Everest North Side Expedition: Chinese

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EverestNews.com is attempting to cover a Chinese Everest Expedition for the first time this Spring. If you have followed us since we started, you know we try to bring you the news from around the world. So now for the first time, a Chinese Everest Expedition!!!

"2003, stand at the third pole"-- memorial mankind ascent of  Everest on the 50th anniversary"

"This time, our country's Mountain Climbing Brigade captain is the famous alpinist --Wang Yongfeng ,who has ascended the greatest mountains on seven continents. And now he is the Subaltern Secretary-General of China Mountain Climbing Association. Most members in the team have the mountain climbing records above 7000 meters. The mountain climbing brigade will complete the mission with the help from the coaches and members of the National team and Tibet climbing school. The mountain climbing brigade members will be divided to several groups, and they plan to go to the base camp of Everest in different times (groups). The last group will fly to Tibet on March 29."

"In order to completely report the action of 2003 China mountain climbing brigade climbing Everest, introducing modern mountain climbing sport and our country climbing mountain athletic development, developing the spirit of braving quest and challenging extreme limit, SOHU news center will make use of the network advantage of itself, being used as the exclusive network report media in Chinese, the whole broadcast will last 60 days. CCTV will organize exclusively an excellent report team being constituted by 83 people and will create a large live program "2003, standing at the third pole". CCTV will report the actual condition of China mountain climbing brigade climbing Everest through installing the Mini DSNG satellite earth station in the elevation 6500 rices [meters?] on May 18 to 24th. The program will be showed on CCTV channel one, channel four, channel five, channel ten and the news channel during seven days 10:00-12:00 (10:00--14:00 on May 24). This will be the most large-scale and continuous live-broadcast ascend at elevation 6000 meters above in the television history."

"At the same time, make use of the audiences' anticipation about the affairs progress, CCTV will show the programs concerning the history of climbing Everest and human adventures, introducing systematically the equipment, technique and theories knowledge of relevant mountain climbing sport, the method of modern mountain climbing sport, etc. Peking studio will invite famous alpinists to answer the phones from the mountain climbing fanciers all over the country.

China SOHU mountain climbing brigade base camp sets up

"The members that are led by China SOHU mountain climbing brigade captain, the exclusive coach of China mountain climbing association--Luo Shen have completed the mission of setting up 19 large militaries tents at Everest base camp on March 22. Currently, it is the first troop that has set up camp on the north slope of Everest this spring.

In addition, the mountain climbing supplies conveyance team from Peking March 18 arrived there on March 25 in the evening. In  carrying supplies, there is one thing making specially the person interested in, these are 5 toilets of environmental protection, they will be installed in the base camp of Everest.

On the 25 late in the day, the coach Luo lead parts of the personnel withdrawed to the 日喀则 for relaxation. Introduced by him, there are still 9 QZARK students of climbing mountain school to stay with 3 cooks to guard the base camp for now.

The second group including 6 members will set off Lhasa in 28, go to the Everest base camp, and heading up to set up the encampment continuously..."

China SOHU everest Mountaineering Team leaves Peking today

"On 29th at 9:20 A.M., China SOHU everest Mountaineering Team leading with the captain Wang Yongfeng leaves from Peking to Lasa by air. We can not find Zhang Chaoyang and Wang Shi in the team, they will meet the team in Tibet some days later.
  The leaders of China mountain climbing association Li Zhixin, Luan Kaifeng, Yan Jinan and the doctor Zhang Zhijian of Everest office went to the airport to see the team's member off." Shengjian Wang

The Chinese will have a 12 person expedition to Everest in Spring 2003...