China-Japan Joint Women's Team to Climb Mount Qowowuyag

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China-Japan Joint Women's Team to Climb Mount Qowowuyag

The 11-strong China-Japan joint women's mountaineering team left here on Friday for climbing 8,201-meter-high Mount Qowowuyag, the sixth highest peak in the world.

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The 11-strong China-Japan joint women's mountaineering team left here on Friday for climbing 8,201-meter-high Mount Qowowuyag, the sixth highest peak in the world.

It is the first time for the Chinese and Japanese women's climbers to cooperate in mountaineering. It is expected that the joint team will arrive at the main base at Qowowuyga, which is located in the Dingri county of Tibet, on Sunday.

The joint team comprises five Tibetan and six Japanese climbers.Gui Sang, the captain of the Chinese side, said," We have great confidence in conquering Mount Qowowuyag, although there exist certain risks in the climbing."

Gui Sang said that among the Chinese climbers, one had climbed up the 8,848.13-meter-high Mount Qomolangma, the world's highest peak, and two had conquered the 8,012-meter-high Mount Xixibangma.

Hashimoto Shiori, the captain of the Japanese side, said that she felt very excited as it was the first time for her to come to Tibet for mountaineering.

A joint team of men's Chinese, Japanese and Nepalese climbers had successfully gone up and down Mount Qomolangma from different sides of the peak in 1985.

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