Father, son reach highest peak for survey mission

Father and son duo, Chen Gang and Chen Lihao summited Mount Qomolangma on April 30, 2022, completing a pioneering survey mission.

Chen Gang, a professor engaged in crustal movement research at the China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), has scaled Qomolangma four times in the past decade, including on the 2020 China-Nepal joint survey that determined the peak's current height of 8,848.86 meters.

His son, Chen Lihao, born in 2001, grew up shadowing his father on surveying trips, sparking a passion for the field. Now a doctoral candidate in surveying, Chen Lihao has inherited his father's love for science, carrying forward the spirit of exploration and professional expertise in surveying and mapping.