Night at Luzila Pass, a life of pain and love

▲Kula Gangri and Yamdrok Yumcuo are in the same frame

This was an unforgettable experience. I spent a long night alone at the Lotus Root Pass at an altitude of 5,200 meters and more than 10 degrees below zero. Fortunately, I could sit in the car and turn on the air conditioner to keep warm.

▲The Milky Way Arch rises in the early morning

 

Earlier, it was getting dark after 9 o'clock. I set up a tripod and started taking time-lapse photography, and then I was writing a diary in the car. Suddenly a car drove over. I rushed over and asked him to turn off the lights, but the other person Seeing a person appear out of the darkness and rushing towards their car door, they almost fisted and kicked them.

▲The beauty of morning light

They also came to take pictures of the stars, and left after about half an hour. There were still more than five hours before the center of the bright Milky Way rose, and then everything fell into deep darkness and tranquility.

During the Linzhi Peach Blossom Festival, there are many tourists, and everything is bustling. After taking the second group of guests on the Linzhi Peach Blossom itinerary, I went straight from Gongga Airport to the Lotus Root Pass. What appeared in front of me was from Kula Gangri to Punan Snow Mountain. A series of snow-capped mountains, as well as Yamdrok Yumco with a strange lake shoreline at the foot of the nearby mountains.

As National Geographic photographer Ma Chunlin said: This is the most beautiful viewing platform in Yanghu Lake, bar none!

▲Kula Gangri at an altitude of 7,000+

What excites me even more is that I am lucky enough to enjoy such a beautiful scenery to myself. I set up the table and chairs, opened the bottle of wine, and took a sip of Ipa. Life is perfect.

During the long night, I need to use three cameras and four lenses to record as many twinkling stars in the vast sky as possible, so I sleep I couldn't sleep because there was no signal, but luckily I had some wine. When thoughts came to my mind, I seemed to have thousands of words to say but I didn't know where to start.

▲Stop time-lapse, drink craft beer, and enjoy the scenery to yourself

As I drove up the mountain, I thought of my mother again. Her first anniversary will be less than a month away. During the more than 300 days since she left, I will miss her every day.

As time goes by, the sadness will gradually ease, but the longing will increase day by day. After all, I have not seen or heard from her for more than 300 days, and there are still tens of thousands of days in my remaining life. The worries between life and death will only accumulate day by day, forever. Does not dissipate.

She didn't want me to drive a car or start a business, because they were risky. She wanted me to have a more stable life.

However, this year, I have obtained a driver's license and driven almost 100,000 kilometers, all over the country, and then started my own business - a very coincidental opportunity, I partnered with classmate Xiao Ai to start a niche high-end travel business Personal order.

It has been more than two months now. For now, to put it more artistically, it is hard work and happiness.

My trip to southeastern Tibet from February to March and my peach blossom trip to Linzhi from March to April were done three times in a row before I had time to rest.

Just driving every day takes up a lot of time and energy, and I also have to shoulder the duties of a tour leader and photographer. Fortunately, I am a typical energetic Aries.

How to put it this way, for a person who likes snow-capped mountains, plateaus, glaciers and lakes, being able to travel without borders in the scenery you like every day is a reward in itself.

Therefore, although the income in the early days of starting a business is far less than that of building bricks in an Internet company, doing what you like is living in the present - a life of making each day count.

What's more, this kind of work will not be boring, because we will have more and more travel routes, from Tibet, Xinjiang, Qinghai at home, to Iceland, New Zealand, Canada, and Namibia abroad. I won't mind revisiting the scenery I have traveled through and loved. Swim three or five times or more.

Sharing the beauty of the planet I have seen while traveling around the world with our customers and more people gives me a full sense of accomplishment.

Moreover, while traveling, I can also have time to shoot my own works, make my own pure landscape documentaries, and bring the sunrises, sunsets, and starry skies around the world to everyone. This is what I want to do most in the rest of my life.

▲The last quarter moon rises

 

I once read a sentence:

"What people really like seems to be destined in nature and grows from the heart. Even if you follow the path chosen by others, even if you work hard enough, you will be busy and active on the outside, but there will be a layer of gray mist on the inside."

I have always believed that people can only shine when they are doing something they truly love.

Just like the post on WeChat Moments that I suddenly posted with emotion late that night:

Among friends around me

There are those who love mountains

There are those who love museums

There are those who love the universe and stars

There are also those who love documentaries, swing dance, illustration, free diving, paragliding, drums, and long-distance cross-country travel.

Can someone tell me how to photograph M51 with an equatorial mount?

Some people will tell me that although the scenery in Qiangtang’s uninhabited land is beautiful, the price/performance ratio is very low.

Someone told me that porcini mushrooms are the best protein supplement in the cold winter...

Of all the scenes about people, the ones that move me the most are those who are serious

A time to focus on everything you love

Yes, it has nothing to do with life, nothing to do with utilitarianism, and nothing to do with all illusions outside the heart

It’s all about——Love

 

Just like me at this moment, after leading the team for 18 consecutive days, I just sent the guests to the airport and started another job without stopping. I am willing to wait alone for one night in an uninhabited land with a cold night at an altitude of 5200 meters, enjoying the loneliness and the most primitive gifts that life has given us.

Only when you are far away from the hustle and bustle of the world can you hear the roar of your heart.

▲There are ice flowers on the lens

The only painful thing is that I didn't sleep all night. Although the heater was on in the car, the temperature outside was too low. It wasn't cold just sitting in the car, but it was still too cold to sleep.

And I didn’t dare to keep the car running for fear of not having enough fuel, so I could only start it for half an hour and turn it off for a quarter of an hour to save some fuel.

 

If you are occasionally tired of everything in the city, you can contact me and contact our company Aixing Outdoor to take you on a journey that is extremely far from physical distance to inner world .

Let me show you the things that you have ignored for a long time - the scenery of all those times, snow-capped mountains, glaciers, wilderness, forests, deserts, lakes, grasslands, and the billions of stars in the night sky.

Take a look at them more, after all, one day we will become part of them , take advantage of the short few decades when we are still low-entropy bodies to experience, experience, discover, and feel …

The place you walk through is your world.

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