As the climbing season for Mount Qomolangma approaches, the climbing rope has been anchored and supplies put in place on the north side of the mountain in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous¹ Region.

 

随着珠峰攀登季节的临近，珠峰北面的登山绳已被固定好，物资也已到位。

 

According to the Lhasa-based expedition company, who has undertaken the preparatory work, the deployment² has reached the 8,300-meters-high camp, which is usually the last camp mountaineers can station before heading to the summit.

 

Fixing the climbing rope on the mountain helps to instruct climbers the right way, and the rope needs to be re-installed every year. Mountaineers can ascend³ or descend⁴ safely by hooking their jumar clamps onto the climbing rope. The climbing rope might be unnecessary for some veteran climbers but is indispensable for most of commercial mountaineers.

 

This year's window of favorable weather is predicted to come in one or two weeks, when an estimated 180 mountaineers will make their attempts to set foot on the world's tallest peak from the north slope this year.

 

By now, the Chinese mountaineering teams, along with their guides and support workers, are stationed at the base camp, waiting for the optimal⁵ weather period to start their expeditions.

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