Today is a very painful day for the running circle. On the 22nd, the Yellow River Stone Forest Mountain Marathon 100-kilometer Cross-country Race held in the Yellow River Stone Forest Scenic Area in Baiyin City, Gansu Province, encountered disastrous weather, the temperature plummeted, the participants were unwell, the temperature was lost, and some participants lost contact, and the race stopped. So far, it has been reported that 21 people have been confirmed dead, and some of them are missing.
Early in the morning, friends and family called me one by one, worried about my safety. Because I often participate in mountaineering activities, then run marathons, then ride alone in China, and also participate in cross-country running.
I have been backpacking since 2004, often carrying a dozen kilograms of bags on weekends, going to those wild roads to cross, camping in the low clouds far away from the crowds. In recent years, I have participated in trail running, but I am a participant in the middle distance. This circle has been concerned for a long time, and it will hear and contact many outdoor accidents.
The earliest was the death of a donkey friend in Qingliangfeng, Zhejiang. At that time, in the outdoor circle, the issue of mutual trust and rescue between people in an environment far from the city was how a person should face himself and nature. Later, there was a case of several friends in Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, tracing the lanxi river under the typhoon, and it seems that some people were also killed. What everyone lamented in that incident is that nature is not always wind and snow, the wind is light, and going to outdoor activities is not to meet handsome men and beautiful women, talk about love. Before departure, the necessary strategy and plan should be carried, and the equipment that must be brought should be brought, and it is necessary to recognize the encouragement when the natural tantrum is lost. There are always some people who are young, not afraid of heaven, not afraid of anything, and rush into the whirlpool of nature. Weather forecasts, evacuation routes, and equipment should be carefully considered. Some event organizers are afraid of nothing because they have some experience. Some inexperienced people rely on organizers, lack common sense of field activities, and have no ability to help themselves. Especially some girls, usually delicate, are fooled by boys to go, encounter things, men can not save them, they can not save themselves, can only die Huangquan.
Later, there was a tall man in the mill, a boy who liked solo, who disappeared in Xinjiang. The boy also attended an event in Zhoushan, Zhejiang Province, with me and a close friend. At that time, I was in the car reading an outdoor book in English, which was a very thick book, a wilderness survival book. Unfortunately, I never saw it again.
16 years to stay up too crossed, personally experienced a loss of temperature. The danger of the Route is not the absolute difficulty of the high altitude and high anti-collision route, but the unpredictable climate. At that time, I participated in an outdoor club activity in Xi'an, and when I set out to take pictures together, there were about a few hundred people on different routes. The weather was fine when I crossed, so I didn't pay much attention to the weather. Later, one afternoon, just walked to a resting place to wait for people, about 3 p.m. encountered a sudden hail and heavy rain, immediately set up a tent, and then found that the temperature plummeted, the body quickly became cold. I took off my damp clothes, put on all my dry clothes, wrapped my sleeping bag, lit the stove and drank a large bowl of vegetable soup before slowly warming up. People who have not experienced hypothermia do not feel what it is. The feeling of blood clotting all over my body in an instant was terrifying! Later, over the Nine Stone Sea and other places, the huge stone mountain was also extremely shocking. Fortunately, there was no rain or other extreme weather, otherwise it would be easy to fall down on the slippery boulder, and then if the rescue was not timely, there would be an accident. Although I came out of the mountain safely, my heart palpitated. I would rather pay homage to this sacred mountain with a pious reverence. Nature is mysterious, either powerful enough to cope with it or far enough away from him.
These outdoor accidents occur almost every year, and the lesson of blood has never flinched.
Later, riding 318, I also paid attention to cycling accidents on this road. A year before the ride 318, there were several riders in my outdoor forum who teamed up to ride the Sichuan-Tibet Line. There was an amateur road bike league female rider who fell on the way down the mountain, resulting in a serious head injury, and the insurance company sent a helicopter to take it back to Chengdu and treated it for a long time before recovering. When I came home from my ride, some riders rushed off the road, fell off a cliff, and fell into the billowing river. Highway 318 is the hub of Tibet to Sichuan, and there are many large vehicles and private cars. Car accidents and high reactions are the most likely causes of accidents.
I remember that I crossed the Haizi Mountain without paying attention to the windproof, and I have been coughing, but it is good to take cold medicine immediately, otherwise the pulmonary edema is serious or death. Looking back on the ride along the way, there are a few places where I am still afraid. The first is the downhill slope of Donggula Mountain. It was not easy to go up the mountain to the pass, a few handsome guys went down the mountain early, I wanted to wait for the people behind me to walk together, waited for ten minutes with frozen hands and feet, the sky was about to get dark, in the fear of the night, a person rode down the mountain to Bomi. I was alone along the way, and some sections of the road were steep and steep, and the brakes did not dare to loosen. It was getting dark, and I thought, if I had slackened a little bit and people had fallen directly below the cliff, no one would have known. Tongmai is dangerous, the road is broken and narrow, cycling is good, driving is too dangerous. That section flipped over a lot of cars to the billowing river.
In 2019, I participated in a trail running event on Mount Yala, and the participants all arrived at the starting point, said nothing the night before, and suddenly cancelled the activity the next day. It was said that the logistics of the event were not well organized, there may be weather problems, and in order to prevent accidents, the game had to be stopped. At that time, many people were very angry, and many of them came from other places on leave of absence. Later, the organizers returned all the money. The organizer himself was a coastal man, lacked a minimum understanding of the highland environment, did not cooperate with the locals, did not find enough volunteers, did not procure enough food, and could not guarantee enough food at preset supply points. In retrospect, the organizers were so bold and the local government was so irresponsible that they approved the unprepared campaign. Fortunately, the organizers still have a little conscience, let the activity be terminated, and also refunded the money. If it really goes on schedule, perhaps the accident is the friend who stayed up late to run at this event.
In 19 years, he participated in the Deep Outdoor Yellow Dragon Trail Run and encountered heavy rain. Fortunately, I only participated in 40 kilometers, which was relatively difficult and could be completed on the same day. However, many sections of the road were blocked by rain on that day and had to wade through the water. Later, looking at the 60 km and 100 km groups, it is more dangerous to encounter heavy rains to cool down and pass through a raging river. Fortunately, the organizers have logisticians to ensure the safety of the contestants and adequate supplies.
In the 20th national day, continue to participate in the 60-kilometer group of the Huanglong cross-country run, the result was that it had been raining in the Songpan area before the National Day, the road was particularly wet and slippery, and there was a sudden snowfall in the morning on the day of the race. At 5 o'clock in the morning, I saw a few runners wearing shorts and short sleeves, and I don't know if they had warm clothes. The mouth of the Songpan Plateau is white, and it is easy to react and cool down. There are several sections along the way that may be steeper in normal times, but after rain and snow, it is even more dangerous! Look at the traces of dirt, there are many people who have fallen here.
Fortunately, I was a little diarrhea that day, my physical strength was not enough, I did not finish the race, directly gave up the back of the road, and walked slowly to see the scenery. Even so, there were a few falls. If you desperately run forward in order to complete the race, it will greatly increase the danger. During the game, I heard that several girls fell into the cold water, so cold! Later I thought about it very scary! There were a lot of strongmen who withdrew that day. There are also many people who are two-day competitions, and the warm clothes are stored at fixed points during the competition. I looked at the photos released by the organizers of the competition, and many people shivered cold at the supply point, soaked their feet, drank soup, wrapped warm clothes, and finally recovered.
After the game, the strongmen who completed the game were in the group, causing a burst of revelry. I was a little uncomfortable! In this case, the organizer has an obligation to remind everyone how to cope with bad weather and mandatory pre-race inspection of equipment. It's a responsibility to accurately share weather information and dissuade some of the underprepared people in a timely manner! Especially for novices who lack highland trail running, those dangers can be fatal! For the participants, being fully prepared before the game is also a kind of responsibility for themselves.
This kind of accident has made this outdoor circle cold, originally affected by the 2020 epidemic, marathons and other sports have been greatly impacted, and it is difficult to go out to play in 2021, and as a result, I heard this bad news. My various outdoor groups are retweeting this news, which makes me feel a lot of emotion.
For me, a soy sauce bottle that focuses on participation and mainly looks at the scenery, it is really difficult to understand the idea of strongmen pursuing speed and ranking. Since the lack of physical ability, so that I have not had any ideas to rely on the organizers, bring enough warm clothes and food, balance physical fitness and challenge, no one asks me, I have not pursued excellence, so I can also save my life, maybe more often than not just my own luck.
I think the reason why trail running or mountain marathons are more attractive than urban marathons is that they are a kind of wisdom and balance. In addition to the competition of speed and physical fitness, it is more necessary for a person to have the ability to cope with complex geographical environments and climate change. Considering the sudden change in climate that has not been encountered in decades, although it will make people feel alarmist, it can indeed save lives at critical times.
We go to these outdoor activities and competitions to live better, not to finish. It's like climbing Mount Everest, even if it's the last hundred meters, it's time to retreat. Life is especially there, the mountains are not far away, and life is gone, everything will disappear.
I don't know what to say. If I had participated, I don't think I'd be much better. As the saying goes, "I often walk by the river and have to get my feet wet." In front of nature, human beings are small, and we can't predict when she suddenly loses her temper and makes people disappear in an instant. Be careful to make the Ship of Ten Thousand Years, and those who can get a good death are the ones who are cautious and cautious every time they go out, careful and careful.
Outdoor activities, facing nature, and rubbing shoulders with accidents again and again, let me have a more and more intense feeling, death has always come quietly.
Such a big disaster, the victims are all professionals in their youth, how desperate they should be before they die! As a runner, I can only mourn for them! Please also ask people who do not participate in the run to stay in Germany.
