Humans have always persistently tried to conquer various mountains and rivers.
Everest, known as the world's highest peak, has long been successfully climbed by humans.
But another beautiful snow mountain, more than 3,000 meters lower than Mount Everest, the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, but so far no one has summited, and why is this?
Located in Lijiang City, Yunnan Province, China, Yulong Snow Mountain belongs to the Transverse Mountain System and is the most southerly snow mountain in Asia and the closest to the equator above the Eurasian continent.
The peak area is surrounded by snow all year round and 19 glaciers, from a distance it looks like many dragons coiling around the snow-capped mountain.
This is why it is named Jade Dragon Snow Mountain.
Jade Dragon Snow Mountain is one of the sacred mountains and settlements of the Naxi people.
The Naxi people call the snow mountain "Boshi Oru", which means "the silvery rock of white sand".
The Jade Dragon Snow Mountain at an altitude of more than 5,000 meters, how people have never been to conquer it.
1. The geology of this mountain is quite complex, and the main component of its geology is limestone.
It is a sedimentary rock, and its main structure is clastic and grain structure, which is very easy to be dissolved, and the common karst landscape is formed from it.
Therefore, the structure of the mountain with limestone as its component is extremely unstable.
It is not suitable for climbing because of the risk of collapse at any time.
2. The gullies of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain are deep and the cutting surface is very steep, some of them can even reach 90°.
The terrain of the peaks on the total ridge is very different.
To ascend the main peak is bound to go around the road.
The complexity of the terrain makes it very difficult to plan the climbing route.
Since the ice temperature is at 0°C, it is of the warm glacier type.
Affected by the weather, the snow on the summit and glacier is prone to allow slippage and large avalanches to occur.
3. The mountain is often cloudy and foggy, and climbers can't move forward in foggy weather.
And because of the role of the iceberg landscape, most of the rock walls are ice, and can not be climbed.
Visibility is very low, the climbing team will also encounter the situation of being lost, once lost to find the direction is very difficult.
4. Jade Dragon Snow Mountain is a holy mountain in the hearts of the locals.
This level of faith in the representative can develop a part of the supply of tourists to see has been very good.
As for the summit, in the hearts of the Naxi people, it is a place where God lives and is not to be disturbed by humans.
Therefore, to respect the beliefs and customs of the locals, plans and work for the summit of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain have been in the process of coordination.
Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, geologists have explored the nature and main composition of its formation, and spending a lot of financial resources for climbing does not make much sense.
How about leaving this mysterious virgin peak for this beautiful snow mountain, so that it will always be a sacred place where no one has set the foot?
