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Li Younan carried a walkie-talkie and after saying a word to Liu Li and Zhizhi, he continued to climb upwards.

As the altitude increased, the air thinned, and the drone’s power and battery significantly diminished.

Although the drone Li Younan bought was the top of the consumer-grade models, it still didn’t reach professional or industrial levels.

And with Galongla Snow Mountain’s peak altitude surpassing 5,000 meters, the drone struggled to fly but still barely kept up.

In fact, upon reaching this point, the distance to the summit wasn’t very far.

As he climbed higher, the mountain, permanently covered in snow and glaciers, had a snow depth unseen at the bottom.

Li Younan had to pick solid glacier spots to climb upward, making his way from the front ridge to the side ridge, reaching the col.

At this point, the slope had become much gentler, continuing along the ridge line upwards, and in a few hundred meters he could reach the summit.

Li Younan looked from top to bottom, and at the summit, there was actually an ice lake formed by melting snow.

If he remembered correctly, this was the first heavenly lake he had seen after entering the Tibetan Area.

The heavenly lake below was composed of two or three small lakes, with waters of tea green, yellow, and milky white, very beautiful.

Li Younan, in high spirits, continued to climb toward the top.

One has to admit, over the years, while some have hiked across Galongla Snow Mountain, and others drove up the old road, almost no one has been known to continue climbing to the summit.

On one hand, the altitude here is not high, so for mountaineering enthusiasts, it wouldn’t immortalize their names; on the other hand, the snow and glaciers on the mountain are extremely thick, making the climbing quite challenging.

The snow at the summit had frozen extremely hard, and the slightly deeper frozen snow was probably many years old, while the summit’s glacier might have a history of tens of thousands of years.

Overall, climbing from here is relatively easier compared to Gongga Snow Mountain, with the slope not as steep as Gongga Snow Mountain.

After reaching the summit and looking down, you could see their direction of arrival to the north with clear skies, high mountain meadows, and wildflowers on the meadows vividly embellishing the snowy scenery, extremely spectacular.

Li Younan took a few photos with his phone.

About half an hour later, Li Younan successfully reached the summit of Galongla Snow Mountain, and the drone that had been following him slowly rose from below, capturing this scene as well.

Li Younan didn’t shout out loud, but just waved at the drone.

Galongla Snow Mountain is the battleground of warm, moist currents from the Indian Ocean and cold currents from the northern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. The view he saw was spectacular: the southern side of the mountain pass is shrouded in clouds and mist, while the north is clear with two distinct air currents visibly colliding, even the significant clear demarcation line was visible to the naked eye.

In such a landscape, humans seem so insignificant.

Li Younan rested a bit, took a few more photos with his phone, and then descended.

Upon reaching there, he was no longer worried about the negative impacts of avalanches.

Avalanches typically collapse from higher mountains, and upon reaching the summit, Li Younan further assessed the risks of the snow on the summit, discovering that at least in the short term, a second avalanche was unlikely, which was an unexpected gain.

Going up the mountain was easier than going down, which took more time.

When he returned to his car, it was already around three or four in the afternoon.

For mountaineers like Li Younan, watching his climb in videos gives off a sense of ease and safety, and this emotion would spread, making viewers feel grounded and at ease even if trapped at the foot of a snowy avalanche.

After Li Younan came down, Liu Li immediately jumped over and hugged him.

The adorable girlfriend was becoming more proactive.

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On the sixth day of being stranded, the avalanche snow had melted down twenty to thirty centimeters, but this only made the lower layers freeze harder.

At this time, the rescue team finally arrived.

The rescue team coming up also took great risks to reach there.

When they saw the avalanche scene at the summit, they all gasped——the entire road had disappeared.

They later found Li Younan’s car in a mountain hollow away from the road’s course.

To aid the rescue team, Li Younan had specifically hung a Chinese flag high in a conspicuous area.

When the rescue team found Li Younan’s car, they were all utterly shocked.

They looked up at the summit, then at the road and the sloped wild trail leading up...

Li Younan’s car was completely unharmed; it was truly astonishing——this meant that in the very short time during the avalanche, Li Younan had anticipated the avalanche and calmly made a decision on the spot, driving the car to this specific spot, perfectly avoiding the avalanche.

What immense psychological strength was required to achieve this?

The sides of the ridge were where the avalanche had rolled down in its thickest form.

In such circumstances, ordinary people’s minds would certainly be in chaos.

Moreover, aside from those who have lived long-term in such places, people from inland areas would have very few experiences of encountering avalanches closely.

Facing the unknown, it’s difficult for humans to make the right judgment, yet despite this, the young man before them made the most correct decision, decisive, calm, full of wisdom. This was the most immediate impression of the rescue team who had arrived.