Home / 2008 Beijing Olympic Games Torch Relay / Photo News Tools: Save | Print | E-mail | Most Read | Comment
Olympic flame reaches top of the world
Adjust font size:

Graphics shows the route on the north slope along which the Beijing Olympic flame is to be carried to Mt. Qomolangma. (Xinhua/Ma Yan)

Following are the members of the Attack Team of climbers carrying the Beijing Olympic flame to the top of Mt. Qomolangma:


Captain:Nyima Cering
Deputy captain:Luo Shen

Members:
Dagguang
Gegyi
Cering Wangmo
Li Fuqing
Huang Chungui
Yuan Fudong
Norbu Zhamdu
Ngawang Chagxi
Chagxi Cering
Purbu Toinzhub

Backup team:

Captain:Celo

Members:
Wang Yongfeng
Deqen Ngoezhub
Cedain Jigme
Painba Toinzhub
Yan Dongdong
Loze

At 3:00 am (1900 GMT) Thursday, the climbers started the final assault at the world's highest peak from the Attack Camp located at 8,300 meters above sea level. They are expected to reach the 8844.43-meter summit at around 10:00 am.

Nineteen climbers, including seven backup climbers, had gathered in the Attack Camp. They were waken up by a folk song at 1:30 am and prayed in a ritual at 2:00.


The Beijing Olympic torch relay in the south Chinese city of Shenzhen, previously scheduled to start Thursday morning, will kick off at noon, according to relay organizers.

Timeline of Mt. Qomolangma expeditions

Following is a list of historical expeditions of Mt. Qomolangma, the world's highest peak, to which Chinese mountaineers are carrying the Beijing Olympic flame on Thursday morning:

1922 - George Finch and Geoffrey Bruce climbed up the North Ridge and Face to 8,320 meters on May 23 in the second British expedition using oxygen for the first time.

1922 - George Mallory led a third attempt of the same expedition on June 7, but set off an avalanche, which killed seven Sherpa climbers, the first reported deaths on Mt. Qomolangma.

1953 - First successful ascent to the summit of Mt. Qomolangma by the New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay from Nepal climbing the south Col Route on May 29.

1963 - First summit ridge traverse by a United States expedition, namely Tom Hornbein and Willi Unsoeld, starting from the west and descending over the south-west.

1965 - Indian Nawang Gombu became the first man to reach the summit twice.

1975 - Junko Tabei of Japan became the first woman on the peak on May 16.

1975 - Chinese Phantog became the first woman to reach the summit from the north on May 27.

1978 - Italian Reinhold Messner and Austrian Peter Habeler became the first climbers to reach the summit without oxygen tanks.

1980 - First winter ascent by a team from Poland (Leszek Cichy, Krzysztof Wielicki) on an expedition led by Andrzej Zawada.

1980 - Italian Reinhold Messner became the first man to climb Mt. Qomolangma alone and without oxygen tanks.

1983 - Lou Reichardt, Kim Momb, and Carlos Buhler became the first climbers to summit the East Face.

1988 - First successful meeting on the peak on May 5 when a joint team of China, Japan and Nepal reached the top from both the north and south simultaneously and crossed over to descent from the opposite sides. It's also the first time that the expedition was broadcast live worldwide on the peak and photographed from an aircraft.

1988 - Marc Batard completed the southeast route ascent without supplementary oxygen in the record time of 22 hours 30 minutes from Base Camp to summit.

1993 - Ramon Blanco of Spain became the oldest person to reach the summit aged 60 years, 160 days.

1995 - Alison Hargreaves became the first woman to climb Mt. Qomolangma alone and without oxygen tanks.

1996, 1999 - Cathy O'Dowd became the first woman to reach the summit from northern (1999) and southern (1996) routes.

2000 - On October 7 Davo Karnicar from Slovenia accomplished an uninterrupted ski descent from the top to the Base Camp in five hours.

2001 - Marco Siffredi of France became the first person to ever descend Mt. Qomolangma on a snowboard on May 24.

2001 - Erik Weihenmayer of the United States became the first blind person to reach the summit on May 25.

2007 - Katsusuke Yanagisawa became the oldest person to reach the summit on May 22. He was aged 71 years and 61 days at that time.

2008 - Chinese climbers carried the Beijing Olympic flame to the summit on May 8.

     1   2   3   4   5   6   7    


Tools: Save | Print | E-mail | Most Read

Comment
Pet Name
Anonymous
China Archives
Related >>
Most Viewed >>
- Tennis: ATP Hamburg Masters
- Safina snatches German Open title
- Gymnasts to be put to test at World Cup in Tianjin
- Fujita toughs it out in the Beijing Open
- Yao hopeful of China making it to quarters
主站蜘蛛池模板: 夜夜嘿视频免费看| 日本19禁啪啪无遮挡免费动图| 催奶虐乳戴乳环| 《调教办公室》在线观看| 欧美又粗又长又爽做受| 国产gaysexchina男同menxnxx| 91精品久久久| 无码中文av有码中文a| 亚洲国产精品午夜电影| 精品国产青草久久久久福利| 国产精品免费无遮挡无码永久视频 | 国产成人精品一区二三区| ssni-436| 成人动漫在线视频| 亚洲AV无码一区二区三区在线| 欧美精选欧美极品| 四虎永久免费地址ww484e5566| 麻豆md传媒md00中国| 在逃生游戏里挨c海棠小说| 一本色道久久综合亚洲精品高清 | 最近2018中文字幕2019国语视频| 免费jlzzjlzz在线播放视频| 香港经典aa毛片免费观看变态 | 亚洲中字慕日产2021| 男生肌肌捅女生肌肌视频| 国产成人欧美一区二区三区| 污片在线观看网站| 国产精品爽爽V在线观看无码| 丁香六月婷婷综合| 日韩电影免费在线观看网站 | 伊人色综合久久天天人守人婷 | 欧美猛少妇色xxxxx| 亚洲综合无码一区二区三区| 色老头老太xxxxbbbb| 国产精品亚洲欧美大片在线看 | 日韩日韩日韩日韩日韩| 乳揉みま痴汉电车动漫中文字幕| 浮力影院国产第一页| 偷偷狠狠的日日高清完整视频| 精品人妻人人做人人爽夜夜爽| 国产大学生一级毛片绿象|