out of Lazi County 2KM, is the intersection west to Ali, south on Mount Everest. There is also has a horizontal rod, parking, children swarm out of their hands: aunts and uncles to a dime bar ! these circumstances, are deeply troubling. I do not know what is in their assistance to aid Tibet in the end? as was later joked: These children may grow up speaking the language, not write Tibetan; both an English-speaking, will write English; not speak Chinese, can not write Chinese characters. evacuated after the "HELLO" I dealt the deep stimulation.
Returning to the subject. Soon to reach Tingri, Everest to buy into the mountains fees, Mai Menpiao when asked how much money that night 60, but the night of 25, we said in unison "But Night" will definitely have to spend the night, the tube that he does later come out to say such things. a car along a cement road near the town of 318 tells the country, had to suffer the first checkpoint of this trip - Tingri Lulu Checkpoint.
All the people should get off into the border station, waiting for armed police to check the registration. We will soon be released smoothly, watching stand sentinel at the highway salute to us, I and Chu (later also in Xinjiang, and his chance encounter) spontaneously towards him in the car also had an American soldier-style salute, and then laughed the far away.
After 10 kilometers, south of the car Guaixiang a sidewalk, not to old Tingri direction. Crossing a blue with white text on a sign legislation - "Mt.Qomolangma 101KM" - tell us there are 101 kilometers away from the Everest base camp . After a checkpoint, pavement quickly in the mountains circling Shangpan. This road from south to north, up the hill to fold 40 bend 70 bend down to fold (according to incomplete statistics). This remark is not an exaggeration, go to the mountains a lot of turns is 180 degrees right off the driver and occasionally driving skills to play point, where the copy Jindao. But good news here is steep, is not a ravine beside the road, so cars climb higher, we feel more relaxed. Moreover, where the scenery is really beautiful - looks down from above, little white clouds gather under the peaks and ridges, such as waves, such as anger, brown mountains with light and shadow in the dark in Chaoyang structured, cool mountain breeze, the col small barley scattered fields and scattered farmers - a typical Tibetan Shangri-la scene everywhere.
The mountains from time to time there are Tibetan children waved to us, we are back with the same courtesy. After a welcome sign of Mount Everest, saw a group of Tibetans in this singing, dancing, step aside parking. Man, a piano Koto, we played circle dance, in our camera, apart from the relatively shy individual, the majority of people may be flattering, but the curiosity is still there, when the shooting DV to give them a good look when an H-on, want to preview. When we left, they returned to their original rhythm.
Around the winding mountain roads, due to poor road conditions, the car's performance, there are gaps, as if crawling at a snail's pace, good is not slow, but safe. Shui, I wonder how many bends, car finally climbed the highest point - 5,200 meters above sea level increases fault la. Here are everywhere a small stone pile up Mani Dui, dense, and some of Mani Dui still wearing a white hada. In this pass is being able to list the southern peaks of the style, are lined up from west to east respectively, Cho Oyu, Everest, network sub-peak, Makalu. Days with the people's wishes, previous or Nongyun cover the mountain, this time set aside cloud peaked, encouraging peer-color brake friends already have begun arguing that a parking stop. Get off, people a while Kuangpai. Satisfied after the open on the bus .
A mistake from the pull-down pass at the road again in the endless circling between turning, but the road down the mountain side of the ravine began to appear, the distant mountains began to be more crowded, become barren with no trace of green, the mountain than to a much steeper. The rocks on the road into the beach, almost no signs of human habitation, occasionally in a very distant mountains will see some cows and sheep. The afternoon when we pass through a small town, called Bason.
Bolted all the way, and finally dark past, we arrived at Rongbuk --- the world's highest temple, 5100 meters of the temple, Baita towering, multicolored streamer whipped, everyone waiting for the twilight of sunset. Rongbuk a great reputation , not only because of its elevation, the present management system determines that you can only stay there in his vicinity, if do not want to spend too much silver. Today, apart from the arrival of several of our people, all foreigners.
Evening, in the hall, drinking yak butter tea, occasional Tibetan driver Basson, a short while up on the familiar. Drink butter tea, he said that either does not drink, a drink should drink three bowls for the first time heard of, but really to drink, and but also went on to drink. pour the young girl, I do not know why beat me and asked Basson, who said they spotted me, I said, this is the case, said Do not you love, and he laughed.
RBI up their stomach, then went back to the room closed.
Tomorrow ready to walk to the base camp.
D2: foot Everest base camp
Measuring the earth with the feet in order to experience the atmosphere of mind.
--- My Quotations
Rongbuk flowing beside a shallow creek, filled with snow and ice breath, and this is Mount Everest glacial melt water river pool made of flannel. Vertically-sur-tall wooden stick and a huge crow I do not know how long it stayed in the above moving or unwilling to look at - everything is the same as we see - a static scene, solidification time.
Last night sleep, feeling was very dry and uncomfortable with open mouth breathing hard, but also solve the problem, how could not sleep, eat a few pieces of white with black. Soon generators stopped working, the dark room, each breath felt oxygen reduction after a point. Late at night, fluttering sound of a mountain breeze began to beat the glass, the wind mixed with river water flowing velvet voice of the continuing Gudang with my eardrum. I am tossing in, night bar quickly in the past - I in my heart meditation, and finally sleep unknowingly.
6:30 AM to get up, just washed my face, Dai Ledian food, on the road. Here's the morning, cold, as well as wind blowing over. Overall, the trip started is relatively smooth. OK to 5KM Department, began to feel a little headache, so sat down to rest, drink water, add some energy, and then move forward. The road in front suddenly appeared in a yak, Wang Li in the middle of the road, we are untouchables even hid could not afford to go around it. Who knows? Yak suddenly moved up, scary jump, but fortunately is moving in the opposite direction.
As last night's sleep, the result was very unsatisfactory, early this morning did not eat on the road, we should say not a very good physical condition, but also in the 5200M elevation on foot 20KM. Talking about earlier, I still can not cure a cold, shortness of breath, walking the course is certainly insufficient oxygen and require frequent respiratory / breathing, panting in naturally. After walking for some time, the first began a little pain, belongs to the scope can be tolerated. Continue to advance, headache, feeling a bit heavier teeth forward, enjoying the beautiful scenery along the roadsides are not. King said to walk without looking to see if King did not walk. All the way down, also arrived at the No. 1 destination --- Everest base camp, surrounded by several huge tents, distant floodplain take a few sporadic small colorful tents, transport horse relaxed together. In addition to the arduous journey, Actually, I'm what pleasure.
The flood reached base camp, there are a 10-meter-high hill, facing the Mount Everest. Here are also some mountain climbing enthusiasts, final resting place, the unwitting us, sat a piece of stone. It was round, best not to sit on something like that and engage in our Samsam's. Rest in peace, buried people. We walked away.
Easily down the mountains is difficult to easily come back hard when you still need to walk, but also according to the scheduled time back (some for, some sitting round the carriage). The process is naturally difficult road back, and headache symptoms remains the same, but not as the beginning of caring about it. By accident, but also found their right hand fingers are signs of edema, does the precursor of pulmonary edema, heart can not help a bear. Because it itself has cold symptoms, headache, feeling it would seem to further aggravate the point, thinking there 5KM walk, could not help but frustrating them. However, there are no other alternative but to bite the bullet and go on. For the swelling of the fingers, there has been a new perspective: It may be touching the cold stone's sake. Then put them into their own pockets; for headaches, and can only laissez-faire attitude of the. In this way, moved a step towards an end --- Rongbuk.
Overall, the landscape is concerned, there is nothing remarkable of the Department. Just did not expect, today's walk, people will have such a strong response. Perhaps in the face of tremendous force of nature, man is so insignificant. People can do is to endure, persist and adapt.
Westward, westward, toward the jeep with Ali! ! !
Author: triparound
