Mountaineers scale snowy peak to see in New Year

XINING - "My friends, I've scaled the Gangshika snowy peak. It's meaningful to complete such a feat on the first day of the new year. I wish you all the best," Geng Ru, an outdoor sports fan, wrote on WeChat on Monday.

On New Year's Day, Geng, together with her mother, was a member of a climbing team that participated in the 2018 New Year Mountaineering and Body Building challenge, hosted by Qinghai Sports Bureau, in the Menyuan Hui autonomous county, Qinghai province.

Recalling the beauty of Gangshika peak, Geng said: "We humans can't conquer nature, but only admire and understand it. Climbing is a form of worship for us."