Retraveling the Daocheng Yading Locke Line | A Journey in Heaven and Hell

Matters don't have anyone who likes hiking? I'll post the first one. Hahaha.

The Locke Line, as the name suggests, was an American explorer named Joseph Locke who set out from Muli in 1928, passed Daocheng and Yading to the Gonggaring area, and published articles and photos in National Geographic.

We're just going back on the same path he walked.

National Day Hiking Rock Line Daocheng Yading | Words before leaving

It was really good luck to be able to get out of the mountain safely, because I didn’t know whether it was a high reaction or lost my way in Guangzhou, and I was in danger. Therefore, the control in Shuiluo Township was relatively strong. The police persuaded me to return for a long time, and Signed a waiver of liability, pressed a handprint. Also, it's the weather. We entered the mountain on the 1st. On the night of the 2nd, it started to snow in Zheduo Mountain and Gongga Mountain. The 318 Zheduo Mountain was blocked for at least a day and a night. The Gongga Mountain crossing team all retreated. Even so, this year There are still three or four people in danger in western Sichuan. So go out into the wild, reach the summit smoothly and safely, or cross, or other things, as long as you return to human society safely, it is really not how awesome you are, but nature let you go and allow you to "pass". Before entering the mountain, you must do all the homework (equipment, guide, horses, medicine, oxygen, satellite phone, etc.) that you can do in detail, and then have a reverence for nature in your heart. In case of uncontrolled bad weather or physical condition, if you should go down, you must go down, if you should admit counseling, you must admit counseling.

At the beginning, let me borrow the words of the team leader: the first cup of honoring the sky , last year's Gongga crossing and this year's Locke crossing, both let me cross smoothly and safely, and I also saw the sunset of Jinyang Maiyong Mountain.

The second cup to honor teammates , 43 teammates, all kinds of 666, only one girl can't vomit, and the rest are all walking down on two legs.

The third cup to the second brother . Good physical fitness, good photography, good cooking skills, good service, control the rhythm, grasp the overall situation, who knows. If you want to come to West Sichuan to play crossover, please look for Octave Outdoor, the second brother brand.

Let's start the running account and route and strategy.

The Lock Line is a long line on foot. Because it is inconvenient to travel from Chengdu to Muli, on the first day, you have to take the bus to take the expressway, national and provincial roads, pass through Xichang City, and stay in Muli County (1500 above sea level) at night. Li County took the intercity bus to Shuiluo Township, and the villagers of Dulu Village drove their own off-road vehicles to pick them up, and stayed at the Tibetan house (altitude 2700) that night. Basically, it is a winding road that goes over the mountains, and the altitude is also ups and downs, so it is still very tired. On the third day, the luggage was handed over to the caravan and the official trekking began.

The first day of hiking: Dulu, Shuiluo Township, Muli County - Guoshuiluo Gold Mine - Bodhisattva Cave - Mancuo Niu Farm

The Lock Line and Gonggar Crossing are a bit similar. The first day and the first half of the second day are in the virgin forest between 2000-4000 above sea level, but the Lock Line is more difficult because the road is really difficult to walk! It's not a problem with the mud, and there are all kinds of sharp rocks, which have cut many horses. However, the scenery is extremely beautiful, with high mountains and flowing water, pine and cypresses in the sky, and very rich vegetation. Even the dead wood must have more than a dozen parasitic fungi, and squirrels (chipmunks?) are infested.

On the first day of the camp, the altitude was 3500. Because the horses were cut, the camping place that day was still an hour away from the original plan. The tentatively decided camp was also crowded, and there was a little rain. Because all the luggage was thrown into the tent, the little brother didn't have to stretch his long legs, and he basically didn't fall asleep all night. I woke up from sleep, probably because of high reaction.

The second day of trekking: Mancuo Niu Farm - Rao Xia Luoduoji - Zangbie Niu Farm (Xiari Niu Farm) - Wanhuachi Niu Farm - Camp below Zabala Pass

The next day's trip was very easy, I arrived at the camp at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, but the altitude was already 4100. The camp is surrounded by snow-capped mountains, and the weather is also excellent. The top of the snow-capped mountains is shrouded in mist, and occasionally there is a cloud floating.

The third day of hiking: Wanhuachi Cattle Farm - Fanzabala Pass - Xinguo Cattle Farm Camp

The third day was more difficult, with an altitude of more than 4,000 meters and three passes to be turned. The first altitude is 4600+, the second is 4700, the third is 4400, and the final camp is 4250.

It was also a very beautiful day, because there were continuous snow-capped mountains on both sides of the left and right hands, and the camp was surrounded by the three sacred mountains of Aden (Yangmaiyong, Xia Luoduoji, and Xiannairi). It's just that it's hard to climb the pass. It's a very steep big rock, and you need to use both hands and feet to get up. The little brother's physical fitness is very good, he climbed up after two rubs, and then looked down at me and climbed up. In any case, finally reached the top of the pass. At this time, the snow-capped mountains are by our side.

The pass of Locke is different from that of Gongga. The pass of Gongga is a commanding height. After going up and taking pictures, go down. This one, Locke, was walking on the ridge, stopping and filming, and everyone was very excited.

After passing the second pass, the vision suddenly opened up, the altitude plummeted by 500 meters, and the little brother flew down without waiting for me.

Also, for me, the biggest challenge turned out to be the last pass. Because of the huge physical exhaustion in front, there is more than ten kilometers of mountain roads to turn over the pass, and I haven't eaten anything for a day (pumpkin porridge for breakfast, a bit of beef jerky, dried tofu, instant noodles, etc.) The 100-meter-long Xiaopopo abused me to the point of scolding my mother all the way.

Arrived at the camp, slumped on the ground and refused to get up. It took half an hour to get up and set up the tent... Halfway through the tent, Yang Maiyong was really stunned when he saw the sunset Jinshan.

The weather was very good that night, the sky was full of stars, the little brother was a little high, and the blood oxygen was 70 (I was about 80). The leader said that it seems that it will be a little cold tonight, but tomorrow will be an excellent weather.

The fourth day of hiking: Xinguo Cattle Farm - Crossing the Black Sea - Xia Du Cattle Farm - Snake Lake Camp

On the fourth day, we basically walked at an altitude of 4500 above sea level, and even turned over six "small passes" (if the team leader, in fact, they are all passes at an altitude of 4500-4800). And they are all cliffs and cliffs, thanks to the good weather, if it is rain, snow and strong wind, it will really slide to death.

After passing the Butterfly Rock (it is said that Locke got the name because of this photo), there is a pass behind, NND, although the straight-line rise is not high (100 meters), but it is smelly and long, and after a turn, there is still a pass. A bend made me cry. I deeply doubted why I came here... I deeply felt that "is it not good to lie down at home during the holidays".

However, as soon as we crossed the pass and did not go far, we found a dark green lake, the legendary Snake Lake. The mood immediately flew up, this is the purpose of this trip.

The camp is simply beautiful, although the altitude is 4500+, and it is a vent, the tent has been blown hula hula in the middle of the night, but for this peerless beauty, it is worth the pain!

The fifth day of hiking: Snake Lake Camp - Milk Sea Pass - Milk Sea - Five Color Sea - Luorong Cattle Farm - Daocheng County

After turning over a 4700-meter pass, you will enter the Daocheng Yading Scenic Spot, and you will see a sea of milk like a sapphire sapphire from a distance. I came across a group of blue sheep at the pass. I thought that there must be snow leopards nearby. This kind of big cat likes to walk on the cliff.

Entering the scenic spot around twelve o’clock, the number of tourists began to increase. It is not easy to think about them. It is necessary to climb the plank road with a vertical rise of 3.5 kilometers and a vertical rise of 500 meters from the Luorong cattle farm at an altitude of 4,000 to see the Milk Sea and the Five-color Lake. ZF is also a pit. Nuo large scenic spots are circled. Only scenic buses and battery cars are allowed (bus 120, battery car 50), and expensive tickets (150). It's as if this beauty is a gift from you...

Arrived at the entrance of the scenic spot at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, and ate a bowl of 30 yuan of very unauthentic Chongqing noodles, and ate it together with soup and noodles.

Finally, I want to talk about the problem of garbage.

Before we entered the mountain, the second brother emphasized that the garbage from passing meals must be brought to the camp, and the caravan would help to collect it. But there is still a lot of garbage along the way, especially plastic bottles and plastic packaging. Others include red bull cans and even small liquor bottles. Some garbage is obviously thrown away by people.

On the way, I met two foreigners, like Americans, who were carrying 70L heavy bags. They spoke to us in broken Chinese. He saw that the camp was a mess, and that there was so much garbage in such a beautiful scenery. It was very heartbreaking. It was said that the two of us couldn't finish picking up 200 people's garbage.

The two of us also picked up the garbage all the way on the fourth day and arrived at the famous Butterfly Rock, but found that the cracks in the rock were full of garbage, and the camp was also full of plastic bags. I thought we paid such an expensive camp fee to the local Tibetans (some are calculated by head, some are calculated by tent, Snake Lake is 80 yuan per person per night), they will clean up the garbage and take it out, after all, it is The home they live on, it seems to me now that I am naive.

It is well known that many ALICE or tourists are of poor quality. I just think of those who picked snow lotus in Xinjiang before, and those who drove off-road vehicles to chase Tibetan antelopes.

So this time I decided to go into the mountains in the future, and put a small flag on the bag and write: Please take away the beautiful photos and garbage, and leave a pure land on earth.