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Chinese explorers to reach South Pole on foot
www.chinanews.cn 2005-11-29 13:40:47
Chinanews, Beijing, Nov. 28 (By Wang Huan) - A 7-member non-official
Chinese expedition team will participate in the South Pole expedition
program this December as part of China's "7+2" program. The team is
composed of Captain Wang Yongfeng from China Mountaineering Association,
Ms. Wang Qiuyang who is the first Chinese woman to have reached the North
Pole on foot, Mr. Li Weiwen and his wife Liang Qun from Shenzhen
University, and three other members. They will walk to the South Pole and
realize the dream of reaching the South Pole on foot.
According to Wang, the expedition team will set off from Beijing on Dec.
1 for physical training and preparatory work in Chile and arrive at the
Patriot Hills Camp 80 degrees south in latitude on the 15th. They will
start their South Pole expedition on Dec. 17 and walk 120 kilometers on
the Antarctic ice sheet to reach the South Pole on Nov. 27. After a short
break, the expedition team will march for the Mt. Winson, the highest
peak in Antarctic, from Jan. 3 to 6 next year and reach the top of the
Mountain 4897 meters in altitude.
The "7+2" program means an extreme expedition to reach the top of Seven
Summits plus the North and South Pole on foot. It marks the highest level
of extreme expedition of human. At present, no more than 10 people around
the world have completed the program. By August 2004, four Chinese have
reached the top of the Seven Summits, but none have completed the "7+2"
program.
This South Pole expedition on foot will be the last step of China's "7+2"
program attempt. Successful completion of this expedition will set
several records: Wang Yongfeng, Ci Luo and Liu Jian will be the first
three Chinese "warriors" to complete the "7+2" program at the same time;
Wang Qiuyang and Liang Qun will be the first Chinese women to arrive at
the South Pole and Mt. Winson on foot, and Li Weiwen and Liang Qun will
be the first Chinese couple to challenge the South Pole.
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