Wu WenHong, a mountaineer from Yancheng Jiangsu, rests forever on Mount Everest (photo)

by isuo on 2009-05-20 12:47:50

On the afternoon of May 18, a reporter received a postcard from Wu Wenhong at the珠峰 Base Camp in Tingri County, Tibet. At 10:00 a.m. that day, Wu Wenhong successfully reached the summit of Mount Everest at an altitude of 8844.43 meters, becoming the first person in Yancheng to reach the peak of the earth. However, when he fell back to 8750 meters above sea level, he suffered from altitude sickness suddenly. Although he was rescued by all means, he unfortunately died at 4:00 a.m. on the 19th.