Everest elevation measurement, what do you expect?
Xinhua News Agency Everest base camp May 21 electrical problem: the height determination, what have you looking forward to?
Xinhua News Agency reporters Wei Yukun, Wu Siyu, Wang Qinou
2020 Mount Everest elevation measurement has entered the summit measurement stage. Everest, the top of the earth, what do you expect from its elevation measurement?
Self-employed Liu Hong: Curious about the "height" of Mount Everest
Liu Hong, a 45-year-old Sichuanese, was attracted by the snowy mountains when he first came to Dingri County, Shigatse, Tibet two years ago. This county town closest to Mount Everest has four snow mountains with an elevation of more than 8,000 meters. According to Liu Hong, working here is "the best choice for feeling the snowy atmosphere".
Nowadays, Liu Hong and his family run a Sichuan restaurant in the county, and their business is booming. He used to see Takayama when he talked about Mount Everest, his face was fascinated.
"Spectacular! The pyramid-shaped peak can be seen with the naked eye from afar." Recalling the scene when he arrived at Everest Base Camp a year ago, Liu Hong said.
That short trip to Mount Everest has so far impressed Liu Hong. He made notes on the pictures of Mount Everest that he took at that time and kept them in his mobile phone album. Some of them were printed and hung on the wall.
"A lot of people will wonder how high this world's highest peak is now." Liu Hong said with a smile: "After waiting for the precise elevation of Mount Everest to be announced, this number will be marked on the photo, and then have time to go to the second base camp . "
Welder Dunzhu: Understand this Shenshan more deeply
27-year-old Dunzhu is a native of Tingri County. After graduating from high school, he has been engaged in automobile welding in the county.
Dunzhu said that the current customers are mainly patrons around the county, but in the June tourist season, there are more vehicles traveling in the city, and they are busy almost every day and earn a lot. "I don't envy the big city outside, I just want to stay here, comfortably."
"The God Mountain in my heart is holy and majestic!" In the eyes of Dunzhu, Mount Everest is a sacred existence, far away and mysterious, and yearning.
The first pilgrimage to Rongbu Temple near Mount Everest 3 years ago was the most "intimate" contact between Dunzhu and Mount Everest. He said that from a distance, Mount Everest occupies the Himalayas. It is majestic, towering to the sky, the peak is snow-capped, wrapped in silver, and reflects the dizzying light under the sun.
"I hope that I can understand this god mountain more deeply, and it has witnessed our faith." Dunzhu expressed his expectation for this measurement.
"Who brought the ancient call, who left the hope for thousands of years ..." When he parted, Dunzhu played his favorite song "Qinghai-Tibet Plateau".
Supermarket owner Niu Yingsai: Want to give a thumbs up to the surveying and mapping team members
This is the 6th year since the 40-year-old Gansu Renniu should come to Baiba Village, Xie'er Town, Tingri County. On the way to Everest Base Camp, he and his lover have been running their own small supermarkets.
"There are more people going to and from the base camp during this time, and the business is much better than before." The 2020 Mount Everest elevation survey mountaineering team sometimes lives in a hotel not far from the supermarket and rests. He smiled and said: "I often joke with them that Everest may be 'growing tall'."
Although it's less than a 3-hour drive to Everest Base Camp here, Niu has never been to Base Camp. He said that it was a pity that he could not see the whole picture of Mount Everest in person, but recently he heard the survey of mountaineering team members about the measurement of Mount Everest, and he felt very new.
"After waiting for the elevation of Mount Everest, I want to give the survey members a compliment." Niu Yingsai said that although it was only a short contact, he really felt the hardship of the survey members. "Although Everest's" height "is only a number, it represents the dedication and dedication of a group of people, and it deserves our respect and remember."
Surveying and mapping team member Zheng Lin: In order to have a more comprehensive and profound understanding of Mount Everest
When I first saw the surveying and mapping team member Zheng Lin, he was chatting with colleagues about homely. The faint light in the tent of Everest Base Camp hit his dark and soft lines on his cheeks, and his eyes were clearer and brighter.
"I like to do surveying and mapping." Zheng Lin, who participated in the re-evaluation of Mount Everest in 2005, volunteered to take part in the survey of elevation of Mount Everest in 2020.
Zheng Lin said that the challenges of this survey are still severe: high cold and lack of oxygen, and the dangerous gullies, ice towers, and ice avalanche areas have to be turned over during field operations.
Everest elevation measurement has always been one of the keys to human understanding of the earth. The focus of the 2020 Everest elevation measurement will rely on the Beidou satellite navigation system and the application of aviation gravity technology to improve the measurement accuracy. The measurement results can be used in the field of geodynamic plate motion and other fields.
"The measurement elevation is to more comprehensively and profoundly understand Mount Everest, and to provide first-hand information for humans to carry out research on glacier monitoring and ecological environmental protection." Zheng Lin said.