Who was the first female athlete to drift on the Yellow River?

G' Hu Asha-the only female drifter in the first Yangtze River drifting expedition.

Do everything I want to do

Long drift: an unprecedented story

More than 20 years ago, the life of Asha, a 22-year-old Yi female police officer, was finally changed by the news that Yao Maoshu, the first person in China, died in Tongtianhe. Ken Warren, a famous American explorer, is trying to buy the first drifting right of the Yangtze River for $350,000. "The first Yangtze River rafting should be done by China people themselves!" Chai Jinzhi, a young worker from Hebei Province, took the lead, and hundreds of young people across the country responded ... G' Hu Asha became one of the 30 major drifters.

1June, 986 16, the "long drift" began, and Asha believed it would be a heroic journey.

However, the danger encountered later far exceeded the girl's imagination. She used to live in an isolated no-man's land, hungry, relying on rivers and wild fruits to satisfy her hunger; I have also been to the epidemic area, and the players are swollen and festering; In Tongtian River, Tiger Leaping Gorge and many unknown places, I learned the news that my teammates were missing again and again, and even watched my teammates ups and downs in the big waves until they disappeared, but there was nothing I could do. ...

During the whole drifting process, the most unforgettable thing for Jihua Asha was drifting on the beach of the "beach king" Lao Jun. She was the first person to enter the dark space capsule of "China Warrior", which had a strong and pungent smell of rubber and glue. "It seems to be buried alive. Great fear comes from all directions. There is a Laojun Cave next to it. This hole is five times larger than the sealed cabin, and two-thirds of the river water is sucked in by it. If you go in, the chance of survival is almost zero. " Fortunately, in the violent collision between the falling water and the rocks, the tumbling in the belly and the sudden thunderous roar in the ear, a group of three people drifted over the huge whirlpool, and also avoided the Laojun Cave and the sharp rocks-the most terrible "Beach King" in the whole "long drift" was conquered!

However, for Asha, the terror in the dark has lasted for many years. She is afraid to take the elevator or subway. Even in a tall building, she always feels that she will collapse. The nightmare of being buried alive in the dark often makes her wake up sweating in the middle of the night. This situation was not improved until she later published the novel Daughter of the Yangtze River in France.

During the drifting of 170 days and nights, 1 1 drifting team members were killed, many of them quit one after another, and death passed her several times, but G' Hu Asha persisted and became the only female team member who participated in the whole drifting. "Some people died and I survived. This is not to say that I am better than them, but that I am more favored by fate. "

She said frankly, "If it is today, I'm afraid I won't drift anyway. What is more precious than life? "

A best-selling author who doesn't know French.

While the heroes of "dragon stamp" were touring the country with applause, Jihua Asha quietly returned to her hometown and joined the team of college entrance examination students. "I want to go to college" is a new dream that grew in her heart when she was "wandering for a long time".

/kloc-in the summer of 0/987, G' Hu Asha was admitted to the journalism department of the Central University for Nationalities. By chance, she met jean pierre, a young French Counsellor in China. This romantic French man fell in love with Asha at first sight. On the eve of Pierre's appointment in China, Asha finally decided to go back to France with him.

However, Pierre was soon sent to work in Lisbon, Portugal, while Asha stayed alone in Paris. In a strange city, the loneliness of language barrier is not far from the passion of feelings, and they broke up peacefully. Asha tried to continue her life dream in Paris. Once again, she completed a task that many people thought impossible-writing a book about her experience of drifting in the Yangtze River. With the help of the translator Mr. Li Zhihua, the French version of Daughter of the Yangtze River was published. This book brought Asha 6,543,800 francs in income, and also made many French people know about this China female explorer.

The wedding of Notre Dame de Paris

199 1 year, at the party of a Romanian painter friend, "a touch of gold" came into G' Hu Asha's life-most French people have brown hair, so American Kevin's blond hair and blue eyes are particularly eye-catching. This handsome young man who often wears jeans and sneakers makes G' Hu Asha feel relaxed, casual and happy.

They like to travel, but they are short of money. They always ask around about discounted air tickets, save some savings, pack their bags and rush to various countries and regions. Instead of chasing tourist attractions, they make a "cultural journey" according to famous works. In Jane Eyre's hometown, Asha found the path to Thornfield Manor. In the swamp of Wuthering heights, she met "a group of lonely crows"; In Napoleon's hometown of Corsica, they broke into the most beautiful nameless island she had ever seen.

Just as they were planning to get married, they came to Notre Dame de Paris. Looking at this place that is already very familiar in Notre Dame de Paris, Les Miserables and Napoleon Biography, an idea popped up in G' Hu Asha's mind: "I want to hold a wedding here." However, like the Forbidden City in China, there are almost no private weddings here. However, G' Hu Asha is a person who must turn ideas into actions: "How will we know until we try?" She boldly presented her wish to the priest. Because "I have never seen such a brave girl", Father Martin, who is over 70 years old and has served God for decades, agreed to her request. So, where Napoleon and Josephine got married, G' Hu Asha became the first oriental to get married in Notre Dame.

Suffering is God's disguised gift.

Kevin works in UBS Group AG's London headquarters, and G' Hu Asha also went to Cambridge to study English and English literature. Here, Asha, who originally wanted to settle down for herself, stumbled upon her new skill: decoration and real estate trading, that is, buying some houses with good location and environment, decorating them according to her own style, and then selling them. Because she usually manages a "luxury house" worth hundreds of thousands and millions of pounds, she can earn quite high profits every time she changes hands. Gradually, she not only owned more than 10 houses in Cambridge and London, but also bought real estate in the United States and Belgium. But she prefers to call herself an artist rather than a real estate agent.

G' Hu Asha has two daughters and two lovely elves, which she calls her "proudest work". After several job-hopping, Kevin also became the president of a British branch of an American bank. Just as Asha lives in the most upscale community in Britain, living next to Hawking, Prince Charles and others and enjoying the "most perfect" life, a "storm" suddenly strikes. Kevin betrayed her, making her strong-willed and loyal to marriage and love retaliate with "anti-betrayal" in pain and loss. This led to a long divorce proceedings, both sides paid a high price, and even became one of the most sensational cases in Britain at that time. The divorce lawsuit deprived her of the custody of her two daughters who regarded her as her life, and also lost 6 million pounds of property.

G' Hu Asha felt that she had "experienced a great disaster in her life". Throughout 2004, she often said to Lacrimosa, "I don't know where I got so many tears. However, when the tears run out, the toxins in my heart are exhausted. "

Today she has become open-minded. "All disasters are for a reason. Suffering is God's disguised gift. Once people encounter problems, they always feel that it is someone else's fault. In fact, when I see my own problems, it is easy to forgive others and forgive myself. "

Calm and quiet, she returned to her hometown, bought an "Olive Mountain" orchard in Daliangshan, Sichuan where she grew up, planted flowers, trees, wrote and sang in the lakes and mountains, and returned to the "Garden of Eden" of her childhood. In her view, all "losers" have become "successful grandmothers". She is as full of energy as before, and everyone who meets her will be unconsciously infected by her enthusiasm.

She smiled and said, "I am still a dreamer, and I am very excited every morning. I don't believe that a person who is really determined to do something can't do it. It's just a pity that many people envy the achievements of others and are unwilling to pay. I will spend every day actively, and I will climb a higher mountain again, and the scenery on that mountain should be something I have never seen before. A brave, positive and intelligent life is my lifelong pursuit. "