The Vietnamese flag was pitched on the summit of Mount Everest at 7.15am (Vietnam time), May 22. The world’s highest mountain was conquered by three Vietnamese men during the filming of a TV reality show named “Conquering Mount Everest 2008”.
Four boys to climb Mount Everest
From the left: Bui Van Ngoi, Nguyen Mau Linh and Phan Thanh Nhien
The three men, Bui Van Ngoi (24), Phan Thanh Nhien (23) and Nguyen Mau Linh (31), have become the first Vietnamese to reach the world’s roof.
The three Vietnamese mountain-climbers started to conquer Mount Everest at 9am, May 21, at the height of 7,925m. They planned to reach the peak after ten hours.
The first Vietnamese man to step foot on the peak of Mount Everest is Bui Van Ngoi, a student at Sports and Physical Training University 2.
The two others, Phan Thanh Nhien, who is also a student at Sports and Physical Training University 2, and Nguyen Mau Linh, a boxer, arrived at the peak two hours later than Ngoi.
There were four Vietnamese mountain-climbers participating in the adventure but on May 30, Le Ba Cong quit the race after two training courses at the first training camp (5,950m), and the second camp (6,500m). The three remaining climbers continued the third training course at the third camp (7,300m) before entering upon the final stage.
The three climbers were accompanied by an American cameraman and a Sherpa guide. They spent five hours passing Khumbu ice waterfall, which is considered the most dangerous stage of Mount Everest. They took three hours more to reach the second camp. After two nights at that camp, it took them 7 hours to ascend the ice hills to reach the third camp. Staying one night at the third camp, it took four hours more to reach the fourth camp (7,925m). At the height of 8,000m, where there is only about one-third as much oxygen as at sea level, is called the Death Zone.
Leaving the fourth camp at 9pm, May 21, after eight hours Vietnamese climbers reached the peak of Mount Everest. After one night at fourth camp, they returned to the ground this morning, March 23. They will arrive at the Everest base camp on May 25.
Mount Everest is the highest mountain on Earth, as measured by the height of its summit above sea level (8,848 metres or 29,029 feet). The mountain, which is part of the Himalaya range, is located on the border between Sagarmatha Zone, Nepal and China.
By the end of the 2007 climbing season, there had been 3,679 ascents to the summit by 2,436 individuals from over 20 countries and territories. There have been 210 deaths on the mountain, where conditions are so difficult that most corpses have been left where they fell; some are visible from standard climbing routes.
In 1921 a group of British explorers failed to conquer this mountain.
On May 29, 1953, Edmund Hillary (New Zealand) and Tenzing Norgay (Sherpa, Nepal), became the first to successfully reach the peak of Everest.
In 1975, Junko Tabei (Japan) became the first woman to stand on the peak of Everest.
In 2001, Erik Weihenmayer (the US) became the first blind person to reach the Everest peak.
In Southeast Asia, there have been only three female mountain climbers from the Philippines who conquered Mount Everest on May 17, 2007, Noelle Wenceslao, Karina Dayondon and Janet Belarmino.
(Source: Tuoi Tre, VNE)
Four boys to climb Mount Everest
From the left: Bui Van Ngoi, Nguyen Mau Linh and Phan Thanh Nhien
The three men, Bui Van Ngoi (24), Phan Thanh Nhien (23) and Nguyen Mau Linh (31), have become the first Vietnamese to reach the world’s roof.
The three Vietnamese mountain-climbers started to conquer Mount Everest at 9am, May 21, at the height of 7,925m. They planned to reach the peak after ten hours.
The first Vietnamese man to step foot on the peak of Mount Everest is Bui Van Ngoi, a student at Sports and Physical Training University 2.
The two others, Phan Thanh Nhien, who is also a student at Sports and Physical Training University 2, and Nguyen Mau Linh, a boxer, arrived at the peak two hours later than Ngoi.
There were four Vietnamese mountain-climbers participating in the adventure but on May 30, Le Ba Cong quit the race after two training courses at the first training camp (5,950m), and the second camp (6,500m). The three remaining climbers continued the third training course at the third camp (7,300m) before entering upon the final stage.
The three climbers were accompanied by an American cameraman and a Sherpa guide. They spent five hours passing Khumbu ice waterfall, which is considered the most dangerous stage of Mount Everest. They took three hours more to reach the second camp. After two nights at that camp, it took them 7 hours to ascend the ice hills to reach the third camp. Staying one night at the third camp, it took four hours more to reach the fourth camp (7,925m). At the height of 8,000m, where there is only about one-third as much oxygen as at sea level, is called the Death Zone.
Leaving the fourth camp at 9pm, May 21, after eight hours Vietnamese climbers reached the peak of Mount Everest. After one night at fourth camp, they returned to the ground this morning, March 23. They will arrive at the Everest base camp on May 25.
Mount Everest is the highest mountain on Earth, as measured by the height of its summit above sea level (8,848 metres or 29,029 feet). The mountain, which is part of the Himalaya range, is located on the border between Sagarmatha Zone, Nepal and China.
By the end of the 2007 climbing season, there had been 3,679 ascents to the summit by 2,436 individuals from over 20 countries and territories. There have been 210 deaths on the mountain, where conditions are so difficult that most corpses have been left where they fell; some are visible from standard climbing routes.
In 1921 a group of British explorers failed to conquer this mountain.
On May 29, 1953, Edmund Hillary (New Zealand) and Tenzing Norgay (Sherpa, Nepal), became the first to successfully reach the peak of Everest.
In 1975, Junko Tabei (Japan) became the first woman to stand on the peak of Everest.
In 2001, Erik Weihenmayer (the US) became the first blind person to reach the Everest peak.
In Southeast Asia, there have been only three female mountain climbers from the Philippines who conquered Mount Everest on May 17, 2007, Noelle Wenceslao, Karina Dayondon and Janet Belarmino.
(Source: Tuoi Tre, VNE)
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