In July 1998, a villager found the relics of 17 mountaineers from seven years earlier while grazing at the Merry Snow Mountain Ranch. There was a diary in the pile of relics, and the contents of the diary were very strange.
"Night is coming, they're coming, we're wrong, save me..." The diary began scribbling a few days before the climbers' accident, recording it without a preface.
So why were the victims' relics found 7 years later? What happened to the 17 climbers before they were killed? What are they afraid of?
In July 1998, a villager in Mingyong Village, at the foot of meili snow mountain in Deqin County, Yunnan Province, was grazing on a pasture at an altitude of 3,800 meters, when he saw in the distance what should have been a white snow mountain in the distance.
The villagers could not resist the curiosity in their hearts and went to the colorful place to find out. When they got closer, the villagers found that something was wrong, the colorful things were some worn-out clothes and diaries, cameras and so on, and there was a pile of white bones under the clothes, and those white bones did not look like the animal bones that the villagers had seen.
The villagers guessed that someone must have died here, so they rushed back to the village to inform the village chief.
"The village chief saw a bunch of colorful things in the distance when I was grazing on the pasture, and I couldn't help but look at it, as if someone had died there, and the clothes didn't look like our own people."
When the village chief heard the villagers' words, he pondered for a while and then muttered to himself, "Not from my own ethnic group, no foreign person has ever come to this mountain in recent years, and it seems that the souls of those people seven years ago were released..."
So the village chief hurriedly contacted the county, and soon the county authorities sent investigators to check the pile of things.
"It's human bones, it should be the relics of the team that died seven years ago." Professionals identified these items as belonging to the 17 mountaineers who died seven years ago.
Among the relics are the mountaineering uniforms of that year, as well as cameras, some mountaineering equipment, and diaries, etc., and a total of 20 bags have been sorted out. The diary was something that everyone was curious about, and the deaths of 17 climbers made everyone wonder what happened to them at that time.
Eight years ago, in December 1990, when 17 mountaineering teams composed of China and Japan came to the mysterious place of Meili Snow Mountain.
As early as 1986, Japan, which had already challenged all the mountains in its country, turned its attention to the mountains of China. So Japan's mountaineering association sent an application to China to challenge the Summit of Mt. Meri, which no one had yet successfully climbed. In order to show the customs and customs of the world, the mainland approved Japan's application.
According to the diary, there is the following story:
When the mountaineering team first arrived at the Meili Snow Mountain, it was warmly received by the local people, who thought they had come to conduct scientific research.
"You're welcome, these are our local specialties, you can eat them as you please." The local village chief greeted him warmly.
The climbers were flattered, did not expect the local villagers to be so enthusiastic, so they expressed their gratitude one by one: "Thank you, thank you!" ”
The village chief looked at what they were carrying and asked doubtfully, "But do you need to bring so much equipment for scientific research?" ”
Song Zhiyi, the leader of the Chinese mountaineering team, said with a smile after hearing this: "Village chief, do you think we are engaged in scientific research like this?" We're here to climb the mountain. ”
After the village chief heard Song Zhiyi's words, his expression suddenly became serious, and the villagers around him also put away their kind and friendly eyes, replaced by vigilance and precaution.
"Which mountain?" The village chief asked.
Song Zhiyi did not perceive the change in the surrounding atmosphere and replied: "What other mountain can the village chief ask, of course, is the Meili Snow Mountain that has not yet been climbed." ”
As soon as these words were said, the villagers all stood up and said solemnly, "No, AnikaVagebo is a sacred mountain, and you can't go there." ”
It turns out that the highest peak of the Merry Snow Mountain, also called Kawagbo Peak, is sacred in the local area, and they do not allow anyone to disturb it.
Captain Song Zhiyi did not know that there was such a layer of meaning, so he asked, "Why?" ”
"Because Kawagebo is not inviolable, if someone steps on it it will alarm the patron saint and our whole place will suffer, in other words, are you willing to let your relatives be trampled under their feet?" The village chief said solemnly.
Captain Song Zhiyi did not expect that mountain climbing would cause so much opposition from the local villagers, but there was no way, this was their task, they had to complete it.
After being blocked by the villagers for a few days, the mountaineering team still insisted on climbing the mountain, and held a departure ceremony at the Feilai Temple opposite the Meili Snow Mountain. The 17 mountaineers, including captain Song Zhiyi, are all bound to win the mountaineering mission.
Unexpectedly, however, after the mountaineers set out, 20,000 Tibetan villagers gathered at the foot of the mountain to curse them: "Apparition of the Anika Wagbo Sacred Mountain, punish those ignorant people, use your divine power..."
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The climbers didn't take the villagers' curse to heart, they just thought it was just the beliefs of the villagers, and it was no big deal. However, what happened afterwards surprised people, and no one expected that the 17 climbers really felt like they were cursed, and none of them survived.
The climbers climbed hard all the way and successfully established a base camp at an altitude of 3500 meters, and the stationing of the base camp greatly boosted the morale of the climbers.
After a short rest, the climbers continued to climb upwards non-stop, and successively established Camp One and Camp Two, preparing to go to Camp Three.
However, there was a disagreement between the Chinese and Japanese teams at the location of Camp No. 3, the Chinese side said that it would be stationed farther away from the ridge to avoid an avalanche, while the Japanese side said that it would save the physical strength of the team members and stationed on the ridge, and finally after discussion and exchange, it had to station Camp No. 3 in the middle of the place said by the Chinese and Japanese sides, that is, the place where the snow mountain was 5100 meters above sea level.
After camp three was stationed, the members of the mountaineering team discussed and divided the team into two groups, one group of 11 people stationed at camp three, and the other group of five people formed a commando team led by Song Zhiping to continue climbing.
The commando team stationed Camp Four at an altitude of 5,900 meters, and the location of Camp Four was built in front of a large ice wall at the insistence of the Japanese climbers.
After camping camp no. 4 on December 28, 1990, the weather was clear, and Song Zhiping and his team decided to climb the summit. However, at 11:30 a.m. that day, when climbing to an altitude of 6200 meters, the weather suddenly changed drastically, the clouds were thick, and the climbers regretted that they were less than 300 meters away from the summit and could not continue to move forward.
"It's almost time to reach the top, do we want to continue?" A teammate shouted in the snow and wind.
"This snow will not stop for a while and a half, let's go back first!" Because the wind and snow were too strong, they could only hear each other by shouting.
For safety reasons, several people had to stop their advance and return to Camp Four. Although due to weather reasons, several people could not continue to climb the summit, but still broke the record for the highest climb of Meili Snow Mountain.
So after returning to Camp Four, Song Zhiping used a walkie-talkie to tell the members of Camp Three the good news: "We are about to succeed, and when this blizzard passes, we will be able to reach the peak." ”
The five people waited for a long time in Camp No. 4, observed the weather changes, and found that the wind and snow were getting heavier and heavier, and there was no intention of stopping at all, Song Zhiping saw that the situation was not right, so he quickly contacted the team members of Camp No. 3: "Seeing that the wind and snow are getting bigger and bigger, we estimate that we are going to withdraw." ”
"But it's about to reach the top, and it would be a pity to withdraw now." A Japanese member of Camp Three said.
"Then we'll wait, we really can't do it, we'll just retreat." Song Zhiping continued to observe the weather after speaking.
As the wind and snow grew heavier, Song Zhiping was sure that if he waited any longer, the five people would definitely encounter an accident, so at four o'clock in the afternoon, Song Zhiping directly led four team members to begin to evacuate to Camp Three.
The wind and snow hit their faces like sand, and the wind was blowing wildly, and they walked hard in the wind and snow, and did not stop briefly until ten o'clock in the evening, and did not return to camp three until eleven o'clock in the evening.
"How's it going that you're all right?" The members of Camp Three asked when they saw them return.
"It's all right, almost can't come back. It was so weird that we were about to climb to the top of the mountain, but I didn't think that a sudden snowstorm had fallen, and I didn't stop, and we began to retreat at four o'clock, and the wind cut like a knife in the face. Song Zhiping shared with the team members what happened on the way back.
"Just come back safely, take a break." Several people in Camp Three quickly took the equipment of the five people and gave them a good rest.
By the middle of the night, the tents of Camp Three had been half buried in the snow, and everyone was huddled together to rest, when suddenly the voices of women and babies came from outside the tents, and many figures were printed on the tents.
"Am I hallucinating?" One of the team members said in horror.
"I heard it too, and there were figures outside," said another member of the team in fear.
"Don't panic, it must be an illusion, don't panic." Although Song Zhiping was also scared, he still rationally comforted his teammates. In this way, everyone spent the night of the 28th in fear, and the next morning someone recalled the experience of the previous night.
"What happened last night, it's too scary, this place, there can't be women and babies, and there are so many shadows all at once, we should not encounter something unclean." 」 A teammate recalled last night's experience with a look of horror on his face.
"Don't be fooled, it's all fake, maybe last night was too cold, we all hallucinated collectively, everyone is awake, we have to take turns cleaning up the snow outside the tent." Song Zhiping interrupted everyone's reverie and led them to clear the snow outside.
"Looking at the weather, when will we be able to start again?" After clearing the snow outside the tent, Song Zhiping asked Professor Inoue, a Japanese meteorological expert.
Professor Inoue looked at the satellite map in his hand and looked up at the snow outside and said, "On the first day of January, it is a joy to climb to the top on the first day of the new year!" ”
So everyone was so excited that they began to prepare for the summit plan for January 1, and they were all excited. However, as if the heavens were joking with them, the weather was still bad on January 1, and it was impossible to venture to the summit.
"This ghost weather, it seems that today we have to give up the summit." Song Zhiping said to everyone.
"I just studied it, no, I will board again on January 6th, first slow down for a few days, and when the wind and snow have completely passed in these days, it will be too late to leave."
The only female member of the climbing team that night suddenly had a high fever and kept repeating in her mouth: "Coming, they are coming, when there is time, I want to go home." ”
"What's coming?" Wake up quickly, don't sleep. Song Zhiping kept calling out to the female teammates, but the female teammates did not react, did not respond.
The next day, after the women's team was friendly, they couldn't remember what they said, and everyone was confused when the female teammates were high fever and fever, and they didn't take it seriously when they said nonsense.
On the evening of January 3, everyone opened the walkie-talkie in their hands and got in touch with the staff of the base camp because they were bored.
"These days are like years, and I want to climb to the top of the mountain every day." A teammate said.
"It also has to be safe to climb, so take the opportunity to rest for a few days, recharge your batteries, and then go up." Minister of Administration Chen Shangren said comfortingly.
Suddenly a noisy voice appeared on the intercom at the same time: "What is that, temple?" Impossible..." The words were interrupted before the signal was finished.
Chen Shangren shouted a few more times at the walkie-talkie: "Hey, hey, are you still here?" The other party did not hear back, Chen Shangren thought that the signal was not good again, and he did not think much about it and went to sleep.
On the other side, Song Zhiping did not know what they saw, panicked, and a team member wrote urgently in his diary: "They came, they came, we know that we are wrong, save me..."
The diary came to an abrupt end on the night of January 3, and no one knew what they had experienced that night.
On the morning of January 4, Zhang Jun, the liaison officer at the base camp, found that something was wrong, usually the team members did not get up late, why there was no movement at all today, none of the 17 walkie-talkies could be contacted.
When Zhang Jun called Chen Shangren and the two of them to find a higher place with a telescope to look at Camp No. 3, but that place was already white, and there was no trace of Camp No. 3 at all, the two deduced that there was an avalanche last night based on the obvious faults on the mountain.
So quickly contacted the relevant departments of Deqin County, Deqin County reported to Kunming, after layers of contact and reported to Beijing, after getting the news, the departments began to assign rescue teams to the rescue.
At that time, the Tibetan mountaineering team also immediately took action and rushed to go, and Japan also sent a rescue team, so the chinese and Japanese rescue teams searched on the Meili Snow Mountain without any results.
On January 22, the relevant parts combined with the terrain and harsh environment of Meili Snow Mountain deduced that 17 mountaineers had no possibility of survival, plus Meili Snow Mountain immediately entered winter, in order to ensure the safety of rescuers, 17 mountaineers were announced to be killed.
This time, the Meili Snow Mountain Disaster was listed as the second largest mountain disaster in the world, which added a sense of mystery to the Meili Snow Mountain, and the Tibetan people also firmly believed in their beliefs, believing that Kawagebo was their sacred mountain.
In 1997, the Mountaineering Team of Todo University in Japan announced that it would permanently abandon climbing The Meri Snow Mountain, and in 2001 the mainland also issued a ban on climbing the Meili Snow Mountain. The bizarre experience of the 17 victims is still an unsolved mystery, what do you think about this?