How difficult was it to transfer the remains of the 4 dead geologists?

　　West China Metropolis Daily-cover news reporter Xiao Yang, trainee reporter Zhou Yi

　　Reported by Zhenyuan County, Pu'er City, Yunnan

　　At 8:32 on the morning of November 22, all four geologists who lost contact with Ailao Mountain in Yunnan were found, and they were all killed.

　　On November 23, news came from the "11·15" Joint Headquarters in Ailao Mountain, Pu'er City, Yunnan Province. At 9:50 that night, the remains of four Chinese Geological Survey field staff who were unfortunately killed in Ailao Mountain were transferred. Out of the mountain, handed over to the unit where he belonged before his death.

　　At noon on the 23rd, a supply team composed of local villagers Zeng went up the mountain to deliver meals to rescuers who participated in the transfer of the remains.

According to the villagers who participated in the supply, on the 23rd, when the bodies of the four victims were transported down the mountain, some rescuers fell tired on the mountain at noon.

At night, hail fell on the mountain again.

The rescuers did not close their eyes for several days or nights. After the task of transferring the remains, many rescuers directly sat on the ground and rested.

"It's hard to move an inch"

The transfer of the remains is very slow, and it may be less than 1 km in a day

　　At around 10 a.m. on November 23, in Muchang Village, Zhedong Township, Zhenyuan County, where the headquarters is located, villager Mr. Wang and others received a notice from the village, asking them to rush to gather near the headquarters within a specified time. Food was delivered to rescuers who transported the remains of the victims in the mountains.

　　Mr. Wang said that since the rescue began, villagers in nearby villages have often been tasked with sending supplies to the mountains.

Before the helicopter did not drop the materials by air, it was basically delivered every other day.


And this time, about seven or eight people in their group received this task.

With the addition of people from other villages, there are about fifty or sixty people in the entire food delivery team.

Bring your own food and some simple things, and Mr. Wang went to the headquarters.

After 12 noon, they rushed to the mountain with more than 300 meals.

　　The local weather has been bad recently. According to Mr. Wang's memory, the road up the mountain was very bad due to rain and other influences. In some places, the silt can be submerged to the knees.

　　It was around 4 in the afternoon that the villagers with food came to the designated place to meet with rescuers.

Mr. Wang said that the meeting point was less than 1 kilometer away from the place where the bodies of the four victims were found. The situation on the mountain was complicated and rescuers had difficulty walking.

At the same time, according to frontline rescuers, because of the complex terrain, high mountains and steep slopes, and low visibility in fog, the transfer of the remains is very slow, and it may be less than 1 km in 24 hours.

　　"The rescue team members are very tired." Mr. Wang said, the rescuer carried a large bag, weighing almost 20 kilograms.

In addition, many people in the team hadn't closed their eyes for days and nights. Before the food delivery team went up the mountain, one of the rescue team fainted on the mountain.

　　A hot meal and hot dishes will give rescuers who have had a lot of physical exertion for a long time in a harsh environment and cold weather have a chance to breathe.

Mr. Wang recalled that they distributed the hot water they brought with them to the rescuers. The rescuers poured the hot water into the lid and drank it. Everyone only drank a little.

"They were very happy after drinking hot water, and they felt very comfortable."

"Overcome all obstacles"

Rescuers chopped branches for transporting stretchers down the mountain and hail fell in the mountains

　　After a simple meal, the whole team did not stop and continued to walk down the mountain.

　　Mr. Wang said that they were following the team that transported the remains because when they were going up the mountain, the headquarters asked them, “You must follow closely. Someone in the team wants to go to the toilet, and other people can’t leave first by rushing.” Mr. Wang understood that the headquarters wanted the villagers to observe discipline and ensure safety after they went up the mountain.

　　For this reason, when going down the mountain, some villagers wanted to leave the team and took shortcuts by themselves, but they were also persuaded to come back by other villagers.

"He wants to rush directly down the mountain, so we just said, go wherever you want. There is no sense of responsibility, and no responsibility at all."

　　The journey down the mountain is particularly long, and it took the team nearly 5 hours to get to the place where there is a car to pick up the body.

　　Mr. Wang said that there is a special transfer bag for transferring the remains.

Every body is transported by a team of about 27 or 8 people.

The stretcher used to carry the body is made of chopped branches and requires 4 people to carry it.

The roads on the mountain are difficult and difficult to walk, and everyone is quite tired, and they have to change people after they have basically lifted a distance of 50 meters.

　　"Later everyone was tired, and the people behind started to help." Mr. Wang recalled that they wanted to help, but the rescuers refused. "They said we had no experience."

　　According to Mr. Wang, during the process of transferring the remains, when the road conditions were a little better, rescuers carried stretchers on their shoulders.

When encountering poor road conditions such as steep slopes, rescuers will tie both ends of the transfer bag with ropes. One person pulls the rope at the front to control the direction, while the rope at the back is pulled by seven or eight people to prepare for the remains. Under the premise of protection, put the rope behind, grasp the direction in front, and just "slide" little by little.

　　Mr. Wang said that at eight or nine o'clock that evening, hail began to fall in the mountains. The head was not small and it hurt people's heads.

Along the way, when I walked around, I didn't feel very cold. As long as I stopped and rested, the cold would hit.

"At this time, someone in the team will shout, hurry up, it's too cold."

　　Mr. Wang recalled that on the day the body was transported out of the mountain, there were a lot of rescuers on the mountain, plus the villagers who went in, he estimated that there would be more than 400 people.

"You can't see the head in the front, and the tail in the back. There are a large number of people." At night, when everyone turned on the flashlight, there was a bright light on the mountain.

Voice of the Villagers

I feel that the team members rushed into the mountain improperly and sad and sad for the death of 4 people

　　The rescue workers have been rushing uninterruptedly.

Mr. Wang said that in the latter part of the journey, everyone was exhausted, and the leader of the rescue team was always trying to make the team members happy.

I would shout slogans to them at any time, and I would ask "Is there any confidence" along the way to encourage them.

When going down the mountain, some rescue team members sat on the ground and paddled down the mountain when they couldn't walk.

While Mr. Wang and his party have been talking to rescue team members, the road is not easy. Some rescue team members slid down the mountain as they walked, and the villagers went over and pulled them up in time.

"Everyone is united and working together, so that the rescuers are also confident, saying that they must go down the mountain that night."

　　As the weather in Ailao Mountain began to deteriorate, even though rescuers were physically exhausted and exhausted during the day and night search and rescue operations, in order to protect the personal safety of rescuers, the command's request to frontline personnel was still to go out as much as possible and be sure not to stop.

　　At 9:50 that night, the bodies of the victims were handed over to their units.

After 10 o'clock that night, Mr. Wang and his party arrived at the foot of the mountain.

　　He said that after going down the mountain, many rescuers directly sat on the ground to rest, regardless of whether there was silt or how thick the silt was.

　　Mr. Wang said that the progress of the rescue has been affecting the hearts of nearby villagers, and many people update the rescue news every half an hour.

After hearing the news that all 4 people were killed, everyone felt both sad and sad.

They felt that it was a pity that the environment on the mountain was complicated, and some places could not even use compasses and other equipment, and entered improperly. Secondly, there are actually dry places on the mountain that can be sheltered from rain.

"Maybe they have no experience and don't understand this."