And then to Yunnan (6) - Biluo Snow Mountain chapter
Text / Chart Herbert Wang
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April 29th camping in the mountains
Benz in 0720 to visit the church -0810 starting -1.04 thousand hills turn the first one to reach the second -1,200 lunch -1.42 thousand highland pastures, to the wooden house, the house was built -1.5 thousand plus top -1730 Dinner
Tribulus terrestris has been in the church 100 years of history. Mr. Liu, because they live in close proximity, so the key to keeping the door a long time ago took us to visit.
It is a brick building, the door is a courtyard surrounded by Wai House, a two-storey. Even earlier is the lobby entrance, on both sides there are flower beds and tall coconut trees. The entrance of St pool, the above is the bell tower, but no bell. Denglou distance, school of rural scenery, walnut trees, the green of the crops to grow in the quiet. Church of the Virgin Mary for the image, stool that is resting on the floor board.
8:00 arrived, and double-A game and asking us the right to the left of the. The first village along the flat path of more than 10 minutes, then turn right on the village grazing trail began to climb over. Accompanied by a large group of cattle we have come a long a way, that is, to go to alpine pastures. There are a group of young people are also the mountains, to the logging is used to build a house.
The roads are in the rocks began to move through, and then on the one over 50 meters high Suidan Po. This is a difficult way to go today, the first paragraph, danger is steep and slippery. Turn first, after a small hill, with logging, meet again. These trees are more than 40 cm DBH, felled after the peel, do parties, sawn of about 2 meters long, and then carry down the mountain from the human. Path is very narrow, has seen a lot of azaleas.
Days began to rain. At this point all the way downhill, not too tired. And then along a stream and the line, water, large, are also extremely anxious, but Pohuan. Over the first mountain (summer) pasture land, a hillside on 20-30 head of livestock in the pasture and rain poured off of alfalfa and other forage showing a pale yellowish green.
12:00 pm lunch at a gentle slope, a simple bread on the hot pepper sauce plus coke. The wild environment, a half-day campaign, it makes the food so very delicious. In the large trees, ashes beside the water droplets on the leaves down. There are around lying on the ground covered with moss and trees. Fern long after the rain has just come out very tender green, a foot to a high, sharp still rolled up. Water is the source of vitality.
Half an hour later we hit the road. Azalea, streams, the way we arrived accompanied by a second pasture. Was significantly higher elevation, not to judge by the difficulty of breathing, but the vegetation - all were still yellow. Flat slopes on both sides of the stream there are many cabins, do not have roofs, would like to be afraid of the winter snow to board crush bar. We gave up the lower hut, along the stream to continue to go up. We have chosen the other side of the stream a hut.
Primary care is facing her first challenge, from the single-plank bridge on the stream. Here are 15 meters wide and the water looks deep to lead a waist. A tree cut off inadvertently cross the water. Because of rain, no one walked a long time and become slippery. Wizard to find the one about 2 meters long branches, inserted into the water, giving her a third pivot, and finally after a river.
1420 to reach the upper end of the ranch. Began to board covered with beams, giving the house plus the top. More than 20 minutes after the completion of the. We began to break. The sun was out, basking in a small care of the bottom to pants dry. Peak in the mist in the walk through, such as the peak of Huangshan pine in the clouds, like Hui Zhao traditional Chinese ink landscape. Wizard of Health has played a fire, smoke from the roof emerge in the gap, giving it a natural with a hint of unlimited human breath.
The wizard from a nearby pot to find a hiding place, went to Amoy in the river of rice. Dinner is rice on the sauce, there is a packet of mustard on board the aircraft.
1730, Tien is still light, we have done things one day intends to sleep. Were in fact not a very tired, but for tomorrow's climb, an early break is not a bad thing.
Roasted on one side of a very hot fire, while the other side is cold. Lying quietly, drinking red wine brought Liu teacher's house, watching the great launched into Mars on the wood, listening to the sound of an explosion of charcoal, sleep.
April 30 Xuefeng Adventure
0630 Breakfast -0,735 starting -0,815 Guo snow bridge -0945 being buried 2 meters of snow on the roof of lunch breaks -1230 Yakou -1,330 reach the top, with the guide down to the snow line break -1700
Breakfast is porridge made of rice last night, there is no what it's like, fill the stomach. Above the snow line to walk, there is no melting of snow from time to time encounter. We have been walking along the creek where the water will come to this. 0815 to a snow bridge. The so-called concave slopes of the snow bridge is located in the snow, there are streams in the following through. 0855 after the road began to believers together, the snow becomes increased recently. Lu gradually disappearing in the snow not easily identified. We follow the flow of small stocks to go up, soon became a river trekking. 0945 at a rest on the roof. Snow buried the whole house, only directly exposed beams. Wizard who crouched beam, we are looking for a piece of wood shop stood in the snow on the rest. Calculated according to yesterday's overnight hut, where the snow depth has exceeded 2 meters and a half. Since then the road is entirely above the walk in the snow.
Shen days down, Piaoqi the snow. We reached the summit of the snow zone. Lu has been completely out of sight. Wizard just to identify the hill, take the nearest way to the pass forward. Gradient from more than 30 degrees to 50 degrees, 60 degrees looks like. They one by one in front of Cai Chu footprints, we walk along the footprints. Out of snow rolling down along the slope, forming a Snow Cake. Nearly 11 points, the wizard from time to time to stop, and then told us that turning is not passed. Small advisers, How far away from the Peak. Replied that there is probably more than an hour way.
Snow also too big a word. Small care wanted too, we encourage them to say yes. Only the road more than an hour at this time to return, not to waste another day and a half of the time? Moreover, only a return to the starting point. Although in the mountains, we also made the intention of returning empty-handed, and they asked for from the Tribulus terrestris in the shuttle to the vici, but in only one step away from the success of the place, would be reluctant to return to the starting point.
Wizard and went for a while and then stopped, using the Tibetan language was discussed at length. At this point, leave them there is no possibility of progress and had to explain why.
The new product up just under the snow, very loose. A no go on foot to the knee, there are not many places to the thigh. Have come to a semi-slow zone, the wizard came up with yesterday's leftover bread for lunch. We have eaten all the food things, including that a bottle of chili sauce. Negotiations are continuing, we have sent the request from the snow line, has been taken to give way to the summit, and then tell us the direction.
They finally agreed to. Now passed 1230, we continue to move forward. In 1330 arrived in Yamaguchi. Great snow, visibility is only three to 50 meters, 150 meters at the bottom of the wizard, pointing to a ridge, said flip over the ridge, next to the river, walk along the stream at four o'clock one can proceed to the village. For them, this argument, I am not very sure.
End up with accounts starting down the mountain, snow covered everything, and only a few stones exposed snow surface. I will first down, try to walk along the rock, but the snow is very loose, as if there are gaps. Guide in the above that from which the snow away.
So I left the left side of the rock, just to the right step, he punched a slip, there has been Huazhui. I had previously been holding and intend to stick with a home deep into the snow, want to use this stopped down, but without success, had to let go. I can not stop, the only can do is to keep the wrists, feet down. The brain only fell off when you fly off the screen slope. Ten seconds later, finally saw a protruding rock, force in their legs, in the stone stopped. My legs trembled, his arms become soft, heart Daohai can. But I do not know what to do next. I shouted up little care, let her walk the edge (in fact, wrong), slowly underground. But did not answer. Slope of the believers, I do not see her presence.
I adjusted his posture, stand firmer more, everyone wonders how to get this, but do not know what does. After a few minutes to see the shadow queen down from above, and then a small Ku, standing on her Caichu footprints one step down to go. He told us that when you use the snow slope in the walking heel, foot stability of re-moving the next step. So I use this method, small-Gu Yibubuxiang closer. More than 20 minutes later, we have finally come together, slowed down to a point on the slope.
Looking within the meaning of the ridge is not far from the wizard, but how much time and did not come to the end. We started in the 80-degree snow slope down on the distance. Zigzag walk, every step I was forced to heel trampled into the snow, leaving behind a more than 40 centimeters deep footprints, small care of my footprints on the tread down. Sometimes, one foot to the knee down they would have no top, but did not reappear Huazhui heart, gradually, a sense of security. But you can not look down, 80-degree slope, or heartbeat.
In this way step by step down the slope. Later, looking at China Central Television broadcast to climb Everest, they can be seen in the footsteps of climbers on their experience and physical strength. In fact, this kind of action is very laborious.
See the pine trees, in fact only a small cut on top of exposed Shujian. As a judge on the slope of snow over five meters. Standing on a diameter at breast height over 40 centimeters of pine branches fork rest. We firmly embrace heating. I closed her eyes, because I can only see the vast expanse of whiteness of one. A very great snow, surrounded by all the snow; the other is that I might have taken place in a slight snow-blindness. Wet pants and shoes into the water makes me shivering with cold. The vast field, and only Wolia really a little "had each other" feeling.
Open your eyes to continue down the mountain. We must before 17 o'clock the night down to the snow line. Even here, there is no place to sit. Pohuan a little, there are a number of trees, a sense of security addition of a few minutes. I stick with the direction of the shortest path along the washed downhill. At this time no longer need to go in a zig-zag. Straight line, fast, down to the snow line is the only idea in mind. This section is going very fast, the slope appeared bamboo, we have to go down with both hands grasp the bamboo, with out gloves played a big role this time, without fear there will be thorns stabbed the palm. Primary care walk in front of me, carrying a large bag, dragging a tripod, the whole a Canbingbaiqiang image. Suddenly, my left leg buried in the snow, pull it out. Right leg fully bent, but also lack access to fresh. Have to let go in front of a small Ku Pa snow to come back to help me.
Side walk this path with a climbing roll, hands and feet. Fortunately, there is no trouble backpack is very close. See the snow line in a pasture, the grass do not grow back. Scattered bungalows have roofs, this roofing can save the time and physical strength. We rushed the latest in a wooden huts. At this point it is 17 o'clock.
Not open the door, look through the crack into, there is a bolt, and choose to open, or it does not push open the door. Also saw a wooden withstand slowly away, rushed in, threw down backpack. Opposite the door was a fireplace, still sported a large piece of charcoal and ashes. The left and right is the hobble around the two rows of wood, from the ground about 30 cm high, sleep shop. There is a fireplace with the rope hanging bamboo plaque, usually is used to bake things.
The first event was a fire. Whether or not hurry, light a fire for heating is of paramount importance. However, searched every room, that is, there is no dry wood. Only a thin little stick and the two one-meter-long bamboo canes. I was turning two laps in the house outside the house, or there is no dry wood. Smoothly dragged on for a few large pieces of wood, raw fire, you can roast one side while burning. Gu from the bag to find a few small print of these have been useless, and can be used to play with fire. For reasons of economy, we have a one to ignite, but used up all six pieces of paper, fire or no health up, just stick to dry a little. Gu found a small compressed towel. This is what, burning a lot longer, ignited a bamboo frame in the above. We use a wet cardboard when the fan, and finally ignited the small wooden Flanagan. And then the shelves of small pieces of wood, large pieces of wood, took a full 20 minutes before lit a bonfire.
Frozen powerful, squat all started when the ignition is not squat down. Now stand up by. Dry clothes and can not find a replacement had to freshly baked. Underwear is also wet, and they can not all be off, but to let off, the underwear under the pretext of coat roast. The fire is still not very prosperous, very wet wood smoke, the wind blew from the cracks leak in, choking everything together.
Disposable raincoat shop do the plank bed, to do things on the side of the wet stuff on the other side. Bare belly to the fire, warm, spirit began to relax. The two sets of underwear to dry on the spent more than an hour.
Jeans hanging in the fireplace on the top of the ropes have been braving the water vapor, seemed like an instant.
Almost nine times more than all the clothes dry, and wood grilled side while burning, the fire also Wang had. Sleep, wake up, Tian Chai, but also to sleep ... ...
May 1st Mountain and Flowing Water
0740 to leave the cabin, across the river from the right bank of the -0,630 to go back to the starting point, from -0915 to go off the left bank of the snow bridge -1,000 flat and open encounter flood -1,100 bushes on the left bank the right side of road -1,200 interruption is also a ranch began to see the first signs uphill -1,300 encountered -1645 first person, but can not communicate -1,705 meet the second person, tell us here is that the boundary of Di Ma Luo Ma Luo -2.0 thousand to da village, there is no accommodation , there is no dinner -2,300 ate a bowl of rice, a bowl of soup, fried potato - 2 km south Gongshan, "SARS" isolation zone -0.1 thousand Closed
More than seven in the morning wake up, bonfires are still burning. Outside the rain has stopped. Breakfast is only streams and chocolate, although it would take only four hours yesterday, the wizard can be reached in some of the village, but I am not sure how. Hurry to get somewhere early departure is down to business.
Not far from the cottage there is a single-plank bridge that with yesterday's experience, the bridge must be off. So while the line on the bridge. About 20 minutes later to a downhill at a very believers. Gu said the blind alley of small, but this time the other side of the trail is very obvious. We then return to starting point. Yanxi the left bank of the road.
0915 Shiyou to a snow bridge. Small Gu suddenly slid down, this time intentional, quick and a good way to save strength. I tried standing on the decline, and then on to the trail. Road is very obvious that, in places along the river bank 34 meters has been extended forward. Lu is very flat, which is a large open flood, vast on the horizon, even an animal did not.
Then, after a river, road beginning, some ups and downs. But always visible at the foot of the river flowing. Drop began to become large, white spray in the dark green background is very easy to identify.
About 11 o'clock to see a four head of cattle, see people not afraid of, it should be domesticated, and placed on the mountain grazing. We want to have cattle should be someone, approaching the village of the bar. Next, a slope, came to a flood, covered with shrubs. The hills opposite the waterfall hanging down, the sun came out, then faded. Fog up again.
The ground is a swamp, and we move closer to the river, hate quickly found a dead end road. We can only walk through the woods. I now understand why you need a machete into the jungle, because there is no way.
Water's edge is clearly impossible. Then made to the uphill, in the hope to go back to a height of a small road, but easier said than done. Like the roots of thin bamboo like bamboo trellises, fortunately my shoes have steel liner, not afraid. There the water flow down the mountain, interrupted the way forward. We Panzhao Creek across the stream on the recline of the Trunk. Be careful not to wet himself. No knives, more than 50 meters of the road by more than 20 minutes before returning to catch a glimpse of a small road.
Fewer stones on the ground and land on the thick humus left a deep Cattle Footprint, integrated with the rain last night. This leads us to the village the only clue. Once again, we had single-plank bridge, to the right bank. Stream has become a river, flow hurry. If you fall into the water from here, you may look at will be out very far. A huge gap so that you can not find the support areas.
Nearly noon, we arrived at a ranch-like plains. Here the plants have grown very lush, but also saw the familiar huts. We do not have lunch, just in those huts, under the shade of a rest.
Road, this will end. Only the road leading to the wooden structure, there is no way to leave the huts! Primary care began uneasy, "if this is a pasture, grazing the hills of people come here, there is no way of down!"
Left the snow line, there is no danger from the cold, my heart is not worried. Although the walk along the river down to the people will definitely be a place where the water will be imported into the Nu River, I do not doubt. Only water can go where people do not necessarily done. So I let her rest under the eaves, I explore the direction of a probe into the river to see if there are roads.
Roads in more than 30 meters away from the house about a place along the river extends forward. We once again find confidence. Small Gu's face also revealed the reassuring look.
Lu gradually deviated from the creek, along the slope upward. Look to the future, is outside the mountain valley. We are still looking for people to leave traces, in addition to Cattle Footprint, one or two cigarettes and never found anything. The sun shining well, glad that is not such a good time up the mountain the sun, otherwise I'll die Khan.
My sole detached. First half of the shoes, the whole palm of the screw slip out. From the bag to find a rope tied at continue to walk. This is a V-shaped ravine, the slopes on both sides are dense woods. Waterfall on the hillside opposite the hanging, the river flowing at the bottom. At about 13:00 pm saw the stones on the roadside markers. This is obviously the first person to mark in the vicinity there are some boxes filled with explosives. Others mark the words "here to relax the 30 cm." This must be newly constructed paths, away from the crowd nearby.
But not until 16 o'clock before we see a water mill, which in grinding corn flour. I caught one put in the mouth, very hard, but could swallow. 1645 hours, met a middle-aged woman, carrying a large ax Yibing. We are extremely excited, the brain immediately thought of the delicious chicken soup. Tonight we have to sleep properly, first drink a bowl of hot chicken soup, to the kind of chicken stew for three hours.
We came up asked her if she had a place to eat and sleep. She do not know Chinese, but the living one must compete is a good thing. 5:00 for a long time to see the roadside cabin, there is a good looking woman, holding a child.
"What is this place?" We asked.
"Dimaluo."
Dimaluo too familiar names, many people from the Dimaluo Biluo as a starting point to climb over snow-capped mountains of the. We have already approaching the destination of the! She told us to move forward along the road, about half an hour can go to the village, it is the foot of a cottage.
But the left fork in the road, eight hours before entering Dimaluo step by step. People looked at with amazement the two of us. Carrying a large backpack, there is no guide. NIKKO of my white coat has become brown, looking like the Dao Shi and locals, but very tired.
The village there is no hotel, you can stay in the homes of villagers; the village there is no hotel, you can join as a partner in the homes of villagers, grocery shopping, or to be out of money. To find a villager, lay down their bags, and bought two boxes of instant noodles before, I found a village, very beautiful woman, so she gave us chicken soup to find.
Then came two village cadres who look like, let us measure body temperature. Shan China on the 1st, the world has been the millennium. SARS outbreak, the backward medical conditions to make this small border village, two from Shanghai to our foreign population, facing a formidable enemy. I took a thermometer placed under the arms, but little care and come to hear a dispute occurred. Primary care should the original get rid of the 37.4-degree first, then people said we do not tie. He was taken away by our thermometer, to call the county went.
We can not leave, have also walk in; also can not live down to sleep. Had to sit before the shop, drink, waiting. Primary care in the Kegua Zi, but I just want to sleep. We are told the crowd of villagers, and we walk in the mountains for three days, has been two days without food things. Some people understand, and turn our words to others to listen, but no one had any reaction. We're like two tired prey, watching a group of hounds.
Only chickens that had the woman go and find our more kindly, gave us a big pot, stir-fry, a potato, and burning of a bowl of tomato soup, not received our money, but we are finally on the table left a ten-dollar.
11:00 for a long time, from five districts shuttle finally arrived. A pickup from a car down two people, one dressed in camouflage uniforms, wearing masks, carrying Nu's bright hips package. Looks like another person's Armed Police. Doctors bag out from the hips to wear two masks so that we, perhaps we measured the temperature, asked about the situation just now. And then let us on the train.
I do not care that their "escort" slept in the car. To the entrance door, and they let us off. Feeling into the cell. Shed in the yard of cloth, under which, two doctors asked the same question again: come, come out how long, how the temperature, what is not, and so on. Ask over, has given us a room designated rest.
I soon fell asleep.
Author: herbertw
