Ulaanbaatar
Mongolian Mountaineers to Summit Everest with no Supplemental Oxygen
Society
Ulaanbaatar, 2024 April 4/MONTSAME/. Mongolian mountaineers D.Otgonkhuu, TS.Usukhjargal and L.Purevsuren will depart on April 5, 2024, to climb Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak.
This time, it will be special as they will climb for the
first time among the Mongolian mountaineers, not using any additional oxygen
and without a guide. The three Mongolian mountaineers plan to conquer 8848.86 meters
high Mount Everest by June 1, 2024.
“Hunnu haiking” club members D.Otgonkhuu. TS.Usukhjargal,
and L.Purevsuren decided to carry all the luggage themselves from the
base camp and do the camping themselves.
Currently, there are more than 6664 climbers summited Mount Everest. 3.4 percent of those or 221 mountaineers climbed with no supplemental oxygen.
Head of the team D. Orgilkhuu said” Our team’s main purpose and the specialty of this climb is no additional oxygen and no guide or Sherpa. We want to show the patience of the Mongols and challenge ourselves. For a whole year, we have trained ourselves, so it will be okay. As we all have mountaineering experience of more than 10 years, we are confident in ourselves.”
The first Mongolian mountaineer who summited Everest Mount
was the Honored sportsman G.Usukhbayar, and thereafter followed by
B.Gangaaamaa, S.Baterdene. Ts.Tsogzolmaa, L.Bayarsaikhan, B.Tseveendash,
J.Byambasuren, B.Gantulga, S.Gankhuu, O.Zolbookhuu, Ts.Gerelt-Od and Ts.Ankhbayar,
