"This is the most beautiful love, you guard Mount Everest, I guard you." Under Mount Everest, in the morning light, in the cold wind, The Seven Forests of Larong, who returned from patrol, received the New Year message from his girlfriend Tserry Baiyong and could no longer hold back the tears in his eyes.
Rahu Qilin, a police officer at the Everest Border Police Station of the Shigatse Border Management Detachment in the Tibet Autonomous Region, accompanied by Everest every day, said: "Our duty is to protect Everest and serve the tourists and people under Mount Everest." ”
Immigration management police at the Everest Border Police Station assemble to patrol the police room of the base camp (photo taken on January 25, 2022). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Tian Jinwen
At 5,200 meters above sea level, the police office at Everest Base Camp has a harsh climate and sometimes strong winds, rolling up sand and flying, and even overturning containers. Walking at the foot of Mount Everest, walking in the rubble, glaciers and ice tallinns, the police patrol about 40 kilometers per patrol, more than 120 times a year.
Immigration Management Police patrols at the Everest Border Police Station. (Photo courtesy of the interviewee)
Chinese New Year's Eve New Year's Eve rescue, helping young people in the middle of the night, retrieving lost tourists who broke into glaciers... Every operation at the Everest Border Police Station is full of challenges. "Where the mission is, where the responsibility is, we are duty-bound!" This is the sincere confession of the police at the Everest Border Police Station.
Everest Border Police Station Immigration Management Police helps tourists rescue vehicles. (Photo courtesy of the interviewee)
"When I came to work in Tibet, my girlfriend encouraged me to come." Growing up in Shangri-La, Yunnan Province, La Rong Qilin said, "My girlfriend is a civil servant, I am an immigration management policeman, and we have agreed to grow and progress together and become each other's backing." Sometimes on video calls, my girlfriend wants to cry when she sees my hard work environment, but she gives me more encouragement and support. ”
Zhao Tianhao and his wife Zhu Jiao pose in front of the Everest Elevation Measurement Monument (taken on January 25, 2022). (Courtesy of the interviewee)
Compared with the mountains and seas of La Rong Qilin and Cili Baiyong, Zhao Tianhao, an instructor at the Tashi Zong Border Police Station at the foot of Mount Everest, successfully reunited with his wife Zhu Jiao during the Spring Festival this year.
"We put our home in Mianyang City, Sichuan Province, and this year I came to accompany him for the Spring Festival." Zhu Jiao said, "The altitude is so high, after I came, the altitude sickness was very uncomfortable, and I also experienced his hardships." ”
In Zhao Tianhao's narration, the acquaintance with Zhu Jiao was a sweet coincidence. "We usually go home less, because my father's friend coincidentally met my wife." Zhao Tianhao said, "When I was not yet married, I told her that I was guarding the border in Tibet and definitely could not accompany you all the time." My wife told me that as long as it is true love, there is no distance. ”
In the 6 years together, Zhu Jiao and Zhao Tianhao had two children. "I make video calls every night, I don't want my children to grow up without an impression of their fathers, I want them to know that their father is the hero who guarded Mount Everest." Zhu Jiao said.
In a few days, it will be his daughter's birthday, Zhao Tianhao can't go back due to work reasons, and Zhu Jiao will rush back to his hometown to accompany his daughter to celebrate her birthday after the Spring Festival. "I took good care of my home so that Tianhao had no worries, which is the greatest support for him." Zhu Jiao said.
Chinese New Year's Eve night, at the foot of Mount Everest. Zhao Tianhao led his brothers to sing Chinese New Year's Eve, and there was a song that he sang to his wife:
"The patrol road covered with ice and snow is our Hatta dedicated to the motherland, and our relatives thousands of miles away are our eternal concern."
There is no patrol road in life, every step counts, there is no wrong love and affection, we all have a number in our hearts..."
Text reporters: Zhai Yongguan, Jin Yiqing, Tian Jinwen
Poster Maker: Tian Jinwen