Sports fans take to the great outdoors again By XU LIN | China Daily | Updated: 2021-01-07 08:52 Share CLOSE Visitors cross the Tengger Desert, Inner Mongolia autonomous region. The desert is the fourth-largest in China. [Photo provided to China Daily]
Scaling peaks
In 2016, Jiao Yang set out to climb the 5,588-meter-high Nochma peak in the Gongga Mountains in Sichuan province, but had to abandon the attempt just 200 meters from the summit due to low body temperature and altitude sickness.
It was the first time that she had tried to conquer a snow-covered mountain. However, the failure did not deter her.
Since then, she has reached the summits of three snow-covered peaks, including Nochma and the 6,168-meter-high Chola Mountain in Sichuan. She paid about 10,000 yuan for each trip.
Dramatic pic shows injured climbers roped to mountain in Aoraki/Mt Cook National Park before rescue
1 Jan, 2021 10:26 PM
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The two climbers before their rescue. One had a badly broken arm and was roped to the side of the mountain. Photo / Supplied
The two climbers before their rescue. One had a badly broken arm and was roped to the side of the mountain. Photo / Supplied
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Two climbers one badly injured spent a night in Aoraki/Mt Cook National Park as rescuers embarked on a complicated mission to get them to safety.
The climbers were caught by a rock slide in steep terrain on Wednesday evening and weather conditions hampered rescue efforts, but a break in the clouds early on Thursday morning allowed a helicopter crew to winch down an alpine cliff rescue team.