China News Agency, Lhasa, May 6 (Yuan Quan, Zhang Wei, and He Penglei) On May 6, at the base of Mount Everest ("Everest" for short) in Dingri County, Shigatse, Tibet, there were more than 30 people in the 2020 Mount Everest elevation survey team Departure, officially entered the summit of Mount Everest measurement stage.
It is reported that the 2020 Everest Elevation Survey Mountaineering Team is composed of the surveying and mapping personnel of the No. 1 Geodetic Survey Team of the Ministry of Natural Resources of China (referred to as the "National Surveying First Team") and professional mountaineers. If successful, it will be the first time for Chinese professional surveyors to climb the summit of Mount Everest.
The Mount Everest 2020 mountaineering team members will carry GNSS (Global Satellite Navigation System) receivers, gravimeters, snow depth radars, meteorological measuring instruments and targets to reach the summit of Mount Everest for measurement operations. They will strive to seize the recent weather window of the summit, and make the summit measurement at another day.
According to Li Guopeng, the captain of the national test team, the 2020 Everest elevation survey mountaineering team has conducted more than two months of comprehensive mountaineering skill training at the Huairou National Mountaineering Training Base in Beijing from January 12 this year. From March 20 to April On the 5th, a high-altitude mountaineering comprehensive training was conducted at the Yangbajing Alpine Training Base in Tibet. From April 7 to April 26, high-altitude mountaineering adaptability training was carried out on the section of Mount Everest below 7,500 meters above sea level.
In addition, since the beginning of March, the surveying and mapping team of the national survey team has carried out surveying of leveling, gravity, GNSS, and astronomy in Mount Everest and surrounding areas. The Everest Base Camp has also set up 5G communication networks and other related facilities to facilitate data and communication transmission. .
Li Guopeng said: "Starting today, our peripheral measurements and junction measurement are all in place. At present, the Mount Everest 2020 survey team members are in good physical condition and full of energy, only to be linked with the target of Mount Everest on the day of summiting Measurement."
On the same day, the weather near Everest Base Camp was fine and the visibility was good, which was more suitable for the team members to travel. If all goes well, on the evening of May 6, the Mount Everest 2020 mountaineering team members will arrive at the camp of Mount Everest at an altitude of 5800 meters as planned. (Finish)