Recently, a 26-year-old outdoor sports enthusiast with the screen name "Star Bud" was unfortunately killed in the process of crossing the "Aotai Line", and on the morning of February 21, his teammates found that he was unfortunately killed in a tent. There is a lot of discussion about the causes of death in the network, including inability to temperature, disease onset, high reflex, and lack of oxygen caused by a fire in the tent.
On the afternoon of February 24, the Tianmu News reporter contacted the policeman Cheng Xiucai, and at about 14:00, he breathlessly said, "The snow on the mountain is 80cm deep, and it is transporting 'star buds' down the mountain." About two hours later, after he came down the mountain, he told reporters, "In the tent, 'Star Bud' was wearing down jackets and pants, which should not have died due to loss of temperature, but more likely to be an attack of disease." "But the specific reasons still need to be officially announced."
"Star Bud" has published recruitment posts
Play solo for a long time
"Star Bud" recruitment post screenshot
At 12 o'clock on February 8 this year, "Star Bud" posted on the 8264.com that "in late February, Dong Ao Tai recruited outdoor experienced donkey friends", and on February 19, Baoji gathered and entered the mountain on the 20th. There is no leader in the activity, no team, please have the ability to complete this route and withdraw independently. She wrote about her outdoor experiences, reloading AA: Wusun Hot Spring Line, Wolf Pagoda cv, Guokala North and South, Bogda, etc.; reloading solo: Meili Waichuan, Kula Gangri, Nian Qingdong, He Nian Ta Weng, Meili North Slope, Aden ZhuanShan, Ge Nie, Gongga, Everest East Slope, Shisha Bangma, Badain Jarin Central Line, etc.
At 5:32 on February 20, "Star Bud" wrote in the circle of friends: "Into the mountains ... There is something to leave a message. It was also her last circle of friends. Cheng Xiucai said that according to the expression of his teammates, a group of five people arrived at the target camp at 5 p.m. on the 20th as planned, and helped each other set up tents, and then due to heavy snowfall, they each returned to the tent to eat and rest.
At 7 a.m. the next morning, the "Star Bud" teammates found him dead in a tent. Subsequently, because his teammates had stayed in a homestay run by Cheng Xiucai, they called his WeChat phone number and asked him to help call the police. "At that time, the phone was full of electric currents, the signal was not good, and I didn't say much." Cheng Xiucai said.
"Star Bud" is a girl born in 95 years, love to climb mountains, love to write poetry, she has many high-altitude and arduous hiking experience, most of her is completed alone, the reporter found from the trajectory of the user "Star Bud" in the two-step outdoor assistant APP, she has long played solo, often hiking alone.
Most of the "Star Buds" are single-player hikes screenshots
At the end of 2019, the leader of an outdoor activity in Beijing, "Black and White", met Xingya, and he told reporters that all the activities he organized, "Xingya", would come to participate. "Even if she misses it sometimes, she will go to make-up classes and communicate with her when it is done." "Black and White" said that whether she participates in activities or takes a long line, she likes to walk alone, because her ability is relatively strong, ordinary people can't keep up, and she has basically walked through the high-altitude long line in China.
"Our activities are long journeys, large amount of activities, high ability requirements, the average person can not complete the whole process, like her top, is capable of completing the whole process, our team is generally divided into ABCD, she is the A team level." "Black and White" told reporters that she participated in the short-term activities organized by her to prepare for the long-term line, and her interest was still high-altitude long-distance hiking.
"Star Bud" is more likely to have a sudden disease
Be well prepared before you go
In the early hours of this morning, Cheng Xiucai and his friends of "Xingya" set off to the "Aotai Line" to transport the "Xingya" down the mountain. Cheng Xiucai told reporters that when her teammates found the "star bud" that morning, she was sitting on the ground, the stove had been extinguished, and the half pot of water in the pot on the stove had frozen into ice. "She is wearing this down jacket and pants, and the possibility of losing her temperature is unlikely, and it is more likely that she will suddenly fall ill."
"Black and White" also said, "It may not be caused by the loss of temperature, because the teammates are also camped nearby, and there is no case of temperature loss." They analyzed that she used a borrowed tent, which may not be familiar, the tent is relatively well closed, cooking in the tent, do not know whether it is lack of oxygen or carbon monoxide poisoning, or suddenly have a physical illness, and now have to wait for the official conclusion.
Through the hiking log of "Star Bud", "Black and White" learned that she had gone to a mountain of similar altitude for equipment testing before setting off, and her ability was no problem, and she must have been fully prepared.
It is reported that the parents of "Star Bud" have arrived at the scene of the incident, she is the only daughter in the family, and her parents are very distressed. "Such an excellent daughter, her mother has been repeating, how can she always be disobedient." Cheng Xiucai said.
According to the China Poetry Network, "Xingya", whose real name is Rao Jia, was born in southern Anhui in 1995, studied in Ningbo in 2013, studied poetry in the same year, and traveled to Beijing before the accident. His works have been published in periodicals and magazines such as Poetry Journal, Mangzhong, and Youth Literature. He won the 25th Rougang Poetry Award, the 5th Guanghua Poetry Award, and published the poetry collection "Animal Alien Zhi Collection".
Experts say that the "Ao Tai Crossing" takes at least 5 days
There were hundreds of people on the line on the day of the "Star Bud" accident
The Aotai Line is a route that runs between the Aoshan Mountains and the Taibai Mountains in the Qinling Mountains, and is also the highest section of the main ridge of the Qinling Mountains, with a large distance of more than 3,000 meters above sea level.
Since its release in 2002, the Aotai Line has become a fascinating place in the hearts of donkey friends and is regarded as one of the "Top Ten Ultimate Routes for outdoors".
Xue Hao, a member of the China Exploration Association, told Tianmu News that the main risk points of the "Aotai Line" are seasonal risks and supply difficulties. If the physical fitness is relatively strong, it also takes at least 5 days, the whole process is not supplied, especially the water supply, so many people choose the winter and rainy season two time points to go, the purpose is to bring less water roads, to prevent excessive physical consumption.
The data also shows that the difficulty of this route crossing is not only that it needs to cross no man's land for a long time and cannot be supplied, but also that it needs to cross more than a dozen high-altitude peaks at an altitude of more than 3400 meters on the way, and the climate is changeable and the road conditions are complex, and the entire crossing process is mostly walking between the stone seas formed by the remains of glaciers, and it is very dangerous to encounter bad weather.
"In the adventure circle, such a route is like Mount Everest, a sacred place in the hearts of donkey friends." Xue Hao believes that this is also why tens of thousands of people want to "cross over" every year. According to the information learned by the association, hundreds of people hiked on the "Aotai Line" on the day of the "Star Bud" accident.
According to the "China Aotai Crossing Accident Investigation Report", in recent years, the incidence of Aotai Line crossing accidents is showing an upward trend year by year, from 2012 to the summer of 2017, less than five years, there have been a total of 46 missing and dead donkey friends. On October 18, 2018, the MeiXian People's Government and the Taibai County People's Government jointly issued an announcement reiterating the ban on the "Aotai Crossing" activity. Compared with previous announcements, this announcement is more severely worded, and the illegal crossing activities of "all units or individuals" are completely prohibited.
The announcement said that once the units or individuals who violate the regulations are investigated and punished, they will be punished in strict accordance with the "Regulations of the People's Republic of China on Nature Reserves" and other relevant laws and regulations, and the units or individuals that cause serious damage to the natural resources and ecological environment of the protected areas due to illegal crossing activities will be dealt with in accordance with relevant laws and regulations until criminal responsibility is pursued. For accidents such as personal injury or death caused by illegal crossing activities, the responsibility shall be borne by the unit or individual who organized the illegal crossing activity. However, the ban still cannot stop the pace of the donkey friends' adventures, and during the May Day period in 2021 alone, there were 3 donkey crossing accidents on the "Aotai Line", resulting in a total of 2 deaths; on June 1, 2021, a donkey friend who had been missing in Qinling for 27 days was confirmed to be killed.
Xue Hao believes that at present, there are no specific penalties for "Ao Tai Crossing", the punishment boundaries are blurred, and there is no basis and standard for punishment. "Because every year there are still tens of thousands of people who want to cross Aotai. From our point of view, it is better to be forbidden than to manage, for example, in the entrance and exit of the mountain pass, the design of supply channels can provide paid services; can also provide horse teams, guides, in case of getting lost due to unfamiliarity with the line; or set up funds for the use of the line for rescue use..."
"From the perspective of the China Exploration Association, it is more important to pay attention to what should be done before it happens." Xue Hao said, "We want to let our self-considered senior donkey friends do more professional training, through systematic learning, enrich knowledge and skills, to supplement the shortcomings, more capable of handling some things, to prevent negligence due to personal empiricism; but also want to coordinate with the government, set up a special rescue station, like Everest's base camp, to prevent more casualties." ”