As for the world's first peak, since 1853 was discovered, countless climbers have tried to climb it, and many people have stayed in Everest forever because of physical exhaustion. By February 2020, there were 4,459 people who had successfully reached the summit.
In the early days, mountaineers around the world didn't know much about Mount Everest. 192 1 year, a British mountaineering team tried to climb Mount Everest for the first time. After reaching 6985 meters, it had to retreat. A year later, the team climbed to 8225 meters again, and all the famous members were killed. The first time humans reached the summit was in 1956, which was completed by the Swiss mountaineering team.
On May 25th, 1960, the China mountaineering team represented by Wang Fuzhou, Qu and Kampot climbed Mount Everest for the first time. They planted the national flag of China on the highest mountain in the world, which gave great spiritual encouragement to the people of China who were still struggling in the early 1960s. Now that 60 years have passed, have all these brave climbers returned safely? How are they now?
The man who climbed Mount Everest twice: Wang Fuzhou
Wang Fuzhou, 1935, a native of Xihua County, Zhoukou City, Henan Province. 1954 was admitted to Beijing Institute of Geology. After graduation, because of his excellent physical quality, he was transferred to the national mountaineering team and became a professional mountaineer. 1960, Wang Fuzhou was only 25 years old when he participated in the Everest climbing operation. After this summit, Wang Fuzhou led 1975 to climb Mount Everest again. Later, Wang Fuzhou served as Secretary-General of chinese mountaineering association in 1979 and retired in 1995. 20 15 died in July 19.
People who have climbed 14 peaks over 8000m in the world: Kampot.
Kampot was born in 1933, a native of Suozhuo Township, nyalam county, Xigaze Prefecture, Tibet. He was originally a PLA soldier. 1958 was selected as the national mountaineering team, and 1960 participated in the activities of climbing Mount Everest. After the successful summit, an expedition was gradually established in Saigon in 1993, and Pan 14 years old 14 years old climbed to the summit of more than 8,000 meters. Later, Kampot also retired in 1996.
A Lumberjack with a Climbing Dream: Qu
Qu, male, 1935, from Yunyang County, Chongqing. Originally a lumberjack in a forest area in Sichuan, 1958 was selected for the national mountaineering team. After two years of physical training and various mountaineering skills training, he finally climbed the summit of Mount Everest with his team at 1960, and his feet were severely frostbitten when climbing Mount Everest. Finally, I had to amputate my toe, and later I became a coach until I died in Beijing on 20 16.
Climbing team's ladder: Liu Lianman
Liu Lianman was born in 1933 in Ninghe County, Hebei Province. He used to be a fireman, and was also selected for the national climbing team by 1958. He used his body as a ladder to let the players step on him to cross obstacles, but he stayed at an altitude of 8700 meters. After going down the mountain, Liu Lianman returned to Harbin as the police chief. He once said that it was a lifelong regret not to reach the top of Mount Everest, but for the team members, he stood higher than the top of Mount Everest.