Chinese Team Summits Everest Amid Bid to Remeasure Peak
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A Chinese survey team on Wednesday became the first and perhaps only group to climb Mt. Everest this year, part of a project to remeasure the exact height of the world's tallest mountain.
The ascent, reported by Chinese state media, comes after both China and Nepal canceled the spring climbing season on the mountain that straddles their border in a bid to prevent the new coronavirus from spreading among expedition teams.
These teams typically live for weeks in tightly packed camps with little access to emergency medical help.
That could make the Chinese survey team the only people this year to reach the peak of Everest.
A 53-member team from China's Ministry of National Resources has been conducting scientific work on Everest since early March.
China's network of Beidou satellites is being used in the survey to determine the mountain's current height and natural resources, the Xinhua News Agency reported.
Data on snow depth, weather and wind speed is also being measured to aid in glacier monitoring and ecological protection, it said.
China has conducted six major surveys of the mountain, known in China as Qomolangma, since the establishment of the People's Republic in 1949.
It's height was registered at 8,848.13 meters (29,029 feet) in 1975 and 8,844.43 meters (29,017 feet) in 2005.
5月27日11点，珠峰高程测量登山队成功登顶。13时22分，珠峰各项测量工作完成。2020珠峰高程测量技术协调组组长党亚民介绍，登顶测量成功只意味着取得了一手的测量数据，但并没有得到珠峰的精确高程。最终公布的海拔高度，是对多种数据进行综合处理的结果，需要3个月左右的时间。