Let the dream be 1 meter higher than the mountain

On August 11, 2019, Chen Xiangyu, a graduate student of the Philosophy Department of Xiamen University, successfully stood on the main peak of the Gradang East of Tanggula Mountain at an altitude of 6621 meters, realizing his dream. For this dream, he and his classmates prepared for half a year, through most of China, and finally conquered the source of the Yangtze River.

The fate of Xueshan began at the moment when Chen Xiangyu entered Xiamen University. On that day, just happened to play a group of mountaineering videos on the electronic screen of the school. The picture was very eye-catching and shocking. When Chen Xiangyu saw the "Xiamen University Mountaineering Association" on the film, he asked the teacher that the teacher's answer made him excited. Originally, the Xiamen University Mountaineering Association was the first student association in southern China to take outdoor activities such as mountaineering, cycling, rock climbing and hiking. It has been carrying out snow mountain climbing activities for 13 consecutive years. The teacher said to him: "The goal of this year's Mountaineering Association is Tanggula Mountain. However, mountaineering requirements are very high. If you are interested, you can feel it first."

The brave Chen Xiangyu joined the Mountaineering Association. An old team member said that to learn mountaineering, you must first learn to collect information. In the face of a completely strange project, Chen Xiangyu's head is a group of wool. Fortunately, he can browse the Internet, go to the library, basic skills of climbing, mountain climbing, experience sharing, he collected a lot. The terminology that I didn't know before, such as ice towers, snow ditch, cracks, snow mountains, etc., is now a few treasures.

After that, he participated in several simulation exercises. With the understanding of mountaineering, Chen Xiangyu is increasingly enjoying this challenging sport. At this point, an idea secretly breeds in his heart. One day, he sent a message to his mother: "6622 meters." Mom wondered, what did the son do? Chen Xiangyu told her mother: "6622 meters, this is my dream. I want to stand on the main peak of Gradan, where the altitude is 6621 meters, I want to conquer it." Completely unexpected, my mother strongly disagreed: "Other sports are Supporting you to go, this is too dangerous!" Chen Xiangyu said: "The opportunity is rare. This is the highest altitude for mountaineering. I want to challenge myself. Besides, you think that I want to go, I have to go through layers of selection, not necessarily. Can choose, just exercise it!" Mom sighed.

With her mother's sword, Chen Xiangyu's motivation is even greater. He put all his spare time into training. He knows that mountain climbing has extremely high demands on physical skills, physical strength and perseverance. Therefore, he trained very hard. In an adaptive training, in order to practice the shifting run, suddenly suffered leg cramps, he resisted and persisted. The vertical support is more tiring than all the other strength trainings, and I feel that I have been trained. Many times, he was so tired that he was going to kneel down, but thinking of the 6622 meters, he felt that all this was a must. What makes him most happy is the change in his mother's attitude. Mom called him for several nights, all while he was training. He told his mother that he was free after 12 o'clock in the evening. Seeing that my son was really fighting, my mother finally agreed. A person's dream becomes the dream of the whole family!

By participating in the winter training of the mountaineering team, especially the physical and oxygen resistance training in June and July of 2019, Chen Xiangyu has made great progress in the skill assessment, and with the experience of outdoor sports, he has completed his own gorgeous. Change. In the end, he was fortunate to be selected for the 16-person mountaineering team. Getting closer and closer to the dream.

On August 10th, after everything was ready, the big forces began a real 10km trip to Graddon East Peak. This time, there are not many people who have a high altitude response, but there are many people who can catch a cold. When the weather caught cold and the altitude increased, Chen Xiangyu was not spared under extreme exhaustion. What made him most uncomfortable was that he had two big blisters on his heel. When he took off the alpine boots, he broke one. It hurt too much. He put a small gauze and wrapped it with a sash. In addition to the extreme tests of physical fitness, the challenge journey always encounters one or the other accident. The most thrilling number is to pass the brown bear. A brown bear was just two hundred meters away from them. The teammates held their hands and sucked. Fortunately, he walked down the river and bowed his head.

At about 12 noon on August 11, 2019, I finally reached the summit, 6621 meters! At that moment, everything is so unreal. Chen Xiangyu felt incredible. Did I come up? The process of climbing is difficult and boring, but the joy of climbing to the top is difficult to express in words.

When interviewed by reporters, Chen Xiangyu said: "Mountaineering is something I like very much. I am awed and take it as a mission to complete. Reading thousands of books and traveling thousands of miles, this is indeed a good summer practice. For the dream, he said: "Mountains, in nature; mountains, also exist in our lives. Everyone is not climbing every day? Because of dreams, I stand on the main peak of Tanggula Mountain. My The dream is 1 meter higher than the Tanggula Mountain!"