Mount Everest is located on the border between China and Nepal. Its northern slope is in Tibet, my country, and its southern slope is in Nepal. Mount Everest, with an altitude of 8844.43 meters, is the main peak of the Himalayas and the highest mountain in the world. Mount Everest stands majestically at the highest point of the vast Himalayas, covered with ice and snow all year round. Its pyramid-shaped peak can be clearly seen from a hundred kilometers away, giving people a solemn and sacred feeling. Mount Everest, with its reputation as the top of the earth, has become the "temple" in the minds of mountaineers from all over the world (regions) and is the lifelong wish of every mountaineer. In 1921, British and other explorers formed teams and invested huge sums of money to climb the world's highest peak. Moreover, explorers pay more attention to climbing Mount Everest from the difficult north slope on the Chinese side. They have organized the climb 8 times, but all failed. Among them, in 1924, the famous British mountaineer Mallory and others, relying on advanced mountaineering tools and rich experience, tenaciously climbed to the 8,680-meter altitude of the north slope of Mount Everest, the "Second Step". Mallory and his Unfortunately, a teammate encountered a mountain disaster and fell short of success.
14 Chinese team members successfully climbed Mount Everest on May 21 and 22 respectively. They are Xiao Qimi, Pubhu Zhuoga (female), Cangmula
(female), Nyima Tsering, Liang Qun (female), Chen Junchi, Ngawang, Pubhu Dundup, Zha Xi Tsering, Wangdui, Jala, Luo Shen, Wang Shi and Liu Jian.
So far, in the past 43 years, Chinese athletes have reached the "Top of the Earth" 14 times, and 61 people have left their footprints on the top of the Earth.
Qomolangma is considered the third goddess among the five fairies in Tibetan mythology. She is the lord of all mountains.
In 1921, Englishman Howwood Bury led a mountaineering team to climb Mount Everest for the first time from China. In the following years, the British challenged eight times, killing more than ten people, but failed once.
On May 25, 1960, the Tibetan team member Gonpot and Han teammates Wang Fuzhou and Qu Yinhua, who had gone through many hardships, planted the five-star red flag on Mount Everest, creating the first time for humans to ascend to the top of the Earth from the northern ridge. A great feat. Their heroic deeds have greatly inspired people of all ethnic groups across the country who are struggling with severe natural disasters.
Since then, more and more Chinese have climbed to the top of Mount Everest. China's progress and strength have gradually made Chinese climbers one of the leading forces in the world's Everest mountaineering movement.
In 1975, China’s second huge mountaineering team stationed at the foot of Mount Everest, and the last nine warriors returned to the summit. Tibetan female team member Pan Duo became the first woman in the world to climb the summit from the north. . The mountaineering team also brought scientific expedition work to Mount Everest and completed a series of scientific expedition activities such as measuring the height of Mount Everest and testing human skills in high-altitude areas, which shocked the world.
Thirteen years later, mountaineers from China, Japan and Nepal joined forces to challenge Mount Everest. They met the summit from the north and south sides and successfully crossed Mount Everest in both directions. Three Chinese team members successfully crossed Mount Everest, and one person climbed the mountain. Tsering Dorje set a world record for staying at the summit without oxygen for 99 minutes.
Two years later, climbers from China, the Soviet Union and the United States gathered on Mount Everest in the name of peace, showing their peace-loving aspirations to the world. Seven Tibetan team members from China stood on the top of the mountain one after another.
In 1993, six mountaineers from both sides of the Taiwan Strait climbed Mount Everest together for the first time, writing a wonderful page in history. Wu Jinxiong became the first Taiwanese compatriot to climb Mount Everest.
In 1996 and 1997, China successively carried out joint climbing activities with Slovakia and Pakistan. Four Tibetan team members reached the summit. Among them, Ciluo became the first Chinese college student to climb Mount Everest. , Da Qimi and Kaicun became people who have climbed Mount Everest twice.
On May 27, 1999, all 10 Tibetan members of the Tibetan Mountaineering Team climbed Mount Everest at once and collected the sacred fire of the Sixth National Ethnic Traditional Sports Games at the summit of 8848.13 meters. . This is a feat full of wisdom and imagination, and a testimony to the confidence of 1.2 billion Chinese people heading into the new century. Guisang became the first woman in the world to climb Mount Everest twice from the north slope, and Renna and Jiji became the first couple in China to climb Mount Everest at the same time.
The history of Chinese people climbing Mount Everest is not just for professional team members. In recent years, amateurs have continued to challenge Mount Everest.
In 2000, Yan Genghua, the Heilongjiang warrior who was China's first civilian solo challenger on Mount Everest, reached the summit on May 21, but unfortunately died on the way down. Two years later, another warrior, Wang Tianhan, finally succeeded in challenging Mount Everest alone. Over the past 43 years, among the many climbers who have climbed Mount Everest, many warriors have rested in the white world of Mount Everest, and some have been left with lifelong disabilities. The history of Chinese people climbing Mount Everest is an evocative history of successive successes and continuous victories. Climbing Mount Everest is not an easy task. The preparation work will be very long, including climbing several steps and finally sprinting to the main peak! Not a personal act. The time is approximately a few months.