Mount Qomolangma scenery (12 photos)

Magnificent, proud, extremely steep terrain, the environment is very complicated. Snow line height: 5800 ~ 6200m on the north slope and 5500 ~ 6 100m on the south slope. There are three steep walls (north wall, east wall and southwest wall) between the northeast ridge, southeast ridge and Xishan ridge, and 548 continental glaciers are distributed between these ridges and cliffs, with a total area of1457.07km2 and an average thickness of 7,260m. The replenishment of glaciers is mainly formed by the snow metamorphism in the two major precipitation zones of the Indian Ocean monsoon belt. There are various, magnificent and rare ice towers on the glacier, ice cliffs as high as tens of meters, light and dark ice cracks with traps step by step, and dangerous ice collapse areas.

Mount Everest is not only magnificent, but also magnificent. There are many peaks and mountains within 20 kilometers around it. There are more than 40 peaks above 7000 meters above sea level, the famous "Luozi Peak" 3 kilometers south (85 16 meters above sea level,

The fourth highest peak in the world) and Zhuoqiong Peak at an altitude of 7,589 meters, with Makaru Peak in the southeast (at an altitude of 8,463 meters, the fifth highest peak in the world), Zhang Zifeng at an altitude of 7,543 meters in the north, and Nuz Peak (at 7,855 meters) and Pumori Peak (at 7 145 meters) in the west. On the periphery of these giant peaks, there are some world-class peaks far away: in the southeast, there is Zhangjiafeng, the third highest dry city in the world (8585 meters above sea level, the boundary peak between Nepal and India); In the west, there are Feng Kang at an altitude of 7998m, Zhuooyou Peak at an altitude of 820 1 m and Xixiabangma Peak at an altitude of 8012m. It has formed a magnificent scene of peaks reaching the DPRK and peaks surging.

The National Geographic Society of the United States recently conducted a survey of Mount Qomolangma in 1999 using GPS. They think that the elevation of Mount Everest should be 8850 meters. The altitude of Mount Everest, once recognized by all countries in the world, was determined by the China People's Mountaineering Team in 1975, with an altitude of 8848.438+03 meters. However, the outside world also has a variety of sayings such as 8848 meters, 8840 meters, 8850 meters and 8882 meters. On May 22nd, 2005, the people of China and the National Everest Height Measuring Team successfully climbed Mount Everest, and the height of Mount Everest was accurately measured again. The new height of Mount Everest is 8844.43 meters, and the peak is located in China. At the same time, stop the data of 1975 8848. 13m.

Mount Qomolangma

Geological evolution

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The Himalayan region where Mount Everest is located used to be an ocean. In the long geological era,

Topographic environment

A large number of gravels and sediments washed down from the land are accumulated in the Himalayas, where marine sedimentary rocks with a thickness of more than 30,000 meters are formed. Later, due to the strong orogeny, the Himalayan region was squeezed and lifted violently. According to estimates, the average increase is 20-30 meters per 1 10,000 years. Up to now, the Himalayan region is still rising, rising by 7 cm every 100 years.

With the passage of time, the height of Mount Everest will change constantly because of the movement of geographical plates. Interestingly, although Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world, its summit is not the farthest point from the center of the earth. This special point belongs to Chimborazo Mountain in South America. The majestic image of Mount Everest has always had a great influence in the local area and even in the world.

geographical position

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Located in the middle part of the Himalayas at the junction of Xizang Autonomous Region, China and the Kingdom of Nepal,

27 59'15.85 "north latitude and 86 55' 39.51"east longitude. The northern part is located in Dingri County, Xizang Autonomous Region City, China (the western slope is in Zhaxizong Township, Dingri County, and the eastern slope is in Qudang Township, Dingri County, with the Everest Base Camp), and the southern part is in the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal.

The origin of the name

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In Tibetan, "job-mo glang-ma rib" means "Mother of the Earth". In Tibetan, Jo-mo "Mount Everest" means goddess, while Gland-Ma "Gland-Ma" should be understood as female elephant (in Tibetan, Gland-Ma has two meanings: Yanagi Takayama and female elephant).

According to myth, Mount Qomolangma is the palace where Ring Gaga lived. However, there is another English expression that appears many times in middle school textbooks, that is, Mount Everest or Mount Everest. In the west, this mountain peak is usually called Mount Everest to commemorate George Everest, the director of the Indian Survey Bureau, who was in charge of surveying the Himalayas when Britain occupied Nepal. Nepal's name is Sagarmatha, which means "Goddess of the Sky". This name was coined by the Nepalese government in the 1960s. Because the Nepalese people did not name the mountain before, the government did not choose to use transliteration for political reasons.

The lotus posthumous work unearthed in 1258 was named "Lachi", and Sangji, a monk of the Kagyu Sect, praised Mirariba Road as "the most snowy" in songji. 17 17 years, the surveyors of the Qing dynasty surveyed the panoramic view of the royal land in the area of Mount Everest. Mount Everest was named after "Everest Alin", which means "mountain" in Manchu. 1952 China government changed its name to Mount Everest. 1952, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the General Administration of Publication of the Central People's Government of China notified that "Mount Everest" was renamed "Mount Everest".

In 2002, People's Daily published an article arguing that the English name "Mount Everest" used in the western world should be renamed as its Tibetan name "Mount Everest". The newspaper said that 280 years before the English name "Mount Everest" was used in the West, the symbol on the map of China was named "Mount Everest".

Taiwan Province Province has traditionally called this mountain "Mount Everest".

Measurement history

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Related background

"Mr. Lin Chao's research proves that Churchen Zangbo, Lambenzamba and Zhu Sheng, which were visited in Tibet in 17 15, are the discoverers of the world's highest peak, Mount Everest. Thanks to their work, the 17 19 copperplate Panorama of the Empire correctly marked the location and Manchu name of Mount Everest on the map, and its Chinese translation appeared on the wooden map of 172 1 year, which was an important event in the history of geographical discovery and surveying and mapping. The British Indian Survey measured the height of Mount Qomolangma at 1852, and named it 1855 Mount Qomolangma in China in the name of former director George Everest.

-"Geographical Investigation and Records of Moving Westward in Qing Dynasty" Sun Donghu, a researcher at China Academy of Surveying and Mapping.

"1709 ~1711year, Kangxi ordered the then minister stationed in Tibet to make a map of Tibet, but unfortunately it was not preserved. It is difficult to speculate whether there is Mount Everest on the map. 1714 ~1715, the Qing government sent Zhu Sheng, Lama Churchen Zangbo and Ramben Zhanba, the director of the Institute who had studied mathematics in Qin, to Tibet for surveying and mapping. Under the extremely difficult traffic conditions at that time, they went directly under Mount Everest and made a preliminary measurement of its position and height by using latitude and longitude map and trapezoidal projection method. In the Imperial Map completed in the fifty-sixth year of Kangxi, that is, during the period of 17 17, the location of Mount Qomolangma was clearly marked and named as' Mount Qomolangma Alin'. This map was made into a Manchu bronze version at 17 19, a Chinese wooden version at 172 1, and a map of France in Europe at 1733. On these maps, Mount Everest is named in Manchu, Chinese and French. This map can be said to be the earliest historical document about Mount Everest. If the discovery of Mount Qomolangma means that the mountain was measured, recorded and marked on the map for the first time, then Zhu Sheng, Chu Er Qin Zangbo and Ramben Chamba should be the most qualified to be called the original discoverers. In addition, 1744' s The Unification of the Qing Dynasty also contains "Zhu Mu Mala Mountain", 176 1 year's Waterway Outline contains "Jumulangma" and 1760 ~ 1770' s.

Li Zhixin, Executive Vice President of "Climbing the Peak from Death"

Mount Qomolangma is mountainous and has a unique geographical environment, with the lowest temperature of MINUS 34℃ all year round. Mount Everest has great scientific research value and has long been recognized by people.

Topographic map near the summit of Mount Everest (6 photos)

Focus. 1960, China mountaineers and scientists braved difficulties and overcame many difficulties to climb Mount Everest from the north slope for the first time, creating an unprecedented miracle in the world mountaineering history. Since 1960s, scientists in China have made a comprehensive survey of Mount Everest, and obtained rich and valuable information on paleontology, physical geography, alpine climate, modern glaciers and landforms. 1975, China surveyors climbed Mount Everest again with the cooperation of China mountaineering team, accurately measured its height, and drew a detailed map of Mount Everest. All these provide an extremely important scientific basis for China to develop and utilize the natural resources of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.

In the fifty-sixth year of Kangxi in Qing Dynasty (17 17), she was named Zhu Mulang Ma Alin in Panorama of the Forbidden City. 1855, under the auspices of the British, the Indian Survey Bureau named this mountain after its director, S.G. Ivers. 1952, the people of China and the government of China renamed this peak Mount Everest. Nepal is called Sakya-Mata. On May 25th, 1960, the China mountaineering team climbed to the top from the north slope for the first time. The people of China and the National Academy of Sciences have also organized large-scale comprehensive scientific investigations for many times, and obtained a large number of important scientific materials.

Altitude change

Ever exceeded 12000m [2]?

The fourth comprehensive scientific research on Mount Qomolangma is under intense pressure. Geologists collected samples of tensile deformed rocks in the area of Mount Everest. Through analysis and calculation, it is found that the height of Mount Everest may be much higher than 8848 meters13 million years ago, and once exceeded 12000 meters. Ding Lin, chief scientist of the Geological Group of the Everest Comprehensive Scientific Research and researcher of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, told the reporter: "This scientific research has found tensile and deformed rock formations in many places in the Everest region, which proves that there is indeed a fault zone on the northern slope of the Himalayas, and Everest is on this fault zone."

According to researcher Ding Lin, Mount Qomolangma is divided into three layers in rock structure: the Everest layer, the Yellow Belt layer and the North Depression layer. From the discovery, great rock deformation and geological changes have taken place in the northern depression. "According to our observation and calculation, the tensile rate of rocks in the northern depression of Mount Everest is about 150%, and the tensile deformation age is about13 million years ago." Researcher Ding Lin said: "This means that the height of Mount Everest may be much higher than it is now." For example, he said: if a square with a side length of 1 is stretched to 1.5, it means that the height of the side will be reduced to 0.67. If calculated according to this rule, the height of 8000m in the northern depression of Mount Qomolangma should be11900m at that time, and the height of Mount Qomolangma should exceed 12000 years ago with the addition of the Everest layer and the yellow belt layer with little change of about 700-800m. [2]?

At an altitude of about 4,700 meters, the reporter followed researcher Ding Lin to visit the typical area of rock deformation. There are many large and small "S"-shaped rock formations in the exposed mountain. These rock formations were originally continuous, flat and uniform, but they became like this due to stretching and squeezing.

Researcher Ding Lin said that about 65 million years ago, as the Indian plate began to squeeze into the Asian plate, the Himalayas began to uplift and the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau began to form. About 6.5438+0.3 million years ago, Mount Everest, which reached its peak, began to fracture due to its own weight and other reasons, and gradually balanced after crustal movement, eventually forming this height. It has also become the curiosity of many mountaineering enthusiasts.

Mount Qomolangma

Battle of heights

1852, the Indian Survey Bureau measured the height of Mount Everest as 8840 meters through geodesy.

1852, the survey team headed by the Englishman Waffle measured 8840 meters on the Indian plain, and determined Mount Everest as the highest mountain in the world for the first time. At the beginning of the 20th century, 8882m measured by barometric pressure was taken as the altitude of Mount Everest abroad, which was also adopted by China.

1949, Leonardo Clark, an American, according to the traditional method, measured that the Qingfeng Mountain in Anima was higher than Mount Everest193m, and thought that Mount Everest was not the highest mountain in the world, which was later proved to be overthrown.

195 1 year, the king of Qin first proposed to restore the name of Mount Everest.

1952, China officially restored the name of Mount Everest.

1954, Indian geographers took different positions on the south side of Mount Everest as the benchmark, and obtained the result of 8848 meters above sea level. Up to now, Nepal has called Mount Everest Sakimata, with an altitude of 8,848 meters.

1958, Lin Chao clearly pointed out in the article The Discovery and Naming of Mount Everest: "Yes1715 ~1717 years ago, China surveyors who went to Tibet recorded this mountain scientifically on the map, and Helan, a secret place in Chu Er, occupied it.

1975, under the principle of "mountaineering, mapping and scientific research", China set up a 3.5-meter beacon on Mount Everest for the first time. The elevation of Mount Everest is determined to be 8848.38+03m through six surveying and mapping points over 6000m. "Mount Qomolangma was first discovered and named by China people, and it was accurately measured for the first time in 1975", and it was also selected as the "Centennial Discovery of China Geography" jointly sponsored by chinese national geography magazine and China Geographical Society in 2009.

1On July 23rd, 975, China Municipal Government authorized Xinhua News Agency to announce to the world that the height of Mount Everest, the highest peak in the world, was 8848.5438+03m, which was accurately measured by surveyors in China. This data has been recognized all over the world. Since then, in authoritative maps and other publications, the height of Mount Everest is 8848 or 848.38+0 meters above sea level.

1In March, 1987, newspapers and magazines in the United States and Italy reported an amazing news: Professor George Walstam, an American astronomer, measured the height of China's Mount Qogory at 8859 meters, which is 1 1 meter higher than Mount Everest. However, in the same year, under the leadership of Italian Adito De Giorgio, the true heights of Mount Qomolangma and Jogory were calculated by using Global Positioning System (GPS) to be 8872m and 8616m respectively, and Mount Qomolangma was once again determined as the highest mountain in the world. Deggio's own measurement is also called the worst measurement of this century.

During May 1992 and October 10 10, the United States and Italy respectively used GPS technology and photoelectric rangefinder technology to re-measure the height of Mount Everest. The data provided by Degio is 8846.6438+00 meters, which is 2.03 meters less than that provided by China.

From 65438 to 0999, the National Geographic Society of the United States used the then global positioning system to make measurements. After analyzing the measurement data, the University of Colorado at Boulder calculated that the elevation of Mount Everest was 8850 meters.

10 On June 9th, according to the Surveying and Mapping Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), the State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping officially announced the new data obtained from the elevation survey of Mount Everest in 2005: the elevation of the rock surface at the summit of Mount Everest is 8844.43 meters. Parameters: the accuracy of rock surface elevation measurement at the summit of Mount Everest is 0.21m; The depth of ice and snow on the summit is 3.50 meters. The original Everest elevation data published by 1975 stopped using. This achievement has been recognized by UNESCO and other countries in the world. This is the first time to measure the height of the rock surface of Mount Everest. It is said to be the most accurate measurement so far, which is 3.7 meters lower than the height of 8848. 13 meters measured by 1975 (8848 meters based on the snow height in Nepal). In order to obtain more accurate authoritative data, the Bureau of Surveying and Mapping adopted the technical scheme of combining classical survey with satellite GPS survey, and used the ice and snow depth radar detector for the first time in Everest survey, but there are other reports that the height of Mount Everest reaches 8846. 1, 8840, 8850, 885 1 or 8872 meters.

Because the earth is not a complete circle, even if Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world, its summit is not the farthest point from the center of the earth. This special point is Mount Chimborazo in South America. Seen from the bottom of the sea, the highest mountain in the world is the Monaque volcano, with a height of10203m.

On June 5, 2065438/KLOC-0, the National Bureau of Surveying and Mapping Geographic Information said that the earthquake in Nepal caused the Everest region to move 3 cm southwest, and the elevation direction remained basically unchanged. At the same time, from 2005 to 20 15 and 10, the Everest region moved to the northeast at a speed of about 4 cm per year and rose at a speed of about 0.3 cm per year. 10 year, with a shift of 40 cm and an increase of 3 cm. [3]?

Biological species

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The top of Mount Everest is covered with ice and snow all year round, with glacier area 1000 square kilometers and snow line (4500-6000m) low in the south and high in the north. The southern slope is rich in precipitation, with tropical monsoon forest below 1 1,000m, subtropical evergreen forest between 1 1,000m and 2,000m, temperate forest above 2,000m and alpine meadow above 4,500m. The northern slope is dominated by alpine meadows, and there are forests and shrubs in the valley below 4 100 meters. There are rare animals such as peacocks, gibbons, Tibetan bears, snow leopards and Tibetan antelopes in the mountains.

plant

There are 2348 species of higher plants in Mount Everest Nature Reserve, including angiosperms 2 106, gymnosperms 20, ferns 222, bryophytes 472, lichens 172 and fungi 136.

crops

Mount Qomolangma

There are many kinds of crops, such as wheat, highland barley, buckwheat, chicken claw valley, corn, potato, pea, rape and so on. There are yaks, bulls, bulls, horses, mules, donkeys, goats, sheep and so on.

animal

There are 53 species of mammals, 206 species of birds, 8 species of amphibians, 6 species of reptiles and 5 species of fish. According to incomplete statistics, there are more than 50 families 160 species of known medicinal plant resources. There are not only abundant wildlife resources in the reserve, but also extremely rich crop variety resources and livestock variety resources. [4]?

Climbing record

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The towering Mount Qomolangma has always been a sacred place for human beings to prove their climbing ability. Since1May 29th, 953, when humans first climbed Mount Qomolangma successfully, many climbers from all over the world, including China, have left footprints on the top of Mount Qomolangma.

184 1 year, Sir George Everest, chief inspector of India, recorded the geographical location of Mount Everest.

1853, Mount Everest was surveyed as the highest peak in the world, with an altitude of 8840 meters.

192 1 year, the British mountaineering team (captain Ke Hawad Barry) climbed Mount Everest for the first time from Tibet, China. They didn't cross the top of the northern depression, claiming that the height they reached was 6985 meters. Because of failure, they announced that this was a reconnaissance mountaineering activity.

1922, the second British Everest climbing team (captain Ji Bruce) still took the route of the northern slope of Tibet in China. They crossed the northern depression, but when they reached the height of 8225 meters, they failed because seven people died.

1924, the third British Everest climbing team (Captain F. Norton) was still climbing from the north slope of Mount Everest in China. Norton and others were forced to go down the mountain because of lack of oxygen when they reached 8572 meters below the "second step" on the north slope. Members George Mallory and Andrew Irvine insisted on moving on and never came back.

1933, a British mountaineering team (captain Herr Lutoleghi) composed of 16 people still used the northern slope route of China and Tibet, which also failed. When team members Wen Harris and weigel reached an altitude of 8,570 meters, they found the ice axe of Mallory, a member of the British Everest climbing team of 1924, which confirmed Marlowe's statement.

1934, an Englishman, Mi Wilson, climbed the mountain alone in a light plane. As a result, the plane was damaged near Kampo Glacier, and he himself was slightly injured. Later, he hired some local Sherpas to help climb the mountain, but after a storm, he froze to death on the glaciers in East Russia.

1935, the British Everest climbing team composed of seven people (captain Shipton) only detected the elevation of the northern slope of Mount Everest in China, that is, near the northern depression, and returned.

1936, a 10-member British Everest mountaineering team (captain Herr Luto Lequi) arrived at the top of the northern depression at an altitude of 7007 meters and returned [Note: the top of the northern depression used to be 7007 meters, 1975, China mountaineering team calculated the accurate height of 7050 meters through field measurement.

1938, the British Everest team composed of seven people (captain Ge Dielmann) still climbed from the northern slope of China, and failed after reaching an altitude of 8,290 meters.

1947, climbing Mount Everest for the first time after World War II, Canadian Le Dian Man hired some local mountain residents as porters, and still walked on the northern slope of China, not exceeding 6,400 meters above sea level, and finally failed to return.

(Note: The above activities of climbing Mount Everest all started from Tibet, China, but none of them were successful. )

After 1950, Tibet is liberated, and Tibet, located in the southwest frontier, will no longer allow foreign mountaineering teams to carry out mountaineering activities at will. Since then, foreign mountaineering teams have changed to climb Mount Everest from the southern slope of Nepal.

1950, the mountaineering team composed of American Dick Hughes first tried to climb Mount Everest from the southern slope of Nepal, and only reached the vicinity of the ice explosion area on the Kemp Glacier at an altitude of 6 100 meters before returning.

1950, a British mountaineering team composed of five people (captain Ge Dielmann) claimed in advance that it was a reconnaissance team climbing Mount Everest from the south slope and returned after reaching the Kumbu Glacier at an altitude of 5480 m.

195 1 year, the British mountaineering team headed by Shipton consisted of seven people, climbed only a section of Kampot Glacier and returned at an altitude of 6450 meters.

195 1 year, a Dane named Kebeka Larsson illegally and secretly crossed the border into Tibet. He planned to climb Mount Qomolangma from the north slope, but he failed without even crossing 6500 meters above sea level.

1952 In May, a ten-member Swiss mountaineering team led by Captain Le Dietmar climbed Mount Everest from the southern slope of Nepal. After reaching 8540 meters above sea level, team member Le ranbir and their hired Nepalese porter Fujin failed due to bad weather, but they created a route from the south slope of Mount Everest to the summit.

1953, team members Evans and Bourguilang reached an altitude of 8720 meters.

On May 29th 1953, Sherpa guide Tenzin Nogai? Tenzing norgay and New Zealand mountaineer Edmund Hillary climbed Mount Everest for the first time.

1956, the Swiss mountaineering team (captain Arbel eger) was composed of five members, including E Schmitt, You Malmitt, A. Reis and g E Qin Gong. With the support of a large number of Nepalese porters and guides, they climbed Mount Everest in two groups on May 23rd.

1960 In May, while the China mountaineering team was attacking Mount Everest from the north slope, an Indian mountaineering team led by Indian Major Ji Singh was also climbing Mount Everest from the south slope of Mount Everest. When they reached the height of 8625 meters on the south slope, they announced that they would give up the summit because of the strong wind.

1960 At 4: 20 on May 25th, China mountaineering team Wang Fuzhou, Kampot and Qu climbed the top of Mount Everest from the north slope for the first time, and the bright five-star red flag fluttered at the highest place on the earth. The climate on the north slope of Mount Everest is extremely harsh and the natural conditions are very complicated.

1962, India's second Everest mountaineering team, led by its captain and Indian Lieutenant Colonel Jedias, climbed Mount Everest again from the southern slope of Nepal, but failed again for fear of strong winds. Two of its members climbed to an altitude of 87 17 meters.

1969 In the spring, the Japanese mountaineering team made the first exploratory mountaineering from the south slope of Mount Everest. After reaching the Kampot Glacier area at an altitude of 6,450 meters, they left behind some glaciers and meteorological observers. They stayed on Mount Everest for a whole year and observed the meteorology and glaciers for a long time, which laid the necessary foundation for the Japanese team to officially climb Mount Everest on 1970.

197 1 In the spring of, the "International Everest Climbing Team" composed of climbers from Europe 1 1 countries such as Britain, France, Italy, Austria, Switzerland and India, led by the Swiss climber En Kilenfurt, walked along the south slope of Mount Everest.

/kloc-in the spring of 0/972, a "European Everest Climbing Team" composed of climbers from eight European countries (Britain, France, Italy, Austria, West Germany, Switzerland, etc.). ), led by Sedek Lihai Kaufer, climbed from the south slope along the traditional route and failed after reaching an altitude of 8200 meters.

1In the spring of 973 (February-May), the Italian military mountaineering team led by Guido Monzino, president of the Italian Military Mountaineering School, set up a large-scale Everest mountaineering team including Italian army, navy and air force, police force, customs officials, medical and meteorological military researchers. On May 5th and 7th of that year, they were divided into two groups (4 people each time).

1On September 24th, 975, at 6pm Nepal time, two members of the British mountaineering team, Heston (32 years old) and Scott (33 years old), climbed Mount Everest from the south slope.

At 2: 30pm on September 27th, 1975, China mountaineering team female member Pando and eight male members Sonan Luobu, Luo Ze, Hou Fusheng, Sangzhu, Dapingcuo, Gongga Basang, Tsering Duoji and Abqin climbed Mount Everest from the north slope again. In the history of world mountaineering, this is a new world record for the highest mountain in the world with the largest number of men and women climbing. To commemorate this summit, on September 26th, 1975, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications of China issued a set of three special stamps entitled "China Climbing Team Climbs Mount Everest Again".

"China Mountaineering Team Climbs Mount Everest Again" Stamp

1978, Italian mountaineer reinhold messner climbed to the top for the first time (8848 meters) without oxygen.

1980, Italian mountaineer reinhold messner climbed to the top alone for the first time (8848 meters).

1988, mountaineers from China, Japan and Nepal joined hands to challenge Mount Everest and successfully climbed it from the north and south sides. Three members of China successfully climbed Mount Everest, 1 person reached the summit, and Tsering Dorje set a world record of reaching the summit in 99 minutes without oxygen.

1990, climbers from China, the Soviet Union and the United States gathered on Mount Everest in the name of peace, showing their good wishes for peace to the world. Seven Tibetan members from China climbed to the top of the mountain.

1993, six mountaineers from both sides of the Taiwan Strait climbed Mount Everest hand in hand for the first time, which wrote a wonderful page in history. Wu became the first Taiwan Province compatriot to climb Mount Everest.

In the following 1996 and 1997, China successively carried out joint climbing activities with Slovakia and Pakistan, and four Tibetan members climbed to the top, among which Ziluo became the first university student in China to climb Mount Everest, and Dachimi and Kaicun became the people who climbed Mount Everest twice.

1998 At 7: 22 am on May 26th, British climber Belgraves and his friends reached the top of Mount Everest.

On May 27th, 1999, Tibetan mountaineering team 10 climbed Mount Qomolangma at one time, and collected the torch of the 6th National Minority Traditional Sports Meeting at the peak of 8848.5438+03m.

On May 2, 20001,Yan Genghua, the first private individual in China to challenge Mount Everest, climbed to the top and was unfortunately killed on the way down.

In 2002, another warrior, Wang Tianhan, finally succeeded in challenging Mount Everest alone.

In 2003, 14 members of China Everest Climbing Team and China-Korea Joint Climbing Team successfully reached the summit of Mount Everest on May 26th, 438+0th and May 22nd respectively. They are Xiaomi Zi, Pubu Zhuoga (female), Cang Mula (female), Nima Tsering, Liang Qun (female), Chen Junchi, Awang, Phurbu Dondrub, Tashi Tsering, Wangdui, Galla, Luo Shen, Wang Shi and Liu Jian.

From March 20th to June 20th, 2005, the China Academy of Sciences and the State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping will once again conduct a comprehensive scientific investigation on Mount Everest on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and will also join the female climbers from China to climb Mount Everest, and re-measure the height by means of radar and GPS positioning. On June 9th of the same year 10, authorized by the State Council, Chen Bangzhu, director of the State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping of China, officially announced at the press conference of the State Council Information Office that the rock elevation of Mount Everest is 8844.43m and the measuring accuracy is 0.2 1 m.. The Everest elevation data 8848 published by China in 1975.13m ceased to be used.

In 2006, Glenn Singleman and Heather Swan were both in their early forties, a middle-aged couple from Sydney, Australia.

In 2007, Sherpa, a 20-year-old Sherpa, set off from Kathmandu and launched his third attack on Mount Everest, the roof of the world.

On May 8, 2008, Xiangyun, the torch of the 29th Summer Olympic Games, climbed Mount Everest (8844.43 meters above sea level), the highest peak in the world. Become the highest altitude torch relay in the history of the Olympic torch relay.