Information from China University of Geosciences (Wuhan) shows that a joint student mountaineering team consisting of climbers from China University of Geosciences and Japan’s Kobe University reached the Padari peak near Nam Co Lake in Tibet on the 19th, the team in currently in preparation to climb the 6,500m peak which has never been topped before. 

Team leader of China University of Geosciences’s mountaineering team and commander of the Chinese side, Dong Fan, said that Padari peak is quite steep with lots of ice cracks, so only suitable for highly skilled climbers. Overall, this peak is most difficult to climb of all 6,000m peaks in the Nyenchen Tanglha mountain range. As a result, reconnaissance was conducted for the team as well as a thorough plan and several camps set up. 

According to reports, this joint mountaineering team has a total of 12 members, most of which are undergraduate or postgraduate students from China University of Geosciences or Kobe University, with one female student on the Chinese side. According to the plan, the joint team will climb the mountain in roughly two weeks. In mountaineering terms, there has been plenty of exchange and cooperation between both sides; they’ve also successfully climbed Mt. Trola and Ruoni peak before.