Walking in Xinjiang, you can't be ignorant and fearless

Because of its unique resources, Xinjiang leads the country in outdoor hiking and is called a paradise for hikers. However, due to the uneven quality of outdoor hikers, some safety accidents have occurred, which is regrettable. On July 9, 2008, Yan Dongdong, a torchbearer of Mount Qomolangma and a student from Tsinghua in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, fell into a dark crack in the ice while climbing the Chalebos Mountain in Xitian Mountain, Xinjiang, and was killed. Many netizens feel sorry for this free climber who died young.

Although Yan Dongdong's death is sad, the warning function behind his death can not be ignored. In recent years, outdoor adventure accidents have occurred constantly, and travelers must strengthen their safety awareness while challenging the limits. In addition, the government should improve the relevant system of outdoor adventure as soon as possible, fill the regulatory gap, strengthen the rescue force, and minimize the risk of outdoor adventure activities.

An Huashao, the first person to climb Mount Everest in Xinjiang and the captain of the Xinjiang Blue Sky Rescue Team, rushed to the incident site for rescue at the first time after the incident. However, due to the difficulty of search and rescue, after discussing with Yan Dongdong's family, he decided to give up the rescue and left Yan Dongdong in the mountains forever.

Speaking of this rescue, Anwar Shao deeply regrets.

He said that due to its unique resources, Xinjiang leads the country in outdoor hiking and is known as a paradise for hikers. However, due to the uneven quality of outdoor hikers, some safety accidents have occurred, which is regrettable. He called on people outside Xinjiang to come to Xinjiang for hiking or mountain climbing, and they didn't know much about Xinjiang's climate and physical geography. It is best to find a local tour guide in Xinjiang and contact our local senior outdoor people. We can explain some precautions to them, help them understand the local situation, and effectively avoid accidents.

Captain, please take the rope.

"If you take part in outdoor hiking, you must find a qualified team leader. Many times you get lost on foot because the team leader is inexperienced. " Ann Hua said less, "Team leader is the soul of the team. As a team leader, we should completely control the whole team. The situation of the team should always be in our hands and not out of control. If the team is out of control, it is easy to have an accident. "

The famous outdoor website of Xinjiang, Little Sheep Corps, once launched the signature activity of "I am the leader, I bring the rope", mainly to remind the leader of outdoor hiking to bring the rope to ensure the personal safety of outdoor mountain sports.

According to An Huashao, captain of Xinjiang Blue Sky Rescue Team, ropes are widely used outdoors, which can be used for mountaineering protection, downhill protection, crossing rivers, building roads, binding equipment, tying various knots, making temporary stretchers, rope ladders, standby tent ropes, informal climbing, etc. If every tour leader in Xinjiang can carry a 6MM auxiliary rope of about 4m when traveling, most of the problems encountered on the way can be solved.

At the critical moment, the rope will save lives.

The distress incident on the East Chater Ancient Road, which once aroused strong concern from the outside world, was caused by forgetting to bring the rope and crossing the river recklessly. Dong had crossed Tianchi and Kanas before, so he didn't pay enough attention to the Shate River. I didn't expect to be swallowed up by the cold and swift river, which made people cry. If there is a rope tied to the waist and pulled across the river by teammates, the tragedy will not happen.

According to industry insiders, with the rise of adventure tourism, a number of professional outdoor tour leaders and more than a dozen professional outdoor adventure clubs have emerged in Xinjiang, and hundreds of tour leaders have obtained the qualification certificates of outdoor coaches and rock climbing assistant coaches issued by the National Mountaineering Association. The familiarity of the outdoor tour leader with the line situation, the professional quality and safety equipment of the tour leader, and the experience in dealing with emergencies will all play an important role in outdoor activities.

Newcomers can't be "ignorant and fearless"

"Newcomers are often added to the hiking team. However, newcomers are also the most prone to problems. As a team leader, we must clearly introduce the route and repeatedly explain the dangerous points and precautions in the route to the newcomers to ensure that the newcomers are fully prepared for the route before departure. " Anwar said less: "I saw many novices excited when they first left." When they got off the bus, they were in a hurry to walk. As a result, I began to feel flustered and short of breath after walking for a few kilometers, and my face was pale and I couldn't walk. People who don't often walk outdoors have high blood viscosity. Once the heart beats faster and the blood flow slows down, it will cause discomfort such as palpitation and vomiting. Therefore, novices must be slow on the road, waiting for the breath to mix evenly and the blood flow to be smooth. When they sweat a little, they can let go. "

Hiking is an outdoor activity that relies on walking to complete the mileage from the starting point to the end point, and may cross mountains, jungles, deserts, snowfields, streams, canyons and other landforms. It requires high comprehensive skills in the field, and integrates mountaineering, rock climbing, drifting, upstream and field survival. Crossing personnel must have good physical quality, stable psychological quality and moral standard, and team spirit of helping others. For a successful crossing, you should carefully customize the crossing plan before going out, and know the crossing area on foot, including weather, terrain, difficulty, risk factor, required equipment, food, medicine, etc.

If you cross the snow, because of the snow, it is impossible to judge the terrain and road conditions, and the situation will be very complicated. Snow makes it slippery, with great resistance and inconvenient walking. Walking on the ground covered with long snow, the most important thing is to keep a small stride, keep a fixed pace and walk rhythmically according to your own rhythm. If you speed up at will, or if your pace is too big and you lose your rhythm, you will often feel tired. Walking in the snow needs to be unhurried, and it is important to walk at your own pace. If several people walk collectively in the snow below the knee, their steps need to overlap with the footprints of the leading players, so the fatigue level is lower than that of walking in twos and threes. When climbing a steep snow slope, be sure to stand firm before moving. Step forward, step on the snow with your forefoot, step on the steps and then move your hind feet. If you accidentally slip, you should lie on your stomach immediately to prevent slipping. When climbing a snow slope, you should walk less where there are obvious cracks. When marching on snow, you should choose a place where the snow is hard. It's hot, don't quench your thirst with ice and snow. If you swallow ice and snow suddenly, you will easily get laryngitis. If you are really thirsty, you can rinse your mouth with melted ice and snow and try not to swallow it in your stomach. Water will increase the burden of human circulatory organs and affect your physical strength.

If you walk in the mountains, in order to avoid getting lost, save your strength and improve your speed, try to have roads that don't cross forests and mountains or take paths. If there is no road, you can choose to travel on the longitudinal ridge, ridge, mountainside, the edge of rivers and streams, and the terrain with high trees, sparse forests, large gaps and low grass. Generally, we don't take deep valleys and canyons, and strive to take the beam instead of the ditch, vertical instead of horizontal. As the saying goes, "If you are not afraid of slowness, you are afraid of standing." When you are tired, you should relax and walk slowly to rest instead of stopping. You can walk out of dozens of meters in one minute.

Crossing the river is a dangerous outdoor hiking project. Usually we can rely on the map to judge whether there are large rivers in the crossing area. However, in areas with complex terrain, especially in areas with large height difference and strong valley cutting, a seemingly small stream often becomes an obstacle to crossing. In the season of frequent rainstorms, a stream that can't constitute a deterrent may become a big river with soaring floods. Therefore, we must carefully choose the place to cross the river. Only when the river is shallow and your shoes and socks will get wet can you consider wading across the river.

Anwar Shao reminded hikers that there must be measures to cross the river, and they should not wade across the river casually. Find the strongest man in the team first, tie a rope around his waist and help him cross the river. In case of falling, the shore personnel can pull him back in time. He arrived, pull the protective rope, and the others grabbed the rope and crossed the river. At the same time, be careful when crossing the river and be sure to loosen the bag. Give up your backpack as soon as you fall. Face the water and walk sideways like a crab. You can't cross the river barefoot, lest the stones at the bottom of the river hurt your feet and cause you to slip.

How to avoid outdoor accidents

Outdoors generally believe that, except for a few natural and objective reasons, most of the risks in an outdoor activity are caused by subjective reasons, such as: unauthorized revision of the route, failure to conduct risk assessment, insufficient judgment of the team leader, and the team members' ignorance of the team leader's intentions.

Outdoors point out that the publicly released plan is a record of outdoor safety. According to the statistics of 20 1 1 outdoor safety accidents, only two of the more than ten outdoor accidents in Xinjiang were activities published by mainland outdoor websites, and the rest were spontaneous activities organized by the people. There was no plan and no risk assessment report. Some accidents often come from "ignorant and fearless" individual mountain friends. Let these mountain friends know safety awareness, team spirit and respect for nature, which is also an important factor to ensure outdoor safety.

Little Sheep Corps, a well-known outdoor website in Xinjiang, took the lead in opening a special Weibo for Weibo safety record of Xinjiang Shanyou Rescue Team in China, encouraging the majority of Shanyou and self-help tourists to record their trips and plans with mobile phone Weibo, especially sending their positions to Shanyou Rescue Team Weibo at any time before entering a route with certain risks and without mobile phone signal. In this way, the travel experience of donkey friends is published and put on record, which makes the record more humanized and operable and realizes Weibo.

In the future, Xinjiang's tourism industry is bound to extend to outdoor adventure tourism, personalized tourism and self-help tourism. Only when special tourism is guaranteed by the rescue system can special tourism really come back to life, and donkey friends and special tourists can enjoy outdoor happiness.