Cover reporter Liu Jian, Wang Yuexin
On October 29th, the "First Everest Mountain Friends Conference" was held at the Sanao Snow Mountaineering Base Camp in Heishui County, Aba Prefecture, Sichuan Province. More than 100 Everest climbers from different periods across the country gathered together to commemorate the 100th anniversary of mankind's exploration of Mount Everest by sharing themes and climbing snowy mountains, and to pay tribute to the centenary of the founding of the Party.
On May 29, 1953, New Zealand mountaineer Edmund Hillary and Sherpasin Norgai achieved the first human summit of Mount Everest. In the more than 60 years since then, Everest has welcomed countless climbers around the world who are not afraid of hardship, and has also welcomed six large-scale surveys and scientific expeditions, and the Olympic flame has also been burned on this "roof of the world", and 19 climbing routes to the summit of Mount Everest have been explored.
In this process, countless climbers adhering to the spirit of climbing without fear of difficulties, stand on the top of the world again and again, and fly the five-star red flag on the highest peak in the world. Today, climbers have explored 19 climbing routes to the summit of Mount Everest.
At the conference, mountain friends exchanged views on topics such as the combination of Everest climbing spirit and patriotism, and the inheritance of Everest climbing spirit in modern society and related industries. At the same time, the mountain friends also conducted in-depth discussions on the development of the mountaineering industry and the promotion of Aba cultural tourism resources.
Located in the southeast edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and the northeastern edge of the Hengduan Mountains, Aba Prefecture has 252 snow-capped mountains above 5,000 meters above sea level, which is a paradise for outdoor sports such as mountaineering, hiking, ice climbing, and skiing, and is also the opening place for the first mountain in the life of many mountaineering enthusiasts.
In recent years, Aba Prefecture has taken the in-depth integration of cultural and sports tourism as the practice, based on the endowment of superior resources, innovated and enriched the tourism industry, vigorously cultivated sports projects such as trekking, mountain climbing and rock climbing, alpine skiing, etc., actively developed novel tourism projects such as low-altitude tourism, gliding flight, and mountain helicopter sightseeing, and shouted the "Daxueshan" brand, one of the nine major cultural tourism brands in Aba Prefecture, so that tourists and guests can have more experiences and harvests.
It is reported that after the theme sharing, more than 100 climbers participating in the conference also climbed the Otana Snow Mountain in the San'ao Snow Mountain. In addition, the conference also proposed the establishment of the "Everest Mountain Friends Association" non-governmental public welfare organization, which is committed to helping the revitalization of remote mountain villages and the integration of sports and tourism, and contributing to social development.
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