According to reports, on the day the two went missing, heavy snowfall occurred in multiple areas of the mountains, triggering an avalanche. The pair once tried to retreat to a valley at a lower altitude. Eventually, Liang Shengyue was found in the Narchat Valley on April 26, but Liu Chenjun had unfortunately died three days before being discovered.
Liang Shengyue was found conscious and able to speak, but physically weak, and was immediately sent to a local hospital for treatment. After gradually recovering, Liang Shengyue was interviewed by the media on the 28th, recounting the various ordeals he and his girlfriend endured while trapped and explaining how he managed to survive those days.
Liang Shengyue said that he and Liu Chenjun had set off to climb in late February, got lost in early March, and during their entrapment, they even considered jumping off a cliff to end their lives. But they found a cave and hid inside it.
In the first three weeks of being trapped, they ate cooked potatoes they had brought, made flour paste with water to eat as gruel, and chewed raw rice to maintain basic physical strength. “Because we still had gas, we ate instant noodles twice, which made us super happy.” Later, when food gradually ran out, they ate oil and salt. “We’d dip our fingers in a bit of salt – it has a lot of minerals – just two or three bites a day, along with mountain spring water, and that was enough.”
After being trapped for nearly three weeks, Liang Shengyue and Liu Chenjun gradually became desperate. Liang Shengyue said, “I remember it was March 17, we decided to just end it by burning charcoal.” But using the hiking poles left by other mountaineers and our tent, we couldn’t get it to light. Thinking that since we couldn’t die anyway, we might as well let nature take its course.
Liang Shengyue revealed that at her most desperate near the end of the ordeal, his girlfriend Liu Chenjun had suggested, “If one of us dies first, let’s eat the other’s flesh to survive.” However, he immediately dismissed the idea, joking, “We both have to live, otherwise we might end up fighting over who to eat.” Later, when his girlfriend passed away, the media asked, “Did you ever think about eating the flesh?” Liang Shengyue replied that he never did.
During the time they were trapped, aside from encouraging each other, they also spaced out, and to conserve energy, the two even agreed not to talk during the day. He and his girlfriend had talked about what they would do after being rescued — she said she wanted to eat tofu pudding when she got back.
Liang Shengyue choked up recalling that on the day Liu Chenjun died, she kept calling out “Dad, Mom, Auntie, Yueyue,” and then she stopped speaking altogether. At first, he thought she was asleep, but when it was almost evening, he struggled to crawl over and touch her. “Why was she so cold?” Liang Shengyue said, “I started shaking her violently, trying to wake her up, but she didn’t respond.”
The trip to the Himalayas had been planned and arranged since the previous semester. They had originally intended to take a semester off and stay there for four months, but now they faced an irreplaceable loss. Still, Liang Shengyue stated that if given the chance again, he would still invite Liu Chenjun to go climbing with him “because it’s what she loved.”
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