Today, I listened to Mr. Jin Feibao’s lecture, and I have a lot of feelings. He ran 7 continents marathons in 7 days and challenged the highest peaks on 7 continents + the North and South Pole. When listening to these incredible experiences, I repeatedly replayed in my mind what I saw many years ago. The documentary "MERU".
The story is simply that of three world-class climbers, Jimmy Chin, Conrad Anker and Renan Ozturk, who challenged the "shark fin" of Mount Meru.
By the way, here is a popular science: Meru, 6310 meters above sea level, located in India, the source of the Ganges, the starting point of the Indian Sea Cliffs, and one of the few unconquered peaks in the Himalayas. The summit "shark fin" looks less like a mountain and more like a wall, with a 1,500-foot (457.2-meter) granite blade piercing the 20,000-foot sky. The climbing route of the three people mixes complex conditions such as ice, snow, rocks, and elevation eaves. What's more difficult is that each person's luggage weighs about 200 pounds (90.72 kg), which can only be resisted by the climbers themselves. On a vertical cliff - I'm afraid no one likes spending the night suspended a thousand feet (304.8 m) above the ground. Due to the inability to obtain supplies in time during the climbing process, the moment when the food runs out is the day when the expedition ends.
There are too many shocking places in the movie. For the sake of not spoiling the spoiler, I will only share one. Renan, one of the three team members, suffered an accidental fall from a cliff during a commercial skiing shoot, with a fractured skull and cervical vertebrae. Fractures, vertebral artery rupture, the injury is very serious. Doctors said that even if Renan survived, there was a 90 percent chance he would never be able to stand again. However, after his miraculous recovery, he stood up again, just to climb Meru again. The biggest difficulty was to solve the problem of insufficient blood supply to the brain caused by the fracture of the cervical spine.
Against the sky of the universe and the Milky Way against the backdrop, Mount Meru is suffocatingly beautiful, and although the three faint light spots on the mountain wall are small, they are enough to shock the hearts of every viewer. I don't cry easily, but this moment is different.
On February 11, 2016, my wife and I successfully climbed the first snow-capped mountain in our life, Jiaozi Snow Mountain. Although it is only 4223 meters above sea level, it is very difficult to climb to the top. It is a test of physical strength, perseverance and courage. In addition to the great physical exertion of walking 20 kilometers under altitude sickness, part of the dangerous trestle road to the top was buried by heavy snow. The railing that was more than half a meter high was only exposed by 10cm. The snow was very slippery and there were cliffs on both sides...
At that time, my daughter-in-law and I discussed whether to climb to the top at the foot of the sedan chair, because we had almost no physical strength at that time, and the wind was too heavy and the snow was too thick, so the danger was very high. I looked at the top of the sedan chair and said, if I don't climb to the top today, I will definitely regret it very much. We rested for half an hour before finally making up our minds to reach the summit. Part of the climb to the top was almost buried by heavy snow, and there were cliffs on both sides. We carefully "climbed" over it with all four limbs... I never thought of these situations before. I thought there was nothing wrong with the high level of development of Jiaozi Snow Mountain, but it was really very important at the time. Danger. And due to lack of physical strength, my brain was almost blank during the whole process of climbing to the top. Fortunately, I finally reached the top and returned safely.
Although 2 years have passed, I still have lingering fears in retrospect... My daughter-in-law is a great daughter-in-law, she never said a word of tiredness, and supported me in completing a naive and dangerous decision. I would never put her at risk again, never.
Here I remind you guys that when the wind and snow is too heavy, don't take the risk to climb to the top, no joke.
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