Guodeng team.
In the lounge.
A group of mountaineering team members had a lot of discussions and whispered to discuss what had just happened!
For them who often use the riser to level the ice wall, it is really unimaginable, why this person can walk on the ice wall very smoothly with only some basic equipment!
Incredible!
It's incredible...
"How did he do that?"
"so amazing!"
"What is Lu Yu's origin?"
"I don't know, but it's a real cow!"
"I go..."
In the previous life, French ice climbing technology was considered to be a relatively advanced modern ice climbing technology.
It can minimize the fatigue of climbers.
Improve climbing efficiency.
The complete set of technology has two distinct ways of traveling.
One is the flat step.
One is the front kick.
Right now, after a period of ascent, the **** of the ice wall exceeds 45 degrees, and the ice layer is gradually hardening, so Lu Yu gave up the flat step of the French climbing.
Instead, use the "front kick" to travel on the ice wall!
The front kick, as the name implies, is to kick on the ice wall with your toes and use the front end of the crampons to bite the ice.
It is more difficult to control the center of gravity than the forward step type.
However, because he has mastered mountaineering skills, Lu Yu can still make the crampons sharply bite the ice surface during the climbing process.
When shifting the center of gravity, the feet can be kept stable.
These details seem nothing.
But without the help of climbing ropes and risers, if you don't have a strong physical foundation, this way of traveling can't support it for long.
After crawling forward for a while, Lu Yu crawled halfway on the ice wall and gasped:
"This is my own set of ice climbing techniques, which can adapt to various slopes of ice, saving time and effort."
"There are two ways, a flat step and a front kick."
"This is to climb many ice walls, and two basic techniques are used. Which one you use depends on the steepness of the slope, the condition of the ice surface, the technical ability, and your confidence."
"In addition to the way of traveling, it should be noted that when using ice and snow, you must be courageous, try to focus your attention on climbing itself. Of course, courage does not mean rashness. It is a kind of self-confidence, a skill, only through Long-term hard work and continuous increase in training length and difficulty can be obtained."
"Ice climbing requires tireless enthusiasm!"
Tireless passion!
That's right.
Ice climbing requires enthusiasm!
Because it is a very exciting sport, combining the ever-changing climbing objects and the cold environment that challenges your body and mind in all directions!
Only in this way can the climber conquer one glacier after another and stand at the culmination of that longing.
Time passed by one minute and one second. With the steady elevation of the altitude, the temperature around the four sides has approached minus 15 degrees.
The snow is also getting bigger.
The ice underneath is getting harder and harder.
It takes a lot of force to make crampons and ice axes fit into the freezing point suitable for climbing.
Come and go, physical exertion is great.
At the current speed, it takes at least two hours to climb to 7000 meters.
The premise is that no accidents can occur in the middle, otherwise the time will have to double again.
Because the ice layer is too hard, the role of crampons began to be limited. In order not to let himself fall from a height of 6800 meters, Lu Yu had to stop!
Facing the wind and snow, he faced the camera and gasped: "The ice here is so hard that it is hard to imagine!"
With a shout, Lu Yu raised his toes and kicked hard against the ice wall, stabilizing the center of gravity: "It takes more effort than usual before crampons can bite in."
"It doesn't matter in a short time, but if the time is long, the crampons' teeth may break at any time. If it suddenly fails during the climb, the consequences are really unimaginable!"
"So, I have to find a way to solve this problem..."
For the earliest alpine climbers, ice cutting is the only technique available when climbing steep ice and hard snow.
The equipment is simple and the operation is convenient. In the ancient times without crampons, the ice-cutting stage was the most commonly used primitive technology for human ice climbing.
Waving the ice axe in his hand, Lu Yu kept hitting the ice with it, seemingly looking for something.
"It's not bad here."
Choosing a position, he knelt down on the ground and smashed the ice, saying:
"After the crampons were invented, many climbers hardly used the technique of "cutting ice steps", but at some times, cutting ice steps is still a very practical skill."
"Especially when it encounters hard ice or when crampons fail!"
"Now, I want to cut a step here to relieve the burden on my crampons."
There are roughly two ways to cut the ice rank.
The first is the ice stage parallel to the ground.
Use the flat head of the ice axe to swing horizontally.
Mostly used in snow.
The second is a bit more complicated, and is perpendicular to the ice.
Use the pickaxe of the ice axe to dig out the steps like a small grid.
In order to ensure safety, on the steep ice surface, it is best to use the second method, so as to ensure the cramping of the crampons to the fullest depth.
After thinking of it, Lu Yu first used a climbing rope to wrap a piece of dark brown rock with a strong sense of exposure, and pierced a figure eight loop at the end to make it grab the body.
He then tied the ice axe to his wrist with a wrist strap.
In doing so, it not only helps to support the hand that is contributing, but also avoids losing the ice axe when it is lost.
"At this time, the wristband comes in handy. It can effectively avoid swinging the ice axe when cutting the ice level. Don't think this is a minutiae. You really have to lose the ice axe. You will be left forever. On this ice wall."
Re-finding the rhythm of progress, Lu Yu cut the ice steps on the ice wall and slowly rose.
About half an hour later, the altitude reached a new height, and finally reached 6900 meters.
In the darkness, the peak of the Bei'ao ice wall finally appeared in front of us.
It's a huge ice wall with 90 degrees vertical!
"Continue upwards, that is the last part of the North Col ice wall."
"The snow is getting bigger and bigger, and the visibility is getting lower and lower. I don't know if you can see clearly. This section of road is really very steep, almost close to 90 degrees even if there is a road rope Next, most of the climbers will be dissuaded."
Waving the ice axe, Lu Yu chiseled two small depressions in his hand.
Then he grabbed it by hand, stuck it on the ice, and breathed frantically.
The ice wall is like a mirror, you can almost see your face.
Lifting his head, Lu Yu glanced upward again, and said after a while: "This is the environmental boundary of Mount Everest. There is a huge difference between 7000 meters and 7000 meters. The most intuitive feeling is the wind meeting. If it gets bigger, the temperature will break through minus 20 degrees, which is absolutely beyond your imagination..."
Staring at the summit intently, Lu Yu adjusted his mind and was ready to continue.
It can be in the next second.
The top of the ice wall seems to boil suddenly!
Immediately afterwards, the countless snow fell like crazy, squirting thinly from above and rushing to the sky!