If 2017 is to be scratched hard on my bucket list, there is no doubt that the September trip to Ali, Tibet is. In my sixties, I followed the Paratroopers Outdoor Club to walk a trip to the Great Northern Route of Ali, which was quite a relief and a source of pride for me. The 16 days of "being in hell, heart in heaven" are unforgettable, and I have no regrets.
First, Lhasa
Tibet has been a dream for a long time, and there are many stories on the streets of Lhasa. The air on the snowy plateau is thin. Inside and outside the walls of the Potala Palace, people are streaming in. Buddhist pilgrimage, praying and praying for blessings, long kowtow. Barkhor Street on the Great Showa Temple, believers often one after another. There are still some people who have a fluttering coat, and they are also fond of traveling in the clouds.
It's the second time I've been to Lhasa. For me, turning the Potala Palace is a very important thing. I like the solemnity of the palace and the chic architecture, looking up at it will have respect and joy. Outside the walls of the palace is a constant flow of people, turning people from morning to night. Most of the long kowtow are Tibetans, I do not know where they come from, in the pilgrimage on the road for how long. It is not uncommon for people to walk on the road for a year, as in the movie "Gonzaga". The once-in-a-lifetime pilgrimage is perhaps more important to them than life. The old, the children, the young and the strong ...... Whenever their bodies prostrate at that moment, there is always something that touches me. In them I saw the power of faith and how piety can overcome humility . During the days in Lhasa, I often went to turn the Bugong alone. Looking up at the Pagoda walking silently, the heart is infused with indescribable joy.
Second, the Everest base camp
(a) Mount Everest
Everest standing in front of the eyes, and no arrogance overlooking the crowd. It's hard to get close to it, but it's a brave man's heart to reach the summit.
In the daytime, I looked at the Himalayas from afar, and the white rolling hills and valleys made my heart yearn for more. When I arrived at the foot of Mount Everest, it was already evening. He was chilly, the sunset has returned. But the magic is: in the dimming of the surrounding, a touch of gold but firmly fixed in the body of Mount Everest, for a long time never leave. That moment made up for the regret of not seeing the sun shining on Mount Everest the next morning. We gazed in silence at the world's first peak. Standing at a height of 5200 meters above sea level looking up at Mount Everest, 8848 meters does not seem to imagine so high.
(B) Everest Base Camp night sky
Everest is hidden in the dark night, the vast sea is a starry sky. The sky is so dense and infinite that the Milky Way has become invisible. The diamonds are shining brightly, and the depths of the universe are suspected to be a black hole. I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to get a good look at it, but I'm sure I'm going to be able to get a good look at it.
The darkness of the night, outside the tent, we are wearing a thick chill looking up at the starry sky. The starry sky that I saw at that time was a luxury that I had never experienced in my life, as deep as the sea, and as bright as a diamond. The small and large shimmers were mesmerizing. More stars are still shy, hazily glowing white, as if some parts of the sky are covered with a white veil. In the confusion, there was a moment when I could not see where the Milky Way was. Because of the high altitude, not only do you see a lot of planets, many galaxies at low altitudes are also visible at this time.
Everest base camp at an altitude of 5200 meters, the outdoor cold, with the starlight of the cold has been running into the body, people can not fight. I had to disappear into my tent to rest after a few moments of standing and gazing. However, the night was sleepless, chest pressure, deep breathing does not help. In the middle of the night, some people got up to take headache medicine, sitting for a while and lying down for a while. Occasionally someone out of the tent toilet, crowded tent like a large flock of sheep, but did not go wrong. This night most people are showing different degrees of altitude sickness. To endure to dawn, the outdoor gradually heard the sound of people, footsteps broken, the morning of Everest came.
(3) Everest in the morning
Perfection is always unattainable, and the cold and cloudy morning did not allow us to see the sun shining on Mount Everest. The team assembled early and hurried down the mountain. The first time I saw this, it was a very good time, and I'm sure I'll be able to see it again soon.
Third, the Gonzales
Remote view of the towering auspicious clouds cover, close to the end of the square landing birth. The first thing you need to do is to get a good look at the body, and then you'll be surprised by the soul. The first thing you need to do is to get a good look at the mountain, and you can see that it's a sacred mountain. The first thing you need to do is to get your hands on some of the most popular products and services in the world.
Since the movie "Gonzaga" was released, this sacred mountain for more and more people know. It is a Buddhist, Bengali, Hindu *** with the pilgrimage, over the centuries, countless Chinese and foreign believers to pilgrimage. In recent years has increased the number of tourists. How many people's dream is to turn a circle in this life! So that all teammates engraved not only the shock of the sacred mountain itself, but also in two days to turn the mountain to experience the ultimate challenge. Usually, we don't know that there is such a huge potential buried in our bodies, and when the faith and will are sublimated to the extreme, the energy of everyone's body is really amazing. Through bravery and hard work, everyone witnessed a different version of themselves.
On the second day of the trek, my teammates bravely followed the leader, Xiaofan, at 5am in the dark, rainy and snowy weather. This way they experienced hardships and tribulations beyond prior imagination. The highest mountain pass 5700 meters, 31 kilometers long-distance, serious consumption of their physical strength, a great test of their will. And all the people who set out eventually reached the end of the line, some have been walking to the dark. Miracles were created. The baptism of the heart was not easy to come by, and each of them was a hero. I and a few other older teammates did not complete the second day's transect; we were self-aware and calmly accepted the difference that age makes. But we were still satisfied that the first day's transits were enough to be gratifying. Walking 22 kilometers on a plateau ranging from 4,700 to 4,900 meters was already a miracle in this life. My backpack was carried by my backpacker, but he was nowhere to be seen since 12 noon, and the water cup was in the backpack. I didn't have a drop of water for the next 6 hours. My legs no longer belonged to me after the walk.
The journey to the mountain was a great shock and shock. The wild and coarse gravel of Ali's landforms made me realize what the great wilderness is. The individual human being is as small as a grain of sand under the sky. But the people on the pilgrimage road are endless, showing the strong faith and determination of mankind. Some of them have their families with them, and some of them walk alone. In most of the time, I was alone in this vast world slowly walking alone. At that moment, I was enjoying the quietness of the silhouette, as if I was talking to myself and the world. In the rugged mountain road, from time to time to see the long kowtow pilgrims. They are in the dusty and meticulous, persistent forward. Devoutly prostrate, stand up, and prostrate again. On the side of the road, I saw a small agricultural vehicle with a spread and a tent. The young male owner was pudgy, and in the vehicle sat women and children. I don't know where this family is from and how long they have been on the road.
And Gonzapozi mountain, from a distance to see it that towering into the clouds of the dignified stature, to gradually approach him, until the corner of it suddenly shocked in front of, that shock is not only thrilling, instantly all my feelings are stagnant, I was seized by the soul of the child. It is really a mountain of God ah! He is only 6638 meters high, we stand close to 5000 meters. However, it is so shocking. The body is white, no loftiness, it is easy and extraordinary, surrounded by an ineffable light of compassion and holiness.
Four, Zada Tulin
Ancient myths are still alive today, the amazing Tulin Great Lake rise. Mangang all hard soil, a intention to the far like galloping. A thousand gorges and ravines have become barriers, and the jagged array is a journey. The earth towers and pillars stand in a group, and the earth fortresses show their might. The gold and blue splendor is splendid, and the ceremonial style is magnificent. The first thing you need to do is to get the best out of your car and get the best out of your car.
It is desolate to the extreme, but also beautiful to the extreme. If you say this is another planet, I will believe. Forms like here have everything, palaces, castles, armies, galloping horses, forests, giants ...... However, it is frozen in time and space. The golden hue is suspiciously like loess, but it is not. What a great lake millions of years ago! The lake was also once green with grass and animals living in a subtropical forest-steppe climate. However, the sea has changed, in the Himalayas in the orogenic movement in the lake basin is rising, the water level line decreasing. Water rushing grinding, wind and rain erosion, ghostly work, natural carving ...... jaw-dropping, dazzling spectacle of the Tulin turned out to be the bottom of the lake sedimentary strata ah!
Five, the ruins of the Guge dynasty
Guge dynasty seven hundred years, the splendor of Tibet West. There is also an oasis around the castle, the revival of Buddhism based on the ground. Seventeenth century overnight, 100,000 people no trace. The yellow sand is spread all over the sky, and the setting sun shines on the ruins of the ruins. Thousands of years of caves no one sleeps, how much history has become a mystery. The old fortress is empty and nostalgic, and the world is silent.
In the present-day ruins of the Guge Dynasty, still visible caves, temples, pagodas, towers, the remains of the Royal Palace ...... those well-preserved Buddhist murals is amazingly brilliant. Once ancient civilization and the wisdom of skilled craftsmen is breathtaking. And all this was ruined by a war. The strife started between brothers, the king's brother colluded with foreign enemies to attack the Guge Castle, a war that wiped out a powerful nation. One hundred thousand people were left unaccounted for, and there was no news of their descendants. For three long centuries thereafter, it was unknown that such a country and civilization had ever existed.
In the setting sun, I stood at the top of the Guge Dynasty and looked around, a large cloud cover, the clouds seem to fly like running. All around the earth forest silence. Guge dynasty was slope-shaped, the palace at the top, 300 meters from the ground. Although the remains of the wall but vaguely see the day of the king's power, overlooking the situation of oil. Far and near the soil forest have become guards. At the moment I just stay, thousands of feelings but not voice. Alas! Qiankun rotates, the river and mountain floating, the passer-by is gone.
Six, snowy mountains and glaciers
Universal flood force, left behind between heaven and earth. Tibet more myths, fantasies have a thousand. The snowy mountains are connected to a line, meandering all the way through. The snowy peaks are like clusters of snowy peaks, and the sun shines on the cold light. Ancient glaciers, standing ten million years. The changes in the world are so great that you can't stop at this day.
The snow-capped mountains and glaciers. Ten million years of the world's absolute beauty. If the snow-capped mountains are commonplace all the way across the Ali Great Northern Route, then going to Puno Gangri Glacier is a special experience. This is known as the third largest glacier in the world, in addition to the South Pole and the North Pole, and is also known as the world's third pole and the largest glacier in the latitude. The foot of the glacier where we stood was 5400 meters. Along the way, the temperature was low, the wind and snow were slushy, and the road was bumpy, as if we had entered the winter mountains in the north. Our caravan is all weathered.
Seven, plateau lakes
Could it be that the creation of favor, countless lakes on the plateau. Thousands of blue and green convergence of this, calling people indescribable. Sheep Zhuo gentle and beautiful, posture graceful and graceful. Pei Ku Ruo coquettish pearl, quiet leisure elegant pleasant. Layang is also wild and angry, the waves beat the shore like snow. When Yogyakarta broad and deep, the sacred lake does not let Dangren. Zhari Namco morning sun, cloud shadow thousands of wandering. Namu evening sunlight, such as burning, snow mountain silent help. Clear waves into the eyes, pure silk into the heart. I would rather be like a mistake again and again, until I miss this life.
Tibetan lakes (Tibetan known as "wrong") most of the magnificent and silent, as much as the heavenly maiden scattered flowers. Although only blue-green, but the color is not exhaustive description, the wave is even better than the emerald, how many lakes have how many differences, the beauty is not like all the earth. Ali trip we passed countless beautiful wrong, including the three sacred lakes of Tibet: Yamdrok, Marbunyongtso, Namucuo. Every time you stand at the lake, just hate time can not stay long.
Eight, the sky overhanging the clouds
The sky overhanging the clouds cloud pressure top, the four walls together heaven and earth heavy. I'm not going to be able to do that, but I'm going to be able to do it, and I'm going to be able to do it. The sky is so blue that it is covered with cotton, and the clouds are so dark and deep. This body is like a dream trip, not to be an immortal in vain.
The sky in Tibet is always blue, and the white clouds in the sky are ever-changing and wonderful. In the five thousand meters of the plateau on the car, the eyes will meet the clouds. If all the way accompanied by snowy mountains and lakes, then never leave is the cloud. I like clouds the most in my life, and my heart is swirling for this. Along the way the deepest impression of a photo on the day with the text: how to describe my ecstasy? Off-road vehicle like a reined-in wild horse rushed up a high hillock. At 5000 meters on the plateau, surrounded by clouds, in front of the clouds, clean white clouds like a huge embrace gently covered me, I immersed in which do not want to break free. My young teammate Qianqian turned up a piece of wild music that she couldn't name to the maximum volume, accompanied by a dusty off-road vehicle leaping and running wildly in the clouds. The first time I saw this, it was a very good time for me to go back to the office.
Nine, the sky road is long
The roof of the world in Tibet, the roof is high in Ali. Li Bai has a poem "difficult road to Sichuan", Ali no one has who knows? Since ancient times, Ali is difficult to travel on the road, building the road is also like building a ladder. I don't know how to sweat, the plateau is vast and oxygen is scarce. After dozens of years of hardship, the hero created a miracle by building the road. Once the myth of the sky road is broken, the avenue alone through the sky.
Ali's highway is definitely a big landscape. I've never seen such a beautiful highway. It's not that the highway has any peculiarities, but in a world that is so desolate, there is only this straight or winding highway. Our eyes followed the highway straight up to the sky, as if we could walk up to the sky if we kept walking like this. In addition to the wildlife we encountered, we were the only people in the group. Haha! At that moment, the sky and the earth were all ours. On such a road, the heart is relaxed to the extreme. Whenever the caravan stops for a break, the teammates turn into a group of big kids, jumping and playing to take photos and have fun.
Our fleet is not only all five-seat long-distance cross-country vehicle, and the driver is a colorful Tibetan master, skillful and simple. The fleet has a special red "Shepherd", that is the paratroopers boss (we customarily called the umbrella total for the boss) of the ride. It was a great honor that the 9.10 team of the Ali North Route was led by Yang Fan, the photographer of the Paratrooper Boss, who set off with the team, and took a lot of photos and benefited his teammates on the way, which brought great joy to the whole team. The Boss's Wrangler is usually at the back of the team, sometimes also scouting the road, arrogant and dashing, often in and out of the front and back, like a wild horse, but also like a sturdy pigeon. It is a powerful and proud team. The teammates love the wrangler, most people have been close to it. Whenever you stop for a break, some people will go to great lengths to climb up and down to take a picture with it. The boss never interfered, letting the group toss and turn a blind eye.
However, the plateau highway is not perfect, many places do not have asphalt, bumpy and rugged dirt road a lot, and sometimes go wrong will encounter unexpected trouble. One day we encountered a number of road repairs in the march, the road can not go, off-road vehicles can only be diagonally charged down the highway, swooping into the wilderness, in the bumpy uneven ground shaking forward. Row a section over the obstacles and then a jerk on the highway. Off-road vehicles at this time to show the hero's true colors. We feel quite a bit of excitement and fun. On this day, the Boss's Wrangler lost its footing. In the exploration of the road it accidentally deep in the mud, a hundred efforts but unable to get out. The pickup truck that was following it broke down immediately afterward. In this case, the paratroopers and the brothers do not panic, mobilizing two other SUVs to help. Paratroopers this trip six SUVs, a formidable lineup. They are all brothers, it is reasonable to help each other, the trailer is probably not the first time this happened. Although delayed some time, but added a few flashes.
Ten, the wild elves
The plateau desert belongs to Qiangtang, snow mountain glaciers and lakes. The paradise is hidden here, the life of the forbidden zone has life. The only reason for this is because of the no-man's-land, where all the elves are wandering around. The yak, donkey, and antelope are the masters of the wildlife.
In the uninhabited no man's land, wild animals appear from time to time. We have seen the heavy black yak, the rounded ass of the muscular Tibetan donkey, the dexterity of the Tibetan antelope, and the white ass of ...... they leisurely walk around the lake, foraging for food in the wilderness, this is their world, no one to interfere, they live calmly. The earthly world has not seen such a beautiful landscape, growing in the alpine zone of the wild animals are incredibly clean and beautiful, beautiful physique, simply breathtakingly beautiful. If the animals can also be described in terms of temperament, they are noble.
Eleven, Tibetan children
The plateau has its own heavenly music, children's eyes a wash as blue sky. The first thing you need to do is to get a good look at the color of the sky and the color of the sky.
The fleet traveled to the Nagqu area and stopped to unload. The first time I saw this was when I was a kid. The first time I saw this was when I was a kid, and the second time I saw it was when I was a kid, and the third time I was a kid. The first time I saw this was when I was in the middle of the night, when I was in the middle of the night, when I was in the middle of the night. Due to the remoteness of the area and the inconvenient transportation, the living materials are very scarce. Even though some Tibetans have large herds of yaks and sheep at home, they have nowhere to buy the necessities of life. We have heard that the Tibetans are used to donate most of their money to the monasteries.
The teammates also got out of the car and took out their own snacks to distribute to the children. The first thing you need to do is to get your hands on some of the most popular products and services in the world, and you'll be able to do it all in one place. The first thing you need to do is to get your hands on some of the most popular products and services in the world, and you'll be able to do that. In fact, he is just a big kid after 90s and an orphan whose parents died, but he took care of each of us responsibly. His perseverance, optimism and sunshine left a deep impression in the hearts of his teammates.
The first close contact with the Tibetan compatriots on the plateau, the deepest impression is that they were plateau ultraviolet radiation and snowstorms destroyed prematurely old face. However, their smiles are simple. The children have the clear and bright gaze of a plateau lake. That is growing up very close to the blue sky and white clouds only.
Twelve, the paratroopers mighty
The mighty paratroopers raise the flag, teammates from the south and north. The dream is to go back to Ali, the passion is not wandering. The first time I've been to the airport, I've been to the airport, I've been to the airport, I've been to the airport, and I've been to the airport. The Tibetan driver is traveling on the heavenly road, a long way from home. The guest of honor is a real paratrooper, the boss sits and adds to the scenery. The first thing you need to do is to get your hands on a new car, and then you'll be able to get your hands on a new car.
The paratroopers are also a landscape that has to be said. First of all, the paratroopers outdoor club has a lot of repeat customers. I followed the Umbrella Soldiers Outdoor Club in two years to walk the Sichuan, Qinghai and Tibet Great Circle Line and Tibet Ali Great North Line two lines. Where will be the next time? Xinjiang? Tengger Desert? Nepal? The African savannah? All beautiful scenery.
When I had the opportunity to get up close and personal with the paratrooper boss, I was curious to see the young man with the dashing instrument, who never talks much and hides himself behind his sunglasses, and in an instant, I subverted my previous impression. When he took off his sunglasses at that moment, I did not meet the sharp as a hawk's eyes, but on the contrary is shy and shy almost children's eyes. Yes, he is just a young man born in 1986. Only the deep bronze color of his face, revealing his determination. He is a paratrooper, five years in the army airborne career forged a steel warrior. When he first enlisted in the army, he cried his nose, thought of home, some confusion, do not know if he can. But then the grueling special forces training made him addicted. He was a good soldier. Even after he was discharged from the army and returned home, he kept up his fitness training, thus maintaining his enviable sculpted body. I once slapped him with all my might and it didn't budge. He was almost a complete introvert, but he was hard-working, intelligent, determined and persistent in his goals. Earlier in his life, in order to start a business, he had spent several sleepless years, single-mindedly figuring out this outdoor sports thing that he loved. He didn't smoke, he didn't drink, he didn't like to socialize. Some say he's stuffy, but in fact he says he's a silent man. He spends his days immersed in his own fantasy world and step by step turns it into reality. He has always been an ordinary farmer's son in Gansu. Sure enough, he gathered a group of veteran brothers and made what he wanted to do. A few years, the paratroopers outdoor club business more and more red-hot, more and more love of outdoor travel and adventure by him on the plateau, into the desert ...... future is still in his exploration.
Tibet is a kind of disease, do not go to cure, go still want to go. The further west, the more Ali, the more Tibet. The sixteen-day trip to Ali was unforgettable. This soul meal will continue to nourish me in the days to come. For me, "dreaming of Ali" means a lot. It was in my dreams before I went to Ali, and it will still be in my dreams after I return. This is a precious spiritual treasure. Once you go to Ali, you will dream for the rest of your life.
(Some of the photos in this article are taken by the Paratrooper Outdoor Club, photographer Yang Fan, and teammates of the Ali Great Northern Route 9.10 Squad. I hope we will meet again! I hope we will meet again!)