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The best season to climb Mount Everest?

The best season to climb Mount Everest is April-June and September-65438+1October every year.

It is generally believed that the best time to climb Mount Everest is from April to June and from September to June.

This time, the Everest Survey and Climbing Team chose to reach the summit in May. According to China Tibet Network, it is 8000 meters above sea level and the monsoon is very strong, so it is generally not suitable for mountain climbing. Only in the spring and autumn when the monsoon turns, there will be a few days when there is little wind in the sky. This is the peak window of the Himalayas.

From the concrete analysis, it is the rainy season of Mount Everest from early June to mid-September every year, and the strong southeast monsoon will cause frequent rainstorm, fog, snow and ice weather. 165438+1from mid-October to mid-February of the following year, the temperature can reach -60℃, the average temperature is between -40℃ and -50℃, and the maximum wind speed can reach 90 m/s, so these two periods are not conducive to mountaineering activities.

The other two periods, from the beginning of March to the end of May, are the spring of the transition from windy season to rainy season, and from the beginning of September to the end of 10, are the autumn of the transition from rainy season to windy season. There may be better weather during this period, which is the best season for mountaineering.

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In 2020, the Everest elevation survey mountaineering team successfully reached the top.

According to the People's Daily, on May 27th, Beijing time,11:00,2020, eight members of the Everest Elevation Survey Climbing Team successfully climbed to the top of Mount Everest! At present, the team members are in a normal state at the summit and are carrying out relevant measurement operations.

The eight top players are Tsering Luo, Yuan Fudong, Tsering Duoji, Tsering Pincuo, Tsering Rob and Lausanne Dunzhu. At 2 o'clock this morning, they set off from the assault camp at an altitude of 8300 meters and headed for the top of the mountain.

According to Xinhua News Agency on the 27th, in 2020, the Everest Altimetric Climbing Team successfully climbed to the top of Mount Everest, the highest peak in the world. They will erect a beacon at the top of the mountain, install a global navigation satellite system antenna and carry out various peak measurements. Forty-five years ago today, China people brought the lighthouse to the summit of Mount Everest for the first time.