(InTibet) Mt. Qomolangma remeasuring team to work on route to peak

Source: Xinhua| 2020-05-11 09:00:21|Editor: huaxia

Members of a road construction team depart from the advance camp at an altitude of 6,500 meters of Mount Qomolangma in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, May 10, 2020. (Xinhua/Sun Fei)


MOUNT QOMOLANGMA BASE CAMP, May 11 (Xinhua) -- A road construction team will work on a route to the peak of Mount Qomolangma on May 12 if weather conditions permit.

China initiated a new round of measurement on the height of Mount Qomolangma, the world's highest peak, on April 30. The measurement team consists of members from the Ministry of Natural Resources and the national mountaineering team.

Members of a road construction team depart from the advance camp at an altitude of 6,500 meters of Mount Qomolangma in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, May 10, 2020. (Xinhua/Sun Fei)

Members of a road construction team depart from the advance camp at an altitude of 6,500 meters of Mount Qomolangma in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, May 10, 2020. (Xinhua/Sun Fei)

Members of a road construction team work on a route to a camp at an altitude of 7,028 meters of Mount Qomolangma in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, May 10, 2020. (Xinhua/Sun Fei)

Members of a road construction team work on a route to a camp at an altitude of 7,028 meters of Mount Qomolangma in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, May 10, 2020. (Xinhua/Sun Fei)

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