KATHMANDU, May 17 (NNN-XINHUA) – A total of 22 climbers scaled Mt. Qomolangma from the Nepali side yesterday, along with Nepali mountain guide, Mingma Gyalje Sherpa, who did not use supplemental oxygen this time.
Dawa Futi Sherpa, manager of the Imagine Nepal Trek and Expedition, which organised the expedition, said, Chinese climbers Liu Wenwei, Hai Qiannan, Feng Jianfei and Zhan Xiongchang reached the top of the peak that straddles Nepal and China with 18 other team members.
Dawa wrote on her Facebook account that, in addition to the four Chinese, Abdul Muhammad from Pakistan, Anna Surysheva from Russia and Nathan Peter Longman from Australia, along with 15 Nepali guides, summited the mountain as well.
They reached the top from 04:00 a.m. to 06:40 a.m. local time, noted Dawa.
According to Nepal’s Department of Tourism, a total of 14 Chinese climbers have received permits to climb the 8,848.86-metre-high Mt. Qomolangma, during this spring season.– NNN-XINHUA
