Vlog: One night in Mt. Qomolangma base camp

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Vlog: One night in Mt. Qomolangma base camp

STORY: Vlog: One night in Qomolangma base camp DATELINE: May 23, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:57 LOCATION: Mt. Qomolangma base camp CATEGORY: SCIENCE SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): ZHU CONG, Xinhua correspondent 2. various of starry night above Mt. Qomolangma STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): ZHU CONG, Xinhua correspondent "Hello, this is Zhu Cong with Xinhua News Agency. I'm now at the Mt. Qomolangma base camp for mountaineering and scientific expeditions. And now, it's about 9:00 p.m. It is snowing so heavily that I can hardly open my eyes. And in today's vlog, I will show you how I spend one night in the base camp. And now it's about 10 p.m. The snow turns small. It is really cold outside. Right now I'm sitting in the Xinhua work tent. And it's about 11 p.m. And from the small window of our work tent, we can see that the snow has stopped. It's about -8 degrees Celsius outside. It is quite cold. Four hours later, at about 3:00 a.m., the expeditionists will depart the assault camp at 8,300 meters, heading for the summ

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