The Qinling Aotai Line is one of the five most difficult hiking routes in China, with as many as 46 people missing and dying in the past five years. What is so dangerous about it that it can be as forbidden as Coco Ciri? Why is no-man's land exploration so much forbidden?
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > "Aotai line"</h1>
On October 2 this year, Taibai County, Baoji City, Shaanxi Province, received a report from two donkey friends that a companion had been missing for several days on the way across the "Aotai Line." To this day, there has been no news for more than 2 weeks, and I am afraid that it is also a lot of evil. In fact, as early as 2018, Shaanxi had issued a ban on "crossing Aotai", but organizations and donkey friends who secretly climbed the mountain expedition could always try their best to die. Why is this mountaineering route on the Qinling Mountains so magical, attracting countless mountaineering and hiking enthusiasts?
Qinling
Qinling Mountains is the dividing line between the south and the north of China, which has the characteristics of both southern and northern climates, and because the Qinling Mountains stretch 800 kilometers from east to west, they can show different climatic differences between east and west. Therefore, the landscape on Qinling Mountain is also layered, and countless tourists and climbers come here just to take all kinds of scenery into their arms.
However, ordinary people do not have much leisure time to slowly enjoy the scenery on the "Aotai Line". Because this route, located between the two main peaks of the Qinling Mountains, Aoshan Mountain and the Taibai Mountains, is the highest main ridge on the Qinling Mountains, crossing this road is also known as "walking on the Chinese Dragon Ridge". The straight-line distance between the two mountains is more than 40 kilometers, and the actual crossing journey is about 120 kilometers, which takes about 6-7 days to complete, which is still the standard of professionals in the case of no accidents.
Taibai Mountain
Since the average altitude of the "Aotai Line" is about 3500 meters, most of the areas passed by are no man's land, and in the event of an accident or danger, it is possible to die in the wilderness.
Defermia is the leading cause of death among most climbers. Climate change in Qinling has always been said to be "a calendar of four seasons, ten miles of different days". As the highest mountain in the eastern half of China, the Taibai Mountain Range has a very variable air flow activity. When the wind comes, it tends to fog, sometimes accompanied by light rain, which is very similar to "frost falling", and the old people in the mountains are called "white hair wind".
Imagine that you climbed the mountain road for half a day, trying to fight against lack of oxygen and hunger, full of hot sweat, and suddenly the wind blew the temperature at least 10 degrees, and the whole person sat paralyzed like a balloon pierced by a needle, and this sitting was likely to be unable to stand up. Even if you can barely stand up, or even realize the danger and prepare to retreat, do you still have the strength to return to the foot of the mountain after being hungry and cold, and your thighs are cramping? Do not doubt the possibility of such extreme weather, even if the snow is flying in June, it is very common for the Taibai Mountains.
Of course, you would say, I brought a tent and could pause for a break. However, there are many wind outlets on the mountain beams, and the tents are basically impossible to set up when the wind is strong. In such temperature conditions, the fingers are frozen inflexibly, even if you can set up a tent, it will consume a long time, and the heat in the body will be quickly lost. If, within 10 minutes, you can't do a series of actions such as setting up a tent, fixing a tent that can withstand the sixth-level wind, and taking a sleeping bag, it is best not to do it.
In addition, there is a possibility of getting lost in the fog. Even without high winds and cooling, the fog that can't see anything from just 5 meters away can disorient donkeys who are not familiar with the route. After getting lost, you may encounter steep cliffs, you may encounter ferocious wildlife, of course, the most likely thing is that you walk to an area with no signal, because of injuries, hunger, cold and other reasons trapped, it will become a list of missing people. Your most anticipated way to live may be captured by aliens or really travel through time and space, which is of course just a joke from netizens, but it is enough to illustrate the danger of the "Aotai Line".
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > no-man's land in Coco Siri</h1>
For most people, the "Aotai Line" may still be relatively unfamiliar, but when it comes to Coco Xili, I think everyone has heard about it. Coco Xili, together with Changtang, Argin Mountain and Lop Nur, is called the four major uninhabited areas in China, in fact, in a broad sense, because they are almost connected in a line on the map, they can also be collectively called the Changtang no man's land.
Coco Ciri
Coco Ciri means "beautiful girl" in Mongolian, but it also has another, more appropriate nickname - the forbidden area of life, where life refers specifically to human life. Over the past few decades, people who have disappeared on foot across Coco Siri have been reported, is it more dangerous than the "Ao tai line"?
The first thing people who come to Coco Ciri is the fierce wildlife. It is inaccessible, but creatures other than humans grow savagely. During the day you will see a large herd of yaks galloping down the hillside, one of which may come to you, spit in your face with a stinky rough breath, look at you for a long time, and chew a grass root during the time; it is also possible that you suddenly see a brown bear bathing by the river, suffering from extreme lack of oxygen. You will also see sensen white bones, unable to distinguish whether it is left by animals or the ancestors who have set foot here, but it is difficult to avoid imagining their future.
Hiding in a tent at night, you can look up and see the starlight in the sky like it's going to stick to your cheeks, or feel the darkness and loneliness slowly slipping away, or hear the wolf howling in the distance shivering. More often, you are tired and sweaty, collapsing in your tent, feeling the only warmth in the cold night, and you are the only warmth nearby. When I woke up during the day, I walked out of the tent and found that yesterday was still a desert of yellow sand, and today it suddenly became a world of snow. This is Coco Ciri!
< h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > what is the purpose of crossing no man's land? </h1>
Nine deaths, the exploration of no man's land is repeatedly prohibited, whether it is the "Aotai Line" or Coco Xili, what is the temptation of young and hot-blooded hearts? In the eyes of outsiders, this is to send death one after another, and in the eyes of adventure lovers, this is the best way to feel life.
The documentary "Seventy-Seven Days" filmed by Yang Liusong's true events
In the outdoor circle, there is a familiar name - Yang Liusong, he spent 77 days successfully out of the Changtang no man's land including the four uninhabited areas, breaking the world's wilderness survival record, becoming the first person to survive in the global wilderness. The entire amount of belongings he took through no man's land was only 150 pounds, and he rode on a bicycle and pushed all the way. Food is distributed according to the number of days traveled, how much to eat each day is accurate to grams, sometimes there is no water to drink, only to drink their own urine. It was common to look at yaks and brown bears, and confronting wolves with sharp knives was part of his life.
Daily rations of salix pine
In addition to being alive, Yang Liusong can idle, to feel the beating of his heart in this primitive and empty loneliness, to photograph those beautiful and moving wonders that belong to only a few people, to think about the days when his life is worth recalling in the rush of the past. Of course, all these philosophies of life are premised on survival.
Why are many people now opposed to trekking through no man's land? Because not everyone is called Willow Pine!
The "Aotai Line" became one of the highest mortality rates in the country, and Coco Siri was also known worldwide for its high mortality rate. Many people go to no man's land under the pretext of feeling the true meaning of life, but they have not even cultivated a basic sense of survival in the wild, how can people who regard their lives as grass and mustard feel the meaning of life?
How ignorant and fearless it is to not do enough homework for your own mountaineering or adventure destination, lack of professional training, and wear a pair of Nike shoes to feel that you can climb over the mountains! Relying on a momentary spirit and pursuing worldly vanity, such a concept has long deviated from the original intention of outdoor adventure. What's more, some of the trekking adventure teams lack operational qualifications, incite and seduce young people who do not know the truth to participate in them for profit, and as a result, the entire team disappears, harming others and harming themselves.
I hope that those who blindly pursue the so-called meaning of life will understand that living is the original meaning of our lives. For most people, this is an era without exploration, but people can not lack the spirit of exploration. Because ordinary life also has difficulties and obstacles, human fireworks also have five tastes and miscellaneous, crossing no man's land and living a good and ordinary life also requires courage, a brave life, is the most beautiful life in this world.