(InTibet) Mt. Qomolangma remeasuring team left base camp for higher spot

Chinese surveyors hike toward a higher spot from the base camp at Mount Qomolangma at an altitude of 5,200 meters in this aerial photo taken on May 16, 2020. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)

MOUNT QOMOLANGMA BASE CAMP, May 17 (Xinhua) -- A team of Chinese remeasuring surveyors left the base camp at Mount Qomolangma for a higher spot on its journey to the peak at 2 p.m. Saturday after they had earlier returned there due to bad weather.

The team is expected to reach the summit on May 22 if weather conditions permit, said Wang Yongfeng, deputy director of the mountaineering administrative center of the General Administration of Sport.

Previously, the team delayed their original plan to climb to a camp at an altitude of 7,028 meters on May 9 due to the risk of snow slides and returned from the advance camp at an altitude of 6,500 meters.

Chinese surveyors set out toward a higher spot from the base camp at Mount Qomolangma at an altitude of 5,200 meters on May 16, 2020. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)

Chinese surveyors set out toward a higher spot from the base camp at Mount Qomolangma at an altitude of 5,200 meters on May 16, 2020. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)

Chinese surveyors hike toward a higher spot from the base camp at Mount Qomolangma at an altitude of 5,200 meters in this aerial photo taken on May 16, 2020. (Xinhua/Purbu Zhaxi)

Chinese surveyors hike toward a higher spot from the base camp at Mount Qomolangma at an altitude of 5,200 meters in this aerial photo taken on May 16, 2020. (Xinhua/Sun Fei)