In 1991, the Sino-Japanese joint mountaineering team decided to challenge the world's most difficult peak. Before they climbed the mountain, they met Tibetan people and asked them to leave, but they insisted on climbing this sacred mountain in the mouth of Tibetan people. Finally, this 17-member mountaineering team was only more than 2 meters away from the top of the mountain, and all of them disappeared mysteriously. Finally, the main peak of Meili Snow Mountain was forbidden to climb. What happened to this mountaineering team? Why don't Tibetans let them go up the mountain? Today we will restore this famous event.
Meili Snow Mountain is a huge snow mountain group located at the border of China, Tibet and Yunnan, with a total length of 15 kilometers. Meili Snow Mountain has 13 peaks more than 6 kilometers, of which the highest peak, Kawabog Peak, is 674 meters above sea level. Although it is not as high as many peaks more than 8 kilometers, Kawabog Peak is sharp and steep. It is the most prominent part of Meili Snow Mountain's exercise activities in the past millions of years, nearly 1 meters higher than the surrounding mountains. This also shows the horror of this mountain.
But in the eyes of extreme mountaineers, this mountain is an excellent challenge. Target At the end of 19th century, when the British first came to Tibet, they discovered Meili Snow Mountain and made a preliminary investigation of the mountain. In the world at that time, European and American explorers were making crazy explorations of the North and South Poles, while the British set their sights on Mount Everest, the world's highest peak. Before climbing the world's highest peak, the British thought that Kawaborg Peak, the Meili Snow Mountain with a height of only 6,74 meters, might be a better goal. In 192, a British mountaineering team conquered several 6 thousand meters high mountains, and later went to Tibet to practice their hands in Meili Snow Mountain in order to accumulate experience and climb Mount Everest. As a result, they encountered a big avalanche when they just climbed halfway to the Kawaberg peak, causing serious losses. The first landing of Meili Snow Mountain failed in this way.
For many years, Kawaborg Peak seems to have been forgotten. Until 1987, Japanese mountain climbers came here to climb, and like the British before them, they gave up climbing because of an avalanche. In 1988, the Korenchy mountaineering team of the United States also came to Kawaberg Peak. They encountered an avalanche when climbing to 435 meters, and then gave up climbing. In other words, in the past 1 years, no one has successfully reached the top of Kawaberg. Among them, the Japanese mountaineering team has hit Kawaberg Peak the most times and is also the most enthusiastic about it.
As early as the 197s, two Japanese scholars came here in the name of tourism. They dressed up as tourists and visited Meili Snow Mountain for three months. Detailed exploration and records were made here, and finally two things on Meili Snow Mountain, a butterfly specimen and a branch, were taken away. It was only at that time that this behavior did not attract the attention of customs officers. A few years later, these two Japanese scholars came to Meili Snow Mountain again and took the same thing with them when they left, which attracted the attention of the relevant departments in China. Through investigation, the butterfly they took away was a four-tailed tricolor butterfly, a rare living fossil, only found in Meili Snow Mountain. And that branch is a kind of tree called Taxus chinensis, which is an excellent anticancer substance and only found in China. After that, many visits to China in the name of tourism were closely watched.
In 199, the mountaineering team of Kyoto University in Japan applied to climb Kawaborg, the main peak of Meili Snow Mountain. However, because the previous Japanese scholar incident was not approved at first, it was just at the time of the friendly situation of Sino-Japanese diplomacy. After weighing the pros and cons, China approved the Japanese mountaineering activity on one condition. It is this mountaineering activity that is jointly conducted by China and Japan. China will send elite mountaineers to climb Kawaborg with Japan. Although all previous summits have failed, this time I am confident that I have the absolute ability to climb Kawaberg Peak. This China-China mountaineering team consists of 18 people, including 11 Japanese players and 7 Japanese players. The team leader is Osamu Inoue Lang, a famous Japanese meteorologist, and the vice captain is Song Zhiyi, a mountaineer from China.
He has successfully climbed many peaks over 6 kilometers. Moreover, this mountaineering activity was sponsored by Japanese medical and biological enterprises, equipped with advanced mountaineering equipment and communication equipment, and all the materials were in place. The mountaineering team is determined to win, but its activities have caused great controversy in the local area. Because Kawabog Peak is sacred in the hearts of Tibetans, it has always been a taboo place. The local Tibetans strongly oppose any climbing action, and they even resort to violence and curses to force these mountaineering teams to retreat.
The Chinese and Japanese mountaineering teams have made many efforts, but the dispute has not been settled. Local residents began to obstruct the mountaineering team. They made an amazing move. In December 199, in the cold winter, the Sino-Japanese joint mountaineering team came to the civilian village at the foot of Shenshan Mountain. The villagers thought it was an expedition to carry out geological exploration, so they warmly hosted the mountaineering team as the captain and said that they would climb Meili Snow Mountain. The villagers had not heard of this name. They were shocked and angry when they learned that Meili Snow Mountain was Kawaborg Peak. Because Kawabog Peak in Meili Snow Mountain is the first of the four sacred mountains of Tibetan Buddhism, in the hearts of Tibetan people, Kawabog Peak is the residence of mountain gods. Once someone reaches the summit, the mountain god will leave him, and disaster will come. So climbing the mountain is a big taboo.
Although the Tibetan tried his best to dissuade the mountaineering team, it was impossible to change their wishes. When the weather is good, the top of Kawaborg Peak in Meili Snow Mountain will be exposed, and the golden dome will be exposed under the sunlight, which is called Rizhao Jinshan.
It can only be seen for a short time in a year, so it is no wonder that the local Tibetan people regard it as the first sacred thing in their minds. In order to ensure a successful summit, the Chinese and Japanese mountaineering teams found the best route to climb Meili Snow Mountain after more than two years of investigation preparation and route planning, and also made a detailed study on the climatic conditions on Meili Snow Mountain. They believe that the end of December is the best window for reaching the summit, so they should not give up easily. What's more, the captain is a famous meteorologist in Japan, and there are geographers and top players who have climbed the 8 km peak. Knowing that the behavior of the mountaineering team could not be changed, the Tibetan people made an amazing move. They mobilized more than 2, local people to pray on a large scale in the temple at the foot of the mountain. They don't pray for the mountaineering team to reach the top successfully, but hope that the mountain gods can punish the mountaineering team.
Although the behavior of the Tibetan people has brought great psychological pressure to the mountaineering team, the team members all think that these are just superstitions of the Tibetan people, and they just want to break this superstition. On December 28th, the Sino-Japanese joint mountaineering team began to climb Meili Snow Mountain. The weather on this day is very good, and the team members are extremely excited and have begun to look forward to the joy after the summit. If they succeed in climbing the summit, they will create the history of the most difficult mountain climbing for mankind.
at first, the mountaineering team went smoothly and made rapid progress. After climbing to an altitude of 3,4 meters, a base camp was built as a transfer station for going up and down the mountain, and four small camps were set up at 4,9 meters, 5,1 meters, 5,3 meters and 5,9 meters respectively. In other words, the fifth camp is only 8 meters away from the top of the mountain, and the summit is just around the corner, and there is no strange thing in any rumor. You know, before this, many mountaineering teams only reached the height of 51 meters, and they easily reached 59 meters. The players are in a good mood, but danger often comes inadvertently.
In fact, an episode has happened in this process. When the mountaineering team set up a 5,1-meter camp, there were great differences between the members of the two countries. The Chinese members were conservative and thought that the camp should be built far away from the ridge, so as to avoid avalanches. The Japanese side believes that the climate window of Meili Snow Mountain is very short, and the camp should be built on the top of the mountain. In this way, the time for mountain climbing can be reduced. Just when everyone was deadlocked, the captain, Wolf Inoue, decided to meet each other halfway, and the camp was built in the middle of the site selection between China and Japan.
However, not long after the camp was built, an avalanche occurred in Meili Snow Mountain, and a large area of Xue Hai instantly covered everything in sight. When the players recovered, they found that the heavy snow had already covered the ridge. If the camp had been built on the ridge, the mountaineering activity would have ended early. This incident should have attracted attention, which shows that the climate of Meili Snow Mountain is changeable. At this time, they should stay put, or strike again another day. However, tens of thousands of Tibetans at the foot of the mountain are still praying. If they return here, I'm afraid they won't have a chance to come here again and climb the summit only once. When the mountaineering team reached 59 meters, it was only over 8 meters away from the top of the mountain. For the sake of safety, they decided to send five commandos, including the captain Wolf Inoue, to try to rush to the top for the first time, and the rest returned to the base camp of 3,4 meters, waiting for them when five players climbed to 6,47 meters.
when it was only 27 meters away from the top of the mountain, the weather suddenly deteriorated sharply, and the snowstorm hit hard, forcing it to the top, which was extremely risky. Five players waited for four hours in the snowstorm and had no choice but to return. But the terrible thing is that the route back has been covered by heavy snow, and they can't find the route back for a while. The snowstorm had arrived at night, so it was impossible to venture down the mountain. Everyone decided to camp on the spot and wait for the weather to improve. The blizzard didn't stop all night. The next day, the five players took advantage of the high visibility in the morning and quickly got off the bus and returned to the base camp. This snowstorm and the previous avalanches are warnings to the mountaineering team. Meili Snow Mountain is really full of danger, and it may be fatal if you are not careful.
after a day's observation in the base camp, the mountaineering team found that the weather began to improve. After the previous five commandos tried to reach the top, they thought it was no problem to reach the top. In this case, the captain Wolf Inoue drew up a telegram of successful summit, and handed it to a Chinese player named Zhang Jun at that time, asking him to send a telegram as soon as he received the successful summit. Unexpectedly, Zhang Jun became the only survivor of this Sino-Japanese mountaineering activity. After that, the 17 members of the mountaineering team set off again, but they found that the previous roads were all covered, and the thickness of snow reached 1.5 meters. It took them only one day to reach the height of 59 meters, but it took them three days to consume a lot of physical strength and the weather began to get worse. Zhang Jun, who arrived at the base camp at this time, would contact the players every once in a while.
On the evening of January 3rd, Zhang Jun learned that the team members had reached the height of 6,4 meters, and had already stood by in the tent, ready to launch an attack early the next morning. But the next day, Zhang Jun couldn't reach any climbers. He sent a notice to the headquarters at the foot of the mountain urgently, and the headquarters decided to send a helicopter for search and rescue immediately. This is also the American Black Hawk helicopter introduced by China in 198s, and it is the only helicopter that can perform tasks at high altitude. But just as the helicopter was about to take off, the snowstorm came again until January 7, six days after the mountaineering team lost contact. The headquarters decided to send two rescue teams to the mountain for rescue. However, the weather in Meili Snow Mountain did not turn around, and only the Tibet rescue team arrived at Camp No.3 at an altitude of 5,1 meters. When they were ready to continue climbing, another avalanche occurred in Meili Snow Mountain. Finally, in order to avoid further casualties, the headquarters ordered the mountaineering team to go down the mountain immediately.
this kind of bad weather didn't stop until January 22nd, but it didn't appear at different times in the past few years. In other words, the climate prediction that the mountaineering team spent several years making is totally unreliable here. After that, the photos taken by the helicopter reconnaissance along the mountain peak showed that the whole Kawaberg mountain was covered with thick snow, and there was no sign of any survivors. At this time, more than 2 days have passed since the disappearance of 17 members of the mountaineering team, and it is impossible for anyone to survive. The headquarters announced that the joint mountaineering operation failed, so what happened to the 17 members more than 2 meters from the top of the mountain? Have they made it to the top? It was not until eight years later that an accidental diary solved the mystery
One day in July 1998, a herder in Meili Snow Mountain was herding sheep in a pasture at an altitude of 3,8 meters. He found something in the cracks of the ice after the ice melted. After careful observation, he found that these were mountaineering equipment, and he immediately reported the news to the relevant departments.
So the rescue team came with a lot of equipment and the bodies of 16 members of the Chinese and Japanese mountaineering teams were found, but only one body was missing. Among the relics of these team members, there is a diary of a Japanese team member, which unravels what happened to the mountaineering team that year.
According to the diary, on January 1, 1991, the only Japanese female member of the mountaineering team suddenly had a high fever. In the evening, the team member began to say something irrational, saying that they were coming, coming soon, and we had to go home. The team members thought that he was hallucinating because of a high fever and let him take antipyretic drugs to rest. On January 3, the snowstorm still kept going. It was written in the diary that he really came. We can't go down the mountain. This diary is chilling.
Why do you always mention "them"? Later, I think these players are confused because of lack of oxygen and cold. In combination with the mountain gods mentioned by the Tibetan people, there is illusion. After the 3rd, there is no new record in the diary. It is speculated that 17 players are camping at 64 meters and have been waiting for the weather to improve. But an avalanche completely buried them. That's why all the walkie-talkies couldn't be contacted the next day, and all the players were killed overnight. After they were frozen into a big ice with all the recording equipment, the weather improved, and the continuous avalanche brought the ice that wrapped them to the glacier pasture of 38 meters. After several years of melting, it was discovered by herders.
Some people say that the Sino-Japanese joint mountaineering failed because the voices of 2, Tibetans praying at the foot of the mountain vibrated, causing an avalanche. Later, after research, it was found that although the height of Kawaborg Peak in Meili Snow Mountain is only 674 meters. However, due to the shape of the mountain, the snow on the top of the mountain is not only thick, but also extremely soft, and it is easy to cause avalanches when encountering strong winds and vibrations. In other words, the mountain structure here is not suitable for climbing, and any activity may cause an avalanche. That's why five commandos had a small avalanche more than 2 meters near the top of the mountain. Later, 17 people went up the mountain, and their actions definitely caused a bigger avalanche. Coupled with the global warming effect, the glaciers in Meili Snow Mountain have begun to degenerate, and avalanches will only become more frequent, and climbing will only be more dangerous.