With the weather getting colder lately, having enough to eat and staying warm has become the simplest form of happiness for everyone. But recently, Mirror Media uncovered a harrowing mountain accident: 11 staff members from the Extension Education Division of Chinese Culture University participated in a “hidden gem of the mountains” activity, a 2-day, 1-night hike to Jiaoluo Lake in Yilan. The trip was advertised as requiring no food, sleeping bags, or other gear. However, when the staff reached the shores of Jiaoluo Lake at an altitude of 2,242 meters, they realized they had nothing. In the end, the 11 staff members and their guide survived the frigid 6°C temperatures with just one bowl of instant noodles. One team member even suffered from hypothermia and nearly lost her life.
According to Mirror Media, the 11 staff members from the Extension Education Division of Chinese Culture University, along with their guide, arrived at Jiaoluo Lake only to discover that the organizing unit had gotten the timing wrong—meaning none of them had brought food, sleeping bags, tents, or other survival gear. The 12 of them survived the 2-day, 1-night trip with just one bowl of instant noodles provided by the guide. One female team member who suffered from hypothermia said, “I was completely out of it and thought my life would end that day.” Another participant described the awful experience, saying, “In two days and one night, we only got two bites of instant noodles and a bowl of undercooked porridge.” Even though the night sky was full of stars, the 11 hikers probably weren’t in the mood to appreciate them.
