Photo taken on May 9, 2020 shows the advance camp of Chinese surveyors at an altitude of 6,500 meters on Mount Qomolangma in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. (Photo by Tashi Tsering/Xinhua)
MOUNT QOMOLANGMA BASE CAMP, May 10 (Xinhua) -- A team of more than 30 Chinese surveyors on Thursday arrived at the advance camp on Mount Qomolangma in an endeavor to accomplish a mission to remeasure the height of the world's highest mountain.
The team has delayed its original plan to climb to a camp at an altitude of 7,028 meters on Saturday due to the risk of snow slide.
Chinese surveyors collect ice for drinking water after returning to the advance camp at an altitude of 6,500 meters on Mount Qomolangma in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, May 9, 2020. (Photo by Tashi Tsering/Xinhua)
Chinese surveyors collect ice for drinking water after returning to the advance camp at an altitude of 6,500 meters on Mount Qomolangma in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, May 9, 2020. (Photo by Tashi Tsering/Xinhua)
A Chinese surveyor collects ice for drinking water after returning to the advance camp at an altitude of 6,500 meters on Mount Qomolangma in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, May 9, 2020. (Photo by Tashi Tsering/Xinhua)
A mountain coworker of a Chinese surveyor team collects garbage and wastes at the advance camp at an altitude of 6,500 meters on Mount Qomolangma in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, May 9, 2020. (Photo by Tashi Tsering/Xinhua)
Mountain coworkers and trekking guides of a Chinese surveyor team collect garbage and wastes at the advance camp at an altitude of 6,500 meters on Mount Qomolangma in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, May 9, 2020. (Photo by Tashi Tsering/Xinhua)
Mountain coworkers and trekking guides of a Chinese surveyor team collect garbage and wastes at the advance camp at an altitude of 6,500 meters on Mount Qomolangma in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, May 9, 2020. (Photo by Tashi Tsering/Xinhua)
Mountain coworkers and trekking guides of a Chinese surveyor team collect garbage and wastes at the advance camp at an altitude of 6,500 meters on Mount Qomolangma in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, May 9, 2020. (Photo by Tashi Tsering/Xinhua)
Chinese surveyors are on the way retreating from the advance camp at an altitude of 6,500 meters on Mount Qomolangma to their base camp in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, May 9, 2020. (Xinhua/Sun Fei)
Chinese surveyors are on the way retreating from the advance camp at an altitude of 6,500 meters on Mount Qomolangma to their base camp in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, May 9, 2020. (Xinhua/Sun Fei)
Chinese surveyors are on the way retreating from the advance camp at an altitude of 6,500 meters on Mount Qomolangma to their base camp in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, May 9, 2020. (Xinhua/Sun Fei)
Chinese surveyors collect ice for drinking water after returning to the advance camp at an altitude of 6,500 meters on Mount Qomolangma in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, May 9, 2020. (Photo by Tashi Tsering/Xinhua)■
