Chinese surveying team reaches Mount Qomolangma summit

By Yang Wanli | chinadaily.com.cn/Xinhua | Updated: 2020-05-27 07:00
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Chinese mountaineering guides have completed building a route to the summit of Mt. Qomolangma for survey group members who plan to remeasure the height of the world's tallest peak on Tuesday. [Photo/CCTV News app]

At a height of 8,600 meters, the team will ascend through the "second step", an almost vertical wall of several meters high and extremely difficult to climb, even for professional climbers.

A party of Chinese climbers placed a semi-permanent "China ladder" there in 1975, consisting of several metal ladders which reduce climbing difficulty. The "China ladder" has been replaced by new ladders at the "second step" to aid climbers.

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