18-year-old Bob Tsang climbed the 8,849-meter-high Mount Everest this year, becoming the youngest Hong Konger to climb Mount Everest.
During the climb, he saw dead bodies and passed by avalanches.
Seeing the alpine camps like Garbage Hill, he lamented that he would not climb Mount Everest again, so as to avoid adding burden to the world's highest peak.
Seeing a climber on the top of the mountain so tired that he fell to the ground, it was difficult to answer, he also wanted to ask, "What does it mean? You don't even have the strength to enjoy it."
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Zeng Langjie went up the rope while climbing Mount Everest.
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Zeng Langjie and his father Zeng Zhicheng set off from Base Camp on May 8, 2022, went straight to Camp No. 2, went to Camp No. 4 on the 11th, and then hit the road in the dark on the morning of the 12th, reaching the summit at 9:35 a.m. local time.
"Many people don't know that they think that the most dangerous way to climb Mount Everest is to climb to the top. In fact, the most dangerous thing is the first day. I went directly to Camp 2, and I didn't stop at Camp 1." Zeng Langjie had an unforgettable climb on the Rongbuk Glacier, he said: " The section of the road is 1200, 1300 meters vertically, and the velvet glacier is going up and down. You may have to drop a few hundred meters in the middle and then go up. You have to climb the rope and descend along the rope. In such a high environment, it is difficult to wear shoes. ."
Zeng Langjie (left) climbed Mount Everest this year.
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Avalanche on Panrongbu Glacier
On the road of the Rongbu Glacier, Zeng Langjie passed by the avalanche.
He recalled: "Because of global warming, the location melts every day. Although the Sherpa will set the Fixed Rope (fixed rope), you don't know what happened suddenly! It happened a few days ago. Avalanche, a lot of people are avalanches, and when the ice melts, it may fall a bit or collapse as a platform.”
Zeng Langjie believes that the Rongbuk Glacier is the most dangerous and challenging in the journey of climbing Mount Everest.
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He continued, "I took a seat to rest for ten minutes, and then walked for 20 minutes, when I suddenly heard a loud noise from behind, and when I turned my head, all the buildings cracked and fell to the street, and there was no sunlight behind it. It's really thrilling. I thought back, if we stayed on a platform for a few more minutes, we might fall all together, and it was almost shocking to turn around."
Zeng Langjie (left) and Zeng Zhicheng arrive at Camp 2.
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After passing Camp 2, the climbing process went smoothly. On the way to Camp 3, he and his father Zeng Zhicheng began to inhale oxygen.
He said: "There is a very sloping place in the middle, and there is a straight wall that blocks up to a thousand meters. We started to use oxygen at the bottom of the straight wall. We went from Camp 2 to Camp 2 and walked on oxygen for 4 hours. At least 7 hours if you use it.”
Zeng Langjie took a photo with Mount Everest at the South Col, not far from the summit.
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I was moved to tears when I reached the top
Many climbers will leave Camp 4 at dusk and walk slowly, hoping to reach the summit the next morning, but Zeng's father and son decided to rest a little more at the camp to refresh their spirits, and started at 11:30 in the evening.
Zeng Langjie said: "There were 100 people on the summit that night, and we were the last team. We knew that our team was going fast, and it took us two hours to catch up."
Zeng Zhicheng (left) and Zeng Langjie reached the summit of Mount Everest at 9:35 a.m. on May 12, 2022.
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At the moment of reaching the summit, Zeng Langjie and his father high-five to celebrate, they became the first pair of Hong Kong father and son soldiers to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
When asked about his feelings at that time, he said, "I was very moved, the most basic feeling is that it took three or four years to finally achieve it. ”
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"The most shocking picture on the top of the mountain is the view of the base camp, the position of the foot of the mountain at 3,4000 meters, and the halfway up the journey. I am so moved and grateful. The mountain will let you go up under such a beautiful sky."
Zeng Langjie climbed Mount Everest.
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Climbers should reserve physical strength to descend the mountain
Another scene that Zeng Langjie saw at the top of Mount Everest was that a climber was so tired that he fell to the ground after reaching the top, and it was very hard.
He recalled: "I asked him what happened, but he should not be able to contact me, he just kept breathing oxygen. In fact, what is the meaning of doing it to the top? You don't have the strength to enjoy, and you don't even have the strength to go down the mountain. Nothing but danger means nothing. Since you decide to go to the top of the mountain, you have to make sure that you have the strength to come down after you go to the top."
"Are you asking for some answers to the fall, how many people have accidents? It's up to you to use your sun strength to attack the top, and don't save your strength to use it when you fall down the mountain." Zeng Langjie said, "It's not just shocking to see dead bodies up the mountain, Zhong Tong How dangerous are you talking about? Going up this mountain will be life-threatening. Many people feel very happy after going up the mountain, but when they fall down the mountain they stumble and die, and most accidents happen when they are down the mountain.”
Zeng Langjie used to go to Tai Mo Shan for training, so he chose this highest peak in Hong Kong as the place to visit.
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Unforgettable "world's tallest garbage dump"
Majestic peaks, covered with snow-white coats, stand out among the tops of the mountains, but in this natural beauty, the irresponsible behavior of human beings has become a stain.
Zeng Langjie said a little excitedly, "A lot of people don't care when we go up, and as a result, Camp 4 is known as the highest garbage dump in the world. What a shame!"
Zeng Langjie climbed Mount Everest at the age of 18, becoming the youngest Hong Konger to reach the summit.
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"Because of this, I wouldn't try to persuade people to go to Mount Everest. If you go, make sure you minimize your footprint." Here, footprint means the impact of human climbing on the environment , including opening up new mountain roads, leaving traces of garbage and excrement, and making fires.
"Tell me about some tour groups that can be flat? For example, most people will charge 500,000 to go to Mount Everest, and some companies will charge 200,000 to 300,000, because they don't care about garbage and environmental protection issues. It is really sad that Mount Everest is polluted!”
"It's OK to climb once"
How does it feel to see this beautiful place turned into a garbage dump?
"That's why people asked me if I would go again, and I said no. Even if you are exhausted yourself, in fact, every time you go up the mountain, it will have an impact. It's OK to climb once."
When Zeng Langjie and Zeng Zhicheng's team went down the mountain, not only would they take their own trash, but if they saw other trash, they would also take them down the mountain along the way, but he sighed, "It's all good to stick to the extreme, and you must not be exposed to the sun!"
After Chen Jiaxi reached the top of Mount Everest in 2018, he took a photo with the Hong Kong flag at the age of 19.
Zeng Langjie broke his record this year, becoming the youngest Hong Konger to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
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The 18-year-old Zeng Langjie reached the summit this time, breaking the record set by 19-year-old Chen Jiaxi (Benjamin) in 2018 and becoming the youngest Hong Konger ever to climb Mount Everest.
He said, "It will put pressure on me, but it's actually just a name. The previous record holder was Benjamin, and I've all been with him. How far is 18 years old and 19 years old? , this time I went with a 17-year-old Nepalese boy from a local Sherpa.”
"I think because less people climb mountains in Hong Kong, and fewer people climb mountains above 8,000 meters, if a young person goes up, he will naturally come up with this name. In fact, Benjamin has climbed more than 8,000 meters. His achievements It has surpassed many climbers in Hong Kong." Zeng Langjie continued.
Zeng Langjie claims to be not an expert rock climber, but he can bounce around among the boulders on the mountain with ease.
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Although he has already climbed Mount Everest at a young age, Zeng Langjie believes that there are still many goals in mountaineering. He also wants to climb a few more mountains over 8,000 meters, and hopes to climb the highest Mount Vinsen in Antarctica with his father Zeng Zhicheng, and complete all seven continents. At the highest peak, he even regarded the combination of filming and mountaineering as the ultimate goal. He said, "Climbing is not the ultimate challenge. I hope that when climbing the mountain, I can make a film and make a film about the mountain."
He has achieved this achievement at the age of 18. What do his classmates and friends think of him?
"A lot of people don't know."
"(I think I'm a mickey line!" Zeng Langjie said with a smile.
Zeng Langjie enrolled in the Hong Kong Climbing Association's mountain arts course in Gap Year this year, and successfully obtained the third-level mountain arts qualification.
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Zeng Langjie completed the public exam last year. He was a student at a boarding school in Ma On Shan before. In order to exercise his physical fitness to climb Mount Everest, he often ran Ma On Shan Village Road after school, and if he had enough time, he would even go to the top of Ma On Shan.
He smiled and said, "I've always thought about asking my friends to have sex with me, but I'm worried that if I ask him once, everyone will stop being friends with me."
Mountaineering cultivates persistence and independence
However, Zeng Langjie found that under his influence, more friends around him became interested in hiking, and found that there are many places in Hong Kong that can be appreciated and explored, not just in urban areas.
He said: "Every time I go up the mountain, they say 'it's easy', I really choose the easy route every time, but in their eyes 'you climbed Mount Everest, yours is as easy as ours' It's easy to be different."
Zeng Langjie had already climbed Mount Fuji when he was 6 years old.
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He started climbing Mount Fuji at the age of 6, climbed the highest peaks on the seven continents at the age of 13, and finished climbing Mount Everest at the age of 18.
During the two-hour visit to Tai Mo Shan with Zeng Langjie, I felt that he possessed a maturity and calmness that surpassed his peers.
"A lot of people are talking about me!"
But he's by no means a serious guy, joking and watching superhero movies.
He believes that mountaineering cultivates persistence and independence.
"Although mountain climbing is a team of people, you will spend 8 hours with you even if you climb 8 hours, maybe 6 hours are your own, you have to keep telling yourself 'don't give up'. To a certain extent, I Compared with friends, I am more independent, and I will spend more time hiking alone, reading books, and doing what I like to do.”
Walk with him to a viewing platform at Tai Mo Shan, and look at Kam Tin at the foot of the mountain.
He said, "I go to Tai Mo Shan every day, sometimes on the Shing Mun Reservoir, sometimes on Tai Po. I pass by Tai Mo Shan during a lot of training time. The most memorable thing is to see the real estate enterprise when it falls down the mountain. I am a real estate enterprise. If you are right, it will be Tai Mo Shan as soon as you look up.”
Zeng Langjie looked at his home from Tai Mo Shan.
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"You can lower the city life, chase after the bus, and lower the stress. The feeling of Peaceful is a kind of escape."
Whether it is Mount Everest or Tai Mo Shan, I believe this is the reason why Zeng Langjie likes mountains.
Hiking and visiting with Tsang Langjie to Tai Mo Shan.
(Photo by Yan Minghui)
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