"Only those who win the river can be appreciated."

□ Changjiang Daily Learner Shi Liqing

At 7:57 am on August 26, Yang Xiangli, 63, was doing the final preparation work at the Dajun Mountain Automobile Wharf in Caidian District, Wuhan, and he was about to start from the waters here. "I am confident to become the first person in the Yangtze River Shimu!" ​​He was confident.

■ "Liulian Du" before before

Yang Xiangli is a member of the Yangtze River Rescue Volunteer and a senior winter swimming enthusiast. "Completing the Yangtze River Shimuang" is his dream, and he has been preparing for more than 8 years for this.

Yang Xiangli began to challenge the Yangtze River since 2014. At first, he could only swim a few hundred meters. After day after day, he has already crossed the Yangtze River more than 1,000 times. Among the Yangtze River Rescue Volunteer Team, there is also a group of people crossing the Yangtze River enthusiasts like Yang Xiangli. Every year, they participate in the "crossing the river" and often cross the river on weekdays. According to Zhang Jianmin, the captain of the Yangtze River Rescue Volunteer Team, before the "Yangtze River Ten Crossing" challenge, the highest record holder was Yang Xiangli. Hours.

Why is it so addicted to crossing the river? Yang Xiangli said: "Every time he crosses the Yangtze River, there will be a feeling of winning. The only person who is crossing the river can realize it."

■ The difficulty of setting the rules by yourself

In order to increase the difficulty of "the Yangtze River Ten Crossing", Yang Xiangli also set up a series of travel rules for himself: after arriving at the shore, you cannot support fixed objects to rest or go ashore. Water eats; except carrying drifting bags with you, putting clothing and food, do not use any auxiliary swimming tools; the travel time is 11 hours as the upper limit.

At 7:40 in the morning, Yang Xiangli was contained in the drifting bag -a few buns and a large pot of water. He also carried a mobile phone to record the swimming trajectory. His relatives and friends also came to observe and cheer up for him: "We believe you can do it! Waiting for your good news in the afternoon!" At 8 o'clock, he wore a swimming hat and a swimming mirror, near the Junshan Automobile Ferry Terminal Starting in the water in the water, it gradually disappeared into the river after a while. In contrast to the roadmap he planned in advance and his actual swimming trajectory, it can be found that he crossed the river with a V -shaped in the water all the way. Each inflection point on the line was leaned out at one time, a total of ten times.

At 6:26 in the evening, under the witness of a group of winter swimming enthusiasts, Yang Xiangli arrived in the waters near the Shiguang Farm in the Three Gorges of Hankou Jiangtan. At this point, his "Yangtze River Shimu" successfully challenged the successful challenge. "Actually, I still have some physical strength. I plan to challenge the eleven consecutive crossing, but I want to leave room for other swimmers." Yang Xiangli said.

■ Do not advocate ordinary people to cross

Crossing the Yangtze River needs to consider various emergencies in the natural environment. According to the record of mobile phone sports trajectories, the longest time in the "ten consecutive crossing" was the eighth cross, which took a total of 82 minutes. Yang Xiangli recalled that at that time, he was traveling to the waters near the parrot of the parrot. There was a large stream in that area. After swimming, it was easy to be pushed back by the water and could not easily swim. "I have been swimming in Jiangzhong for so many years, where there is a stream where there is a whirlpool, I am clear."

"The players of the Yangtze River Rescue Volunteer team have rich experience in Jiang Yong, but ordinary people must not try easily." Cheng Shun, a police officer of the Water Branch of the Wuhan Public Security Bureau, told reporters.

Yang Xiangli seemed to be very calm about the successful challenge "Yangtze River Ten Crossing": "I know that it is not difficult for me." At 9 am on the 27th, he came to the river as usual and simply prepared the preparation work. Just jumped into the river with a few swimmers and started a new journey.

【Edit: Bian Liqun】

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