Volume 55 of Changning Kingdom: Mountain Climbing (1)
In the 21st century, climbing Mount Kinabalu to the top of Low's Peak (4095 meters) is a well-developed tourism project. Normal people with good physical strength and no altitude sickness can successfully summit Low's Peak and enjoy the wonderful sunrise.
Sunset.
When Cui Yunhong went hiking in Sabah after graduating from Time and Space University, she discovered that many seven- and eight-year-old children were climbing Mount Kinabalu with their parents. There were hotels, rest stops, and supply points along the 14.5-kilometer climbing path. For Cui Yunhong, who came from a geological background
There is really no challenge for college students.
But for the local people in the 17th century, climbing to the top of Changning Mountain's Zu Lao Peak was an extremely dangerous thing. Changning Mountain was surrounded by dangerous jungle miasma, poisonous snakes, and poisonous insects. It was not easy to just enter the mountain.
The 4,000-meter-high Ancestral Peak of Changning Mountain has drawn an insurmountable red line for life. The people living here have been affected by the natural selection of malaria for thousands of years, and they all carry the gene of thalassemia. Thalassemia
While saving their lives, the resulting problem of insufficient hemoglobin oxygen delivery will directly threaten people's lives in the high-altitude Changning Mountains.
Therefore, the plateau area on the 3,400-meter forest line of Changning Mountain is the domain of gods to the local people. Once a mortal sets foot there, he or she will lose his or her sanity at worst, or his life will be at risk.
Cui Yunhong's mountaineering team carried about six days of supplies. They needed to explore a way up the mountain. The Huang family sent two crab boats to take them up the Ning River. This time when they passed Tao Bo's house, Cui Yunhong specially gave them to him.
The family sent a gift: porcelain with the theme of the founding of Changning shipped from Lingao. Tao Bo was also very happy to see Anna, his new grandmother, and took the whole family to pray for Anna.
His son Tao Liliu, who had been missing for several years, and his "grandmother" Huang Qiyan suddenly arrived, bringing soldiers, weapons and money. The Taojiazhai people who were originally at a loss due to the fall of Shanba quickly united to fight against the enemy.
The "ghost guys" who came to collect tribute raised the banner of resistance. During this period, they withstood the attack of mercenaries. Although some Dayak people harassed the enemy on the way, the entire village was seriously damaged after a big battle.
, Ding Zhuang also suffered many casualties.
But now, not only has the Huang family returned to Shanba, but they have also returned to the reincarnation of their grandma! In the future, with protection, the development of this place will become more and more prosperous.
"Uncle Tao, are you having trouble living now?" Cui Yunhong asked with concern when seeing the village in ruins.
"Fortunately, there is still enough food! As long as there is food and no war, the place will slowly recover." Tao Bo said, looking at the hillside outside the village with infinite melancholy, where there were many new graves, "It's just that people
It’s gone again! Alas! I don’t know when it will return to its original appearance.”
"There will be more people in the future. Don't worry!" Cui Yunhong said, "In the future, plantations for planting medicinal trees will be opened here, and soon everyone will have anti-malarial medicine."
"really?!"
"Of course it's true!"
"Grandma bless you! Grandma bless you! As soon as you come back, our place will live a good life!" Tao Bo wiped the tears from his eyes.
When Tao Bo learned that his grandma was going to climb Mount Changning to carve his name on the Immortal Stone, he quickly asked Tao Liliu and several young men to escort his grandma up the mountain.
"No one has been to Changning Mountain for many years. I can only try to find the original route." Tao Liliu said.
Under the leadership of Tao Liliu, the mountaineering team wandered and found the trail that his grandmother used to enter the mountain. The strong recovery ability of the tropical rainforest makes it almost impossible to see traces of human activities. Cui Yunhong could not compete with him in the dense rainforest. The scenery along the mountaineering path was comparable. Fortunately, the stone slabs left over from the time when the mountain road was dug provided clues for the mountaineering team to move forward.
Mount Kinabalu National Park was listed as a World Natural Heritage by UNESCO in 2000. It is a textbook example of vertical natural zones: tropical rainforest, evergreen broadleaf forest, deciduous broadleaf forest, Coniferous forest belts, shrubby forest belts, alpine meadow belts, plateau desert belts, and glacier ruins are gradually arranged with increasing altitude. More than 6,000 species of plants and 400 species of plants are gathered in the 790 square kilometers of Mount Kinabalu Park. There are 100 species of birds and 100 species of mammals. It is a veritable center for the diversity of flora and fauna in Southeast Asia. When Anna came here, she felt like she had entered a natural history paradise - there were all kinds of novel species that she had never seen before.
"You watch first. If you are interested, we can collect samples when we come back..."
Cui Yunhong had to remind Anna, who was looking around, that the flora and fauna on this mountain did not surprise Cui Yunhong too much - it had not changed much from the sacred mountain 370 years later in another time and space.
After a day of exploration in the hot and humid rainforest, the light coming through the dense forest gradually dimmed. Cui Yunhong took out the barometer and calculated the altitude: 1,300 meters. This was not even the altitude of the original starting camp for climbing. As expected, Changning Mountain was not So good.
When the sky started to glow with a faint blue light, the mountaineering team had already collected dry food and prepared to set off. Cui Yunhong was a little anxious after reaching the 1360-meter position on the first day, and the progress had to be accelerated. Anna was pulled up from the tent sleepily. Following the team, they continued to head towards the top of the mountain. Although there were many plants and small animals that had never been seen down the mountain along the way, and they began to see magical pitcher plants, she had no choice but to restrain her strong curiosity and bury her head and concentrate on the journey.
The sky is getting brighter, and the rain forest is filled with dense water vapor. The fresh air in the rain forest in the early morning is refreshing and invigorating. The air humidity has not yet reached the level of sticky and dense. The mountaineering team seizes the opportunity to speed up the climbing pace.
It was almost noon when the mountaineering team reached an altitude of two thousand meters. Even the scorching sunshine in the tropics became softer at this altitude. The temperature dropped to about 20 degrees, and the surrounding vegetation began to take on the appearance of the temperate zone. ——The Kangding Rhododendron is most suitable for growth at this height and climate condition. Large tracts of Kangding Rhododendron bloom with white and rosy stamens on the branches, giving the mountaineering team a natural picture of the growth of all things.
At this time, thick fog came over Changning Mountain. In an instant, the forest and boulders were shrouded in the mist. The woods and rocks with different postures seemed to come alive in the flowing mountain fog. Anna actually saw something in her eyes. We arrived at the strange sight of strange things moving around.
"No wonder the mountain people here feel that the souls of their ancestors are still swimming here..." Cui Yunhong looked at the scene in front of her and understood why the locals in the 21st century would regard this place as a sacred mountain.
"Anna, do you remember what I told you about the formation of clouds and rainfall?"
"I remember, Teacher Cui, you wanted to say that the clouds and mist here are formed by the condensation of water vapor."
Cui Yunhong nodded approvingly. Anna's understanding has never disappointed him. "That's right, after the sun comes out, it heats the water in the sea, rises up, condenses into clouds and mist here, so the clouds and mist here are particularly big, let's climb up again
At an altitude of 3,000 meters, you can see the spectacular sea of clouds..."
"It seems that there is indeed no paradise above the clouds..." Anna has always believed in the knowledge Cui Yunhong told him, but today she still felt a little lonely after personally witnessing the formation of clouds.
"The top of Changning Mountain is shrouded in fairy mist most of the time. After all, it is the dojo where my grandma lived..." Tao Liliu said to Anna respectfully.
After the dense fog dissipated a little bit by the sea breeze from the southwest, the mountaineering team continued towards the top of the mountain in this dreamlike light and shadow.
The sun dyed the western horizon with a thick golden color, and the sea in Sabah reflected the glittering scales in this golden color. The mountaineering team stopped to watch the beautiful sunset in Sabah.
"It's still as beautiful as the future..." Cui Yunhong said a puzzling sigh. The mountaineering team was camping in a coniferous forest at an altitude of nearly three thousand meters. There were low shrubs among the tall pines and cypresses. At night, the mountains
The temperature quickly dropped to about 10 degrees, and the mountaineers all got into warm sleeping bags.
Anna likes the Australian sleeping bag very much. It feels very safe when the whole body is wrapped. There is no dense forest in the campsite today. Lying on the sleeping bag, you can see the bright stars in the sky through the treetops. The stars here are better than those at the beach.
It was brighter and clearer. Anna's eyes were identifying the constellations along the ecliptic plane, and the stars reflected thousands of lights in her bright eyes...
"Anna! Anna, get up and watch the fireworks!" Cui Yunhong threw a woolen blanket towards Anna and pulled her up while she was still roaming in the sea of stars.
Sabah Port, northwest of Changning Mountain, is setting off celebratory fireworks into the sky, with gorgeous flowers blooming in the night sky.
"Oh, there are actually fireworks to watch, I really missed it!" Anna regretted not being able to watch the fireworks at the scene, "I had to go back and ask Zhu Shunshen about the situation at the scene!"
But at this moment, looking down at the fireworks at Sabah Port from Changning Mountain, it is as if a fairy or angel is observing the joys and sorrows of the world. It is distant and unreal, and it is a unique experience...
After each little red or green flower blooms, it takes a long time before a subtle "bang, bang" sound is heard in the air.
"Teacher Cui, why did the fireworks explode together with the sound when we were watching the fireworks at the beach, but now here we see the fireworks blooming first and then hear the sound of the fireworks after a while?"
Cui Yunhong couldn't help but admire that Anna was worthy of being the daughter of a natural history enthusiast. Her endless thirst for knowledge and keen observation will definitely enable her to achieve a great career in the future.
"You asked a very good question..." Cui Yunhong then briefly explained the knowledge of light and sound.
Anna absorbed Cui Yunhong's knowledge faster and faster. After about ten minutes, Cui Yunhong saw that Anna roughly understood the principles, so he took out his watch and waited for the next round of fireworks. While the fireworks flashed, he pressed the button.
After that, he heard an explosion. After looking at his watch, he asked: