On this day 65 years ago, on May 25, 1960 (May 1, 1960 in the lunar calendar), our country's mountaineering team conquered Mount Everest from the North Slope. (From right) Wang Fuzhou, Kampot (Tibetan) and Qu Yinhua At 4:20 Beijing time on May 25, 1960, the Chinese mountaineering team successfully climbed Mount Everest at an altitude of 8848 meters. This is the first time in human history that the world's first peak has been reached from the North Slope. Young Chinese mountaineering team members - Wang Fuzhou, Kampot (Tibetan), Qu Yinhua, at 4:20 on May 25, 1960, collectively and safely climbed the world's highest peak - Mount Everest at an altitude of 8.882 meters, thus completing the feat of climbing from the northern slope of Mount Everest to its peak in human history. Mountaineers in our country erected red measuring targets on the summit, and after 3 days of observation, the altitude of Mount Everest was accurately calculated to be 8848.13 meters. The Chinese mountaineering team started climbing Mount Everest on March 25. It took them only two months to climb from the northern slope that the Western mountaineering community has always regarded as "unsurpassed" to its peak, and planted the five-star red flag on the world's highest peak. The Chinese mountaineering team (the Chinese mountaineering team was formed in 1955, and Shi Zhanchun was the first captain.) The activity was led by Shi Zhanchun, a famous mountaineer and mountaineering athlete in our country. They successfully attacked the main peak from the adaptive march on March 25 to the fourth march. During the mountaineering process, the team members overcame many difficulties such as extreme hypoxia in the mountains, carried forward the spirit of collectivism and patriotism, united and supported each other, and finally achieved a brilliant victory. Mount Everest Chinese mountaineering team members set out to climb Mount Everest