Section 206
This is the North Col Ice Wall of Mount Everest-
A real natural barrier in the Himalayas!
"Huh--!"
Standing at the bottom of the ice wall, Lu Yu took out his ice axe and climbing rope, looked at the frozen peak at an altitude of 7,000 meters, sighed, and finally took the first step to conquer the natural barrier of Mount Everest!
Chapter 180 A rare scene, French ice climbing technique! (Subscribe, monthly ticket!)
Suspended in the deep blue night sky.
The drone is overlooking this huge ice and snow wall.
In the field of vision, there are thousands of layers of jade, tall and majestic, magnificent.
At an altitude of 6,700-7,028 meters, climbing a nearly vertical ice wall is by no means comparable to ordinary mountaineering!
Here, your endurance, physical strength, oxygen, thinking, consciousness, and even the corresponding sensory system will be affected to varying degrees.
Hiking is still strenuous.
Not to mention ice climbing.
If there is no oxygen throughout the whole process, the difficulty can be imagined!
Compared with the south slope, the north slope is more dangerous!
In the previous life, since the 1920s, the Ying country mountaineering team has tried to climb Mount Everest from the north slope 8 times.
In the process of climbing to the top, they even used light aircraft, but they basically broke down at an altitude of 7,000 to 8,500 meters.
Many people never returned.
There were heavy casualties.
In the end, the Ying people came to the conclusion that "it is impossible for humans to climb Mount Everest from the north slope."
The Ying people failed.
Canadians rushed to die one after another.
The arrogant American mountaineering team was once fascinated by the north wall of Mount Everest and paid a very heavy price.
In the 1970s, Chinese mountaineering team member Wang Hongbao and others also died in an avalanche here.
It can be seen that this ice wall is not a good one!
It has stopped countless people who tried to conquer it!
The slope of the ice wall chosen by Lu Yu is not steep.
The ice layer is not hard either.
The crampons on the hiking shoes can be perfectly embedded to provide strong support.
The next second!
When he raised his ice pick and lifted his foot upward, the live broadcast instantly switched to the first-person perspective.
Looking up from below through the snow and wind.
The dark sky, the clouds are like angry waves, surging.
The huge ice wall is as smooth as a mirror and cold!
It brings not only spiritual shock, but also the danger of avalanches and ice avalanches at any time, as well as the threat of death from falling hundreds of meters!
At this moment, the audience seemed to feel the strength of nature and the insignificance of human beings!
"Oh my god, it's so spectacular!"
"Shocking! A once-in-a-lifetime series!"
"Yu Shen's drone is really awesome, there is actually a signal in this place!"
"Exclusive for the rich!"
"Conservatively estimated to be at least six figures!"
"Not only the drone, his set of ice and snow equipment is probably worth more than one million..."
"It's so terrifying!"
Of course, not only ordinary people, but even some senior geological experts have rarely heard of this scene.
For a long time, people's knowledge and research on the North Col Ice Wall mostly came from geographical documents or satellite images.
No one has ever been so close to this huge monster!
In the live broadcast room of China TV Channel 5.
After a few minutes of silence in the studio, the host Huang Shufan came back to his senses and said with a lingering feeling: "Okay..."
"Dear audience friends, we can now see that he is heading towards the North Col Ice Wall, trying to cross this glacier and move towards 7,000 meters. It is hard to imagine how Lu Yu would conquer this natural barrier!"
"I believe that many viewers in front of the TV, including myself, do not have a thorough understanding of this ice wall, which is only limited to some data pictures. So Academician Li, can you briefly introduce the specific situation of this ice wall to us?"
Sitting next to Huang Shufan is an old scholar wearing deep myopia glasses and a Zhongshan suit. His name is Li Guozhong, and he is the special guest of this Everest program.
Mr. Li is a person with many titles in the Chinese geographical community.
Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
A famous geographer, glaciologist, founder of Chinese glaciology, pioneer of Chinese permafrost and debris flow research, and known as the father of modern Chinese glaciology!
"Academician Li?"
Li Guozhong didn't react until Huang Shufan spoke again.
Old Li frowned, took a deep breath, and said in a deep voice: "Oh, that's it."
"The North Col Ice Wall, also called the 'Everest Ice Wall' in some geographical documents, is located on the north slope of Mount Everest. It is an ice wall formed by the movement of glaciers and the descent of ice and snow."
"Because of the particularity and danger of Mount Everest, our exploration of it has always been stagnant and has made little progress. Most of our knowledge of it comes from some precious historical documents. Up to now, all related surveying and mapping work has been completed by satellite imaging."
When speaking, Old Li's expression was extremely complicated, and his excitement was beyond words.
"To be honest, after so many years of working in geology, this is the first time I have come into close contact with this glacier. It is really shocking..." Li Guozhong adjusted his glasses on the bridge of his nose and sighed:
"From a scientific research perspective, the video data from this live broadcast will definitely play a decisive role in the future study of Mount Everest! In my lifetime, I can see humans challenge this 8,000-meter snow mountain. As a geologist, I am very excited. This scene is really rare..."
As he spoke, Mr. Li was eager to move, and a very complex light burst out in his eyes.
...
Bang!
The moment the ice pick fell, ice flowers scattered and fell on his cheeks.
Then, Lu Yu raised his left foot and kicked forward!
The sharp crampon teeth on the tip of the shoe instantly bit the ice layer firmly.
Then, he followed the climbing concept of three-point fixation and one-point movement, shifted his center of gravity again, and used the French ice climbing technique that was very popular in his previous life!
In the live broadcast, Lu Yu sometimes used an ice pick to open the way.
Sometimes he used his hands and feet at the same time.
Sometimes he hit an ice spike.
Sometimes he used the climbing rope around his waist to tie up the protruding ice buds...
All the technical movements were smooth and done in one go!
The connection is natural, smooth and picturesque, very skilled!
Soon, a zigzag route was left on the steep ice wall!
If you are not a professional, you may not be able to see the doorway here, and just think that this kind of ice climbing, which is similar to freehand rock climbing, is very ornamental.
But in fact, it is not the case.
Ice climbing at high altitudes requires not only technical support, but also a strong physique as support.
Both are indispensable.
It can even be said that the difficulty coefficient and degree of danger of ice climbing on the north wall are not as good as climbing Huashan alone.
Because here, in addition to facing the psychological pressure brought by the huge drop, climbers must also suffer from the torture of the high-altitude environment at all times!
Yanjing.
National Mountaineering Team!
Looking at Lu Yu's French ice climbing, the team members were shocked, and everyone was bright and excited!
Before this, when they climbed some snow-capped mountains, the ice climbing techniques they used were very rough.
Many times, they would also use ascenders to climb.
There is no technical content at all.
But the ice climbing technique used by Lu Yu is different!
This is a superb technique they have never seen before!
Even the mountaineering masters such as Captain Wang knew it, but they didn't know why, and they were surprised and confused!
For a moment, Lu Yu's actions seemed to open a door to a new world for them, causing everyone to be amazed!
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National climbing team.
In the lounge.
A group of climbers were talking and whispering about what had just happened!