As the car drove further and further into the countryside, Chen Xing knew that it was driving directly to the winter camp under the Otana Snow Mountain, but he was still a little worried.
I checked my phone and saw that it still had 60% battery.
Huawei mobile phone has a function that is very practical for travelers like Chen Xing, and that is to quickly dial the emergency number.
Find Security in Settings, click SOS Emergency Assistance, and there is a button to automatically dial the help number by pressing the power button five times.
As long as the emergency contact is set as the alarm phone number, you can quickly call the police.
There is another function that is also very practical. It is also in the security area. There is an emergency warning center, where you can turn on the earthquake warning, so that you will receive the message before the earthquake wave comes and reserve time for escape.
As a native of Sichuan Province, Chen Xing was already numb to earthquakes, but if he knew in advance that he was facing a magnitude 5 or 6 earthquake, he would still be willing to take action.
Chen Xing was only chatty with beautiful women, and he really didn’t know what to talk about when facing a big man like Chen Zhibing. Fortunately, Chen Zhibing had been a coach for several years, and Chen Xing was very interested in the mountaineering stories he told. This made the two of them grow up together. There are no lulls in the journey of time.
Their destination was... near the San'ao Snow Mountain Base Camp.
As a private mountaineering company, of course they cooperate with snow mountain camps, but compared to tourists starting from Sanao Snow Mountain Base Camp, they are safer, charge higher, and provide better services.
Two hours later, the trees on the roadside were already covered with hoarfrost, and there were deep and shallow accumulations of white snow on the roadside.
The house has also become a completely different style.
Chen Xing looked at the buildings outside the window and asked, "Coach Chen, are these houses outside inhabited by Tibetans?"
"Yes, we have many such B&Bs here. If you are not used to living in our dormitory, or are interested in these B&Bs, you can stay there for two days."
"Yeah." He agreed.
Of course he was going to stay one night, which was a bonus.
The car quickly stopped in a place that looked like a park. There was white snow everywhere, as if we were already in a snow-capped mountain. However, the surrounding trees and green plants still looked a bit like a snow-capped mountain park.
After Chen Zhibing got off the car, he introduced to Chen Xing: "Brother, the bungalow over there is our dormitory. There are two people per room, but the bedrooms are all separate, with independent bathrooms and air conditioning. The venue over there is for training. Yes, there is also a gymnasium.”
"Practice? Gym?"
"Well, many people who sign up are not strong enough and have poor physical fitness, so climbing will be very difficult. Don't forget that Otana is only five thousand meters, but not everyone can climb it. As the altitude increases, everyone will climb. Every extra meter makes climbing a mountain more difficult.”
Chen Xing had just arrived and before he decided whether he wanted to participate in this training camp, Chen Zhibing took him to the gym to have a look.
There were already people inside. Twelve or three students were sitting cross-legged on the ground. There was a female instructor standing in front of them, talking about some mountaineering knowledge.
Chen Zhibing whispered to Chen Xing: "The people who sign up for our training camp are all new mountain climbers like you, so there are many precautions and taboos that I have to tell you in advance, but the more important ones are physical training and the selection of mountaineering equipment. "
The cost of this training camp including equipment is 23,000 yuan. Chen Xing read the comments from netizens and said that the equipment is worth more than 10,000 yuan.
This more than 10,000 yuan includes assault suits, gloves, socks, hats, snow gloves, trekking poles, hiking shoes, water bottles and snow goggles, as well as some special equipment for snow mountain climbing. I don’t recognize many of Chen Xing’s names, but there are many good reviews online, so even if I lose money, I won’t lose much.
"You can wander around here. If you are sure you want to join us, just send me a WeChat message or tell the female coach in front of you. Her surname is Wu, Wu Chunchun."
"Okay, thank you."
"It should, it should, we don't refund the deposit anyway."
Chen Zhibing smiled and shook hands with Chen Xing, went up to say hello to Coach Wu who was giving the lecture, and left.
Coach Wu said to the students:
"have a rest."
The students sitting cross-legged below stood up in a swarm. Chen Xing saw that the people inside included elegant uncles in their forties wearing glasses, and young-looking girls in their twenties. The composition was relatively complicated, but the girls were quite strong. Many, five in total.
Several people walked towards Chen Xing, including the man with glasses who looked like a civil servant.
"Are you here to sign up for mountain climbing too?"
"Yes." Chen Xing nodded and said, "Hello, how long have you been here?"
"I came yesterday."
"It's been a few days."
"I just arrived in the morning and it feels quite formal..."
Someone suddenly changed the subject and said: "Hey, how old do you think the female coach named Wu is? She looks very young and has climbed Mount Everest?"
"You don't even know her? She has written a book. In 2019, her mountaineering team encountered an avalanche when going down a snowy mountain. She was the only one to survive. She is a very powerful person. You can read "Extreme" written by her. Look, it’s quite beautiful.”
The person who spoke was a girl. She was very excited when she mentioned this. She might be a fan of Coach Wu.
Chen Xing held his hands and listened for a long time, then asked: "Did you come here after reading that book? Is there an advertisement in the book?"
"No, I came here after seeing the news on her Weibo. I wanted to try what it feels like to climb a snow mountain."
He is indeed a fan.
"I also want to try the feeling of climbing a snow-capped mountain." The uncle said with a smile.
After chatting for a while, we felt that they were quite interesting, so we introduced each other.
The uncle who looked like a civil servant was really a civil servant. He was the deputy director of a small county, and his name was Lu Yan. The young man who is very interested in Coach Wu is named Qi Zhixin, and the girl who is a fan is named Mu Qing. They have just graduated from college and have not yet joined the workforce.
I guess my family is not short of money. It costs 23,000 to register here. Plus the occasional money, I will definitely not be able to stop this trip without 30,000.
"Chen Xing, photographer."
"Wow, photographer?" the fan girl said in surprise, "Then can we give you the commemorative photos after we reach the summit?"
"No problem." Chen Xing shrugged.
Lu Yan was curious about why everyone chose to climb the mountain, so he asked, and then he spoke first:
“When I was young, I collected stamps. I had a set of commemorative stamps from the Chinese mountaineering team’s first ascent of Mount Everest on May 25, 1960. I don’t know why, but the bodies of those team members connected by a safety rope particularly shocked me. I guess this It’s what many people call a heroic plot now. During that time, I was climbing mountains in my dreams.”
"Brother, you came very late." Qi Zhixin blurted out.
Mu Qing said: "I wanted to try it because I liked the book written by Coach Wu."
Chen Xing raised his camera.
"To take a nice photo."
He is just a photographer and has no idea of climbing to the top to make money.
