蹲在山脊上的那只“兔子”

兔子旁的碎石破

　　During the morning we had lost 2 hours lower down attempting the ridge and by having to find a new way up the face, but were confident we had made up time  as we moved onto the glacier. The glacier was of very hard ice and of low angle. Good protection was essential since the glacier ended not far below us and the mountain dropped away for a 1,000 meters. Exciting exposure! Soon the glacier ended and we were  in front of a rock dome. It was 4PM. This was no easy dome. We estimate this last section to be only 20-30 meters high, but it was class 5 rock and would take around two hours. It was anything but the easy rock we had anticipated. Our GPS read 5566 meters, a mere 10 meters below the supposedly 5576 meter summit. It was clear that Yutu's true height is around 5600 meters.

　　早上我们浪费了两个小时尝试攀登山脊及寻找新的路线，但是一见到冰川我们又有了自信，失去的时间可以在这儿补回来了。冰川非常坚硬而且坡度不大。不过，我们下面这段冰川不长，下面就是1000米的陡坡，作好保护至关重要。非常令人兴奋的视野！一会儿冰川就消失了，出现在我们眼前的是一块圆形的石头屋顶。已经下午四点钟，而且这个圆屋顶看起来不容易。估计最后这一点儿石头不超过30米高，但是是5级攀岩，需要两个小时左右攀登。这块石头什么都是，就不是我们原来预期的容易。在这个位置我们的GPS已经表示海拔5566米高，比地图表的顶峰才低十米。很明显玉兔峰的实际海拔大概在5600米。

曾山和刘勇在接组攀登

刘勇在做保护站

　　We stood below a clear line up the rock dome but due to the late hour decided not to climb it. Thus, we started our de scent a little before 5PM and reached below the glacier by dark. We rappelled the rest of the way in the cold night air. Just below the last rappel Liu Yong's headlamp ran out of battery power and  my crampon came loose (a part had fAllen off). I used thin rope to temporarily fasten my crampon back on my boot and the two of us slowly continued back to the tent, Liu Yong using what little of the moonlight he could to feel his way. We arrived back at the tent by 10PM and soon after a storm picked up. Given the weather, a dysfunctional crampon, and running low on fuel, we were unable to make a second attempt at the summit.

　　我们找到了一条可以攀上去石头的路线，但是因为时间比较晚，决定不上去了。已经快下午五点钟我们才开始下山，天黑了才到冰川下面一点儿，其他的时间我们在凉快的夜空气里慢慢地下降。下降的最后一段时间里,刘勇的头灯没电了和我的冰爪从鞋脱离（一个配件掉了）。只好用了附绳临时把冰爪绑上去，我们俩又开始慢慢地走回帐篷，刘勇在微弱的月亮下摸回去。我们大概晚上十点钟到了帐篷，不久暴风雪就来了。由于天气转坏，性能不良的冰爪，缺少高山燃气和食品，我们无法试试第二次登顶。

曾山在顶峰

刘勇在顶峰

站在玉兔看 幺妹峰

　　We had linked together a beautiful route up Yutu, found a line to the top. We had stood upon the rabbit's head, but its ears were erect, not relAXEd as we hoped . We will call it a First Ascent - almost. The Yutu saga continues and when its ears will finally be scaled nobody knows.

　　我们连通了一条美丽的攀登路线，找到了一条登顶的路线。我们曾经站在兔子的头上，但是她的耳朵警觉的竖立着，不是我们原来希望的那么温顺。我们把这次攀登称为首登-几乎完全登顶。实际上玉兔峰传奇还没有结束，没有人会知道她的耳朵什么时候会有人站上去。