watched the first phase of Xu Yun's riding video, the time is April 29, 2022. In this issue, he was riding in Tibet at the time, and finally reached the world's highest highway pass with a height of 5,830 meters.
If you are interested, let's review this past video. Let's talk about the aftermath.
After a few days of riding, searching, locking on the target. This road pass is right on the snow-capped hill opposite his night campsite, a small mountain village.
Before leaving, he did some research. The target location is about 30 kilometers from the village, and each round trip is 60 kilometers, all dirt roads. Because it's a person who goes there, it's not safe to camp there at night, and you have to rush back before dark. So the decision was made to travel light.
Going up the river and up the 30-kilometre gravel road, you have to go up to the pass by 4 p.m. and leave four and a half hours to descend the mountain.
The gravel road is difficult to walk, and people are about to fall apart. Arrive at the foot of the mountain at 1 p.m. and take a break here to get ready to climb the mountain.
Riding to an altitude of 5,600 meters, I saw the majestic snow-capped mountains, the clouds in the sky hanging low on the top of the mountain, and the mountain pass was just in front of the seemingly short distance.
After a long trek, we finally arrived at our destination, the world's highest highway pass, the altitude on my mobile phone was 5,830 meters, and the arrival time was 4 p.m., as expected.
At this altitude, he did not feel altitude sickness and hypoxia. It seems that long-term outdoor riding has changed him a lot and strengthened his physique.
In one video, he said that when he first came out, his physical fitness was relatively poor, and he couldn't ride two kilometers for the first time, and he was uncomfortable, and he sat on the side of the road for two or three hours.
There are three low mountains next to the pass, and the altitude is a little over 6,000 meters. In his eyes, the mountains were beautiful, as if the gods had overturned the palette.
Without any mountaineering equipment, it was still climbed. The hillside is full of flake stones, weathered and eroded by thousands of years, and he said that walking on it is like walking on the edge of a knife.
When I hear him say this, it reminds people of watching Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales when she was a child, and when the Little Mermaid became a human, she was described as feeling great pain, and the same is true, every step is like walking on a knife edge.
When I went up to an altitude of 5,940 meters, I still didn't feel high reaction and lack of oxygen, and my physical fitness was enough. It was 4:45 p.m., and it would take at least an hour to climb to the top of the mountain. It's too late, so I can only choose to go down the mountain decisively.
Because it will take at least 3 hours to get back to the village. At 5,940 meters, a mani mound was piled up to prove that you had been to this place.
It was too dangerous for a man like him to be alone in the mountains at six o'clock. While camping in the village the night before, the local police also called him and advised him not to come here. For the sake of safety, I didn't want to cause unnecessary trouble to others, so I didn't continue to climb the mountain and returned.
Although I feel regretful, I must give up when it is time to give up. This is the choice of the wise, and it is also in line with the mean.
Although I didn't make it to the 6,000-metre-high mountain, I made it to the world's highest highway pass. It's not easy to walk down the mountain, don't dare to ride fast, and it's very easy to fall if you ride fast on gravel roads. At 7:40 p.m., I finally returned to the village safely.
watched his video, moved by his spirit of not relaxing when he reached the pass, and praised him for retreating from danger and not acting blindly!
There is courage and strategy, and there is giving and taking. Moderation is the only sensible thing to do. It can help you avoid over-committing, reduce unnecessary risks, and protect yourself from potential harm.
Moderation is not a retreat, but a sensible attitude towards life. Whatever you do, it's a wise thing to do. It reminds yourself not to be insatiable, and sometimes the more you want to gain, the more you lose.