Although more than three years have passed, some netizens have left a message in my travel notes asking me such a question. What changes can a person bring after riding in Tibet? Looking back on my personal experience in those years, I am very happy to share my experience through this graphic and give some help to those riders who are about to embark on a trip to Lhasa.
What changes have been brought to me after cycling in Tibet? In retrospect, it is reflected in at least three aspects. Listen to me!
As we all know, cycling itself is a very good aerobic exercise to keep fit. Long-distance cycling and Tibet cycling are more effective. First of all, the journey is long and the cycle is long. It takes nearly 45 days to ride more than 5,000 kilometers. The daily riding distance is basically maintained at 120 km. From going out in the morning to staying at night, it takes about 8-65,438+00 hours to ride continuously every day.
Secondly, there are dietary factors. Although riding the 3 18 national highway is a very mature route, there is no shortage of accommodation and dining places along the way. However, after entering Tibet, going out in the morning, basically can't reach the accommodation place until the evening. So the lunch every day is basically dry food, instant noodles, self-heated rice and so on. , will naturally affect nutrition.
Finally, there is the problem of roads. As we all know, riding the 3 18 national highway is a very difficult thing, which mainly comes from the complex topography and unpredictable climate environment. Panshan highway, altitude sickness, headwind, rotten road, ice and snow, etc. Especially after entering the Sichuan border, you have to climb over 14 mountains above 4000m above sea level, of which two mountains above 5000m above sea level can reach Lhasa, so the riding difficulty can be imagined.
So all the way down, combined with these three factors, the effect of weight loss and fitness is still quite obvious. I personally weighed 150kg when I first started from Shanghai. After the trip, my weight dropped to 126kg, and I lost a total of 24 kg, even a little incongruous, but my physical resistance and strength were really great.
Riding in Tibet is definitely a powerful challenge and improvement to your willpower and endurance. Of course, the premise is that you are really riding, rather than pretending like some live broadcasts in Celebrity on the Internet. It takes great courage to dare to try this kind of behavior, and on the road of riding, difficulties and hardships need greater endurance and willpower to support you to forge ahead. I remember several times in the middle, I was on the verge of collapse and wanted to give up, but I gritted my teeth and survived. At that time, I really called myself a fool again and again, and I could only walk on my knees on the road I chose, so I survived hard. But after these experiences, my willpower naturally improved.
Many people say that people riding on the road of 3 18 are all people with stories and are carrying some sad things. I am convinced that there are people who have been hurt to vent their feelings, and there are also people who have been suppressed to adjust. Everyone is looking forward to being redeemed and reborn through such a special trip to Tibet. As for whether the goal is finally achieved, it also varies from person to person. Every day's work is to eat, ride a bike, sleep, and clear everything in my mind, only the front and the road, cultivate myself with the magnificent scenery of Tibet around me, and anesthetize myself with the fatigue brought by cycling. Time is a good medicine to heal all emotional wounds, but we just chose a way to replace Ai Ai in our original life. In the end, we found that it is impossible for us to think about that person for such a long time, to think about those past things and feelings.
As the saying goes, reading thousands of books is better than taking Wan Li Road. Through this long trip, I deeply understand the true meaning of this sentence. Along the way, I met many things that I have never seen or experienced in books. Some of these things are related to knowledge and culture. For example, the poetic allusion about "the shepherd boy pointing out the Xinghua Village" always thought that the Xinghua Village was somewhere in Shanxi, but now it is known that it is in Chizhou, Anhui. There are some things that have never been seen before, such as chestnut fruit, cactus fruit and so on.
After entering Tibetan areas, I have a deeper understanding of Tibetan culture, customs and beliefs. Together, all these things have greatly improved my whole life experience. I remember there is a saying in a book that the experience of life lies in the books you read, the music you handed down and the road you walked.