Chapter 398 But this is an adventure.
Dawn had arrived, the sky was dark white and behind everyone it was pitch black, the horizon gradually became as clear as a knife blade.
Bifang watched with his own eyes the sun leap over the horizon. The grand and blazing morning sun rose from the sky and slowly melted the frozen mountains and rivers.
Looking up and down, the Khumbu Glacier, which was originally covered with cracks of various sizes, seemed to have been cleansed. All the scars were covered with white snow. But this is not a good thing. The snowflakes washed over at high speed will not fill the cracks, but will cover them, making the road more dangerous.
Yao Jun exhaled a breath of cold mist, not knowing what to do. He looked at the guide Rob beside him, but Rob turned his gaze to Bifang.
"What should we do now? The cracks are all covered with snow. It's very dangerous to leave. If we wait, it will take at least a week to confirm that it is basically safe."
The glaciers are covered with snow, but this aerial loft-like structure is not safe and will collapse with the slightest vibration. Under the movement of the glacier, the snow will quickly disappear and be buried deep in the glacier. Of course, there are also layers of snow that maintain support for various reasons, but that is a conventional danger. Many deaths are caused by unlucky people falling into such glaciers.
At this moment, everyone turned their eyes to Bifang.
Unconsciously, even an experienced guide like Rob had unknowingly regarded Bifang as the backbone.
After all, who can experience an avalanche firsthand and draw lessons from it?
It is a great achievement to survive a natural disaster like avalanche. Even if you survive by chance, you may be left with a lifelong psychological trauma. Only Bifang can have rich "experience" and get good results at the same time.
[Shen Fang, quickly use your invincible wilderness survival experience to think of a solution! ]
[Is this the boss? ]
[Everyone is looking forward to it, a textbook example of self-rescue! This is the wilderness man! ]
Bifang did not answer, but took out an altitude recorder from his pocket, which read 5,874 meters.
"The altitude of Camp 1 is 5943 meters, and the altitude of Base Camp is 5334 meters. We were almost at Camp 1 last night."
After putting away the altitude recorder, Bifang frowned and thought for a moment. He was not alone now. According to his idea, he would not return to the base camp, but go to Camp No. 1 which was closer and safer.
But there are other people around me.
Bifang looked at Jarrett, whose face was red, because his capillaries had dilated due to lack of oxygen; Yao Jun, who kept coughing, might have injured his lungs and trachea; and Attenborough, who was sitting on the ground gasping for breath. Maybe there was no problem temporarily, but his age was a fatal flaw.
In addition, the use of oxygen is also a problem.
Tenzin and Rob don't have to worry too much, as their physical fitness is trustworthy.
After thinking for a moment, Bifang decided that he should ask other people.
"I have a suggestion. I will go to the base camp first and try to rescue other victims along the way. The rescue on Mount Everest is different from the general rescue. It may not start until this afternoon, and it will be too late. So I will go ahead. If any of you can't hold on, come with me and descend a little. Then stay in the base camp and wait for rescue. Tenzing and Norbu can go to Camp 1 first to rescue the people there. I think we may be the group of people in the best physical condition on Mount Everest now."
Observing the terrain and changes around him, Bifang felt that last night's avalanche might have come from a nearby mountain over 7,000 meters high, and Camp No. 1 might also be in trouble.
So far, Bifang and others are undoubtedly the people closest to the disaster area and in normal physical condition. They are the first and only people who successfully rescued themselves from the avalanche.
After playing the altitude recorder for a while, Bifang looked at everyone and said, "Okay, now who wants to go down with me, and who wants to go forward?"
Looking around, everyone looked at each other in confusion.
Jarrett coughed twice and said, "I'll go down with you."
Yao Jun also smiled and said, "Me too. I won't be a burden to you all. Let's go down together and save some people. To be honest, I think it's because I haven't trained and adapted to the situation. If you could adapt in a week, you should have told me earlier."
"I want to go up, ahem." Attenborough looked at everyone and smiled, "What are you looking at me for? Don't you Chinese have a saying that has something to do with sunk costs? I think it's very interesting. It's what you call it."
Bifang laughed: "I'm here now!"
"Yes." Attenborough narrowed his eyes and smiled, "Now that we are here, it's less than a hundred meters. I think it's no problem."
"Whether there is a problem or not is not up to you to decide." Bifang came to the side of the Lord, grabbed his wrist and took his pulse.
Don't get me wrong, although Bifang can call himself a survival expert, he doesn't know any traditional Chinese medicine techniques. He can just simply judge the heartbeat by the pulse.
Attenborough clenched his fists nervously.
"The beating is very stable, but I can only say that there are no major problems so far."
A minute later, Bifang did not refuse the Sir's request.
Just like what Attenborough said, he is a 90-year-old man, and no one and nothing can easily change his mind. Bifang is just a "health consultant."
"Then let's go."
Bifang stood up again, pulled out his trekking pole and inserted it into the snow in front of him. Jarrett and Yao Jun behind him followed closely in the footprints on the snow.
The road ahead is becoming more and more difficult and dangerous.
You might hold yourself back.
Backing off may mean you are a coward.
It could also mean that you take risks very wisely.
Whatever you decide.
In the face of death.
You can't fool yourself.
You will see your true nature clearly.
Maybe you will be blessed with glory, wealth, power and fortune; maybe you will never come back and forever be in the wilderness.
But that's the adventure.
Looking at the Bifang going away, Attenborough stood up and patted the snow on his trouser legs: "Human risk-taking behavior is the product of human evolution."
Tenzin looked at the brave old man curiously, not understanding why he suddenly said such a thing.
Facing Tenzin's curious gaze, Attenborough smiled and said, "This is a theory proposed by a friend of mine at the University of California. He said that humans take risks driven by interests; the more willing they are to take risks, the more likely they are to become stronger."
Tenzing, who had lived under Mount Everest all his life, had no idea what California was, but he understood the words and asked, "Why?"
"He believes that the human habit of pursuing adventure originated in prehistoric times. At that time, there were two major types of primitive people living on the earth." Facing the seekers of knowledge, Attenborough patiently stretched out two fingers and spoke slowly.
"One kind builds nests and settles down, while the other kind dares to go out and explore new places. The settlers mostly stay in their nests, living on the plants and small animals around them, and always being careful. The pioneers roam around, realizing that bold behavior increases the chance of death, but at the same time allows them to find more delicious fruits and more prey."
"In the process of swimming and fighting against the dangerous environment, these people have accumulated rich survival experience, so they can better withstand the harsh test of nature. Compared with the first type of people, they are more adaptable to the environment and can survive better. In addition, they have accumulated rich survival experience and can better withstand the harsh test of nature."
"These more capable doers tended to live longer, raise more children, and thus successfully pass on their genes to the next generation, until they eventually became the dominant species in the human species. So, a love of risk taking is a biological legacy of humanity!"
Most of us ordinary people cannot understand the behavior of these adventurers.
Some people spend their entire lives avoiding danger and problems. They reject the uncertainties in life to make themselves feel safer.
But the theme of some people's lives is to pursue something unknown. They will be full of interest and desire to explore all uncertain things.
Compared with the dangers they endure, the process of conquering these dangers is more meaningful to them.
For most people, this adventurous spirit is incomprehensible. In fact, this incomprehension is more due to different life philosophies.
"Of course, taking risks does not mean being reckless or out of control, nor is it simply seeking excitement. Instead, it means challenging the limits of human beings and doing great things that no one dares to do. It must be a cause that has great significance for mankind, just like the people I just mentioned who brought back more fresh fruits to the tribe. Only those who hold the key are truly powerful people."
After listening to this, Tenzin said seriously: "I think you are also a powerful person."
Attenborough smiled and pulled out his trekking pole.
"Well, gentlemen, it's time for us to get going. Don't look after me just because I'm an old man. To be honest, I always feel like I'm only twenty years old."
