Since the previous phases of the Sanjiangyuan + Kriya Ancient Road through the line, are my own in the belt, I found that most of the team members have a little opinion on the Lancang River source of this day itinerary arrangement, often 20 hours a day + travel time, replaced by my own team members will also have opinions, twice rushed to Zaduo County, the sky has been dark. Therefore, I decided that the Trip to Sanjiangyuan during the National Day Tour should be slightly adjusted when going to the Lancang River.
The Lancang River itinerary in August crosses many unknown rivers and swamps
According to the original itinerary, we got up in the morning from Zhiduo County, passed through Zahe Township, through an unknown high-altitude swamp, to the source of the Lancang River, generally took about 12 hours, six or seven o'clock in the afternoon to reach the Lancang River source monument, if everything goes well, at one or two o'clock in the morning can rush to Zaduo County, if not smooth, it may be five or six o'clock in the morning to Zaduo. In view of the fact that most of the team members take the trip of Sanjiangyuan, it is for the sake of the Sanjiang Zhengyuan punch card, so I changed the itinerary to come out from the source of the Yellow River to Maduo County, no longer rush to Zhiduo County through the first bay of the Yangtze River, but from Maduo to take the Xili Expressway or 214 National Highway, through Yushu, Onsai Grand Canyon to Zaduo County, from Zaduo County directly to the source of the Lancang River, so that although the road back is a little more, but compared to the 560 kilometers of Zhiduo - lancang river source - zaduo, The mileage of Zaduo- the source of the Lancang River - Zaduo is only about 440 kilometers, and there is no high-altitude swamp road section that is easy to get stuck, the overall road conditions are more ideal, after the adjustment, I estimate that 12-14 hours can travel from Zaduo County to the source of the Lancang River.
In August, the Lancang River trip is trapped in the swamp
With this enigmatic confidence, I informed the team members to get up at eight o'clock tomorrow morning, have breakfast on the second floor of the hotel at 8:30, and pack up at nine o'clock and officially leave the hotel. Most of the team members are old outdoor team members who have been walking with us for many years, and they know a little bit about the source of the Lancang River that is famous in the off-road circle, and they look at me very confusedly: Didn't they all leave at six o'clock in the morning in the past? Why did we change this issue to nine o'clock?
Monument to the source of the Lancang River in August
I said confidently: the line has been optimized, the time has been adjusted, and we will strive to return to Zaduo County for dinner before dark tomorrow!
The last time we set off from Zhiduo county to the source of the Lancang River did save a lot of time, the last time we set off from Zhiduo in August to reach the Sancha Junction fifty kilometers away from the source of the Lancang River was more than five o'clock in the afternoon, and that time we still set off at six o'clock in the morning; and this time we set off at nine o'clock and arrived at the Three Forks Road at twelve o'clock at noon. I and the team members are in a good mood, the team members who drive lx570, they have something to go back to deal with at home, so I hope to go out early today, and they have to rush back overnight. At lunch, the 570 big brother patted me on the shoulder and said: Xiao Yong Brother Ha, think of a way to leave early today, my car trunk is still pulling a box of Maotai, if you return to the county at ten o'clock at night, I will send you a bottle of Maotai, every hour in advance to the county, I will send you an extra bottle. I smiled and wondered in my heart whether I would have a chance to leave all his box of Maotai at once. Facial expressions should also be as calm as possible: I try hard.
Head to the first major river at the source of the Lancang River
A few minutes after lunch, the first problem of leaving the three forks of the road appeared: there was no road, and it was necessary to cross the unknown depth of the river. More than half of the people who want to go to the source of the Lancang River are blocked by this rushing river from crossing the dream of crossing the source of the three rivers. I have walked through this big river several times, and I am not afraid of the rainy season and night wear, let alone the autumn equivalent of the dry water period now, under my command, six of our cars quickly found the crossing point and crossed the river safely.
After crossing the river, travel about 25 kilometers along the roadbed sandy road, and after crossing the river again, the rest is almost all the bad road that crosses the river and passes through the swamp continuously. In my previous experience, we needed to prepare for this last stretch of road for 2-3 hours, but today it snowed a lot and added some uncertainty to our trip.
After crossing the river for the second time, not long after going forward, a simple fence gate blocked our way, which is often seen on our travel routes, these tourists rarely visit the niche travel routes, some Tibetans take the way of herding, in order to prevent their livestock from running around or other wild animal attacks, they will use cloth strips or wire to temporarily seal a door on the road, when passing, get off the car to untie, after the vehicle passes, and then help people to close the door again. We didn't walk a few kilometers after passing the first fence gate, we encountered the second fence gate, so high frequency of Tibetan fence gate I still encountered for the first time, when I went down to untie the cloth, three Tibetan boys ran out of nowhere, told us: Go further is the Lancang River source scenic spot, if you go in, you have to buy a ticket.
300 of the winch is required
I laughed: Boy, don't you guys talk to me! I've been to this place many times and never bought a ticket. The Tibetan boy said to me very seriously: Then you have made up the tickets for the previous few times!
I quickly asked how do you sell this ticket? The young man asked me: Since you have been here several times, are you walking from the mountain or from the water? I said what does this have to do with tickets? The Tibetan boy said: If you walk from the mountain and do not pollute the water source, then you can put it directly in without buying a ticket; if you walk along the water source and intersperse the upstream river, you must buy a ticket, a hundred yuan a car.
Tank 300 that performed well
300 tanks that need to be rescued
I do know that there is a fork in the road a few kilometers further, the left hand can follow the ridge line to the source of the Lancang River, the right hand road is closer, there are many people, from the river channel directly through. I asked the Tibetan boy, if we tell you to go up the mountain, but in fact we walk the river, then you will not charge us the ticket. The young man shook his head and said, "That's not okay, there are satellites in the sky monitoring it." I pointed to the snowing clouds and told the boys: Today the clouds are thick and the satellites can't see them. However, we still paid the tibetan boy the ticket money according to one hundred yuan per car, because I felt that in order to change Moutai in a hurry, we must take the river, and we can't lose big because of small.
After handing over the money, the Tibetan boys told me that before us today there were two convoys passing by them, three cars and six cars, which had been in for three or four hours and had not come out, so please help us pay attention when we went in, and if you can help, help.
The road to the source of the Lancang River is still somewhat challenging
Two wild yaks watched us silently
Leaving the toll point, I began to ponder what they said to me, these two convoys entered the source of the Lancang River three or four hours earlier than us, then they should have departed from Zaduo County at five or six o'clock this morning, this road can come out in two or three hours normally, but they have not come out in three or four hours, the ridge line of the road is not known to few people, the route track known to the outside world is almost all the conventional route through the river, and their two groups of people and horses must also be taking the river route. Comprehensive judgment: They must have been in trouble with the regular river route, otherwise they would not have been delayed in it for so long, so I made a bold decision: to change the ridgeline that we usually do not take, although we paid for the river.
After an hour of arduous progress along the ridgeline, pressing the snow that had just fallen, at a small mountain pass, the snow was too thick and the vehicles were seriously skidded, and several of our cars could not return to the traditional river crossing line. Several cars in the convoy fell into the car one after another, and even the light of the domestic goods that had performed well before, the tank 300, accidentally fell into the turbulent water, and I had to put on the leather pants I did not want to wear and go down to the river to rescue. About two or three kilometers from the source of the Lancang River, we first met the first convoy of three cars, who told us that the snow in front of us was too thick to pass, and they simply gave up, persuading us to give up with them. I said there is not much distance ahead, even if you go, you can walk before dark, and it is a pity that you give up like this. They shook their heads, sighed, or retreated.
The snow on the ridgeline is a bit heavy
More than a kilometer further, we met the second group of six Tule convoys, and they told us that although we could see the source monument by turning a corner in front of us, the last few hundred meters of snow were too thick, and they had to turn around and go back after taking pictures. When giving way to them, 570 accidentally paddled into the river on the side of the road, and we had to divide the team into two teams: a group of 570 who stayed behind to rescue the trapped car, and a group of people who walked to the source monument of the Lancang River hundreds of meters away.
Wearing leather pants, he arrived at the source of the Lancang River
Fortunately, the monument at the source of the Lancang River is more obvious in the middle of the mountainside, and we can go straight with a clear goal. In just a few hundred meters, we walked for almost an hour, and finally arrived at the Lancang River Source Monument, the most difficult to reach in the trip of the Three Rivers. Take a photo, punch a card, quickly retreat to the same way, return to the confluence point and find that the rescue of 570 is still continuing, and with the joint efforts of everyone, the work of rescue 570 is finally completed. The team began to return, it was already more than eight o'clock in the evening, and it seemed that my Moutai was out of touch with me after all.
Hike to the source of the Lancang River
570 trapped a few hundred meters before the finish line
Because it was national day, it was dark relatively early, it was already about eleven o'clock in the evening when I returned to the big river in front of the three forks, and it was already four o'clock in the morning when I returned to Zaduo County, which was far from my previous itinerary time, fortunately, the team members had a certain psychological preparation before leaving, and no one scolded me for going too far. I asked the hotel front desk, before we were there two groups of people back to the hotel to check in, the front desk lady rubbed her confused eyes and nodded yes, I asked them when they came back? The little sister said about half an hour earlier than you.
Summary afterwards: Even from Zaduo County to the source of the Lancang River, it is best to rush early and not late, try to choose six or seven o'clock in the morning to start, if everything goes well, there is no problem in the choice of the line, four hours from Zaduo to the three forks, five hours from the three forks to the source of the Lancang River, and then spend four hours from the three forks to return to the Zaduo County, then the probability is that you can return to the Zaduo County before the day is completely dark, so as to avoid the night road, the safety and customer experience of the entire trip will be greatly improved.
Crossing rivers at night is still more dangerous
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