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15 Chinese atop Everest for measurement
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-05-22 11:37
Fifteen Chinese mountaineers on a mission to remeasure the height of the
earth's summit scaled Mount Qomolangma (Mount Everest) at about 11: 08 Beijing
Time, according to reports from the headquarters.
A woman mountaineer
climbs from the base at 6,500 meters to the 7,028 camp in this photo taken
on May 19. Fifteen mountaineers have reached the top of Qomolangma Sunday
morning and will conduct height measurement activities.
[Xinhua] | The 15 including: Pubu, 40, Ngawang,
24, Gyabu Jr. and Dorji Gaesang of the Tibet Mountaineering Team, and surveyors.
They are erecting a survey beacon, GPS and radar
equipment on top of the peak for height measurement. A ceremony was held at the
base camp to celebrate the successful scaling of the peak.
Twenty-four
Chinese researchers and mountaineers started their assault on Mount Qomolangma,
the summit of the earth, which is known as Mount Everest in the West, to
remeasure its height at 3:30 a.m. on Sunday.
A TV grab shows Chinese mountaineers
reaching the top of Mount Qomolangma May 22, 2005 to measure the height of the
world's highest mountain. [newsphoto]
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