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Vibrant Plateau: Chinese paraglider flies over the top of the world

STORY: Vibrant Plateau: Chinese paraglider flies over the top of the world SHOOTING TIME: Earlier footages DATELINE: June 27, 2024 LENGTH: 00:07:08 LOCATION: LHASA, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY/SPORTS STORYLINE: Voice on site: "Okay, okay. Everything is OK." On May 18, 2023, Li Shengtao successfully glided off Mt. Qomolangma's South Col from an altitude of about 8,000 meters to the base camp area on the Nepali side. He became the first Chinese to accomplish this remarkable feat. Voice of Li Shengtao, Chinese paraglider "In May 2023, I successfully flew a paraglider over Mt. Qomolangma. At that moment, it felt as if I touched the sky." "No matter how high you fly, you always need to go back home. By the end of 2023, I returned to Lhasa." Over the past ten years, Li Shengtao has run a camp to promote the sport of paragliding in Xizang. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LI SHENGTAO, Chinese paraglider "Hi, Xinyu." SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): CHENG XINYU, Paragliding enthusiast "Here is for you." SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): L

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(SP)AUSTRALIA-SYDNEY-2023 FIFA WOMEN'S WORLD CUP-GROUP H-COL VS KOR

(230725) -- SYDNEY, July 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Catalina Usme (L) of Colombia celebrates scoring during the group H match between Colombia and South Korea at the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Sydney, Australia, July 25, 2023. (Photo by Hu Jingchen/Xinhua)

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(SP)AUSTRALIA-SYDNEY-2023 FIFA WOMEN'S WORLD CUP-GROUP H-COL VS KOR

(230725) -- SYDNEY, July 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Catalina Perez Jaramillo (top) of Colombia makes a save during the group H match between Colombia and South Korea at the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Sydney, Australia, July 25, 2023. (Photo by Hu Jingchen/Xinhua)

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(SP)AUSTRALIA-SYDNEY-2023 FIFA WOMEN'S WORLD CUP-GROUP H-COL VS KOR

(230725) -- SYDNEY, July 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Starting players of Colombia line up prior to the group H match between Colombia and South Korea at the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Sydney, Australia, July 25, 2023. (Photo by Hu Jingchen/Xinhua)

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(SP)AUSTRALIA-SYDNEY-2023 FIFA WOMEN'S WORLD CUP-GROUP H-COL VS KOR

(230725) -- SYDNEY, July 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Starting players of South Korea line up prior to the group H match between Colombia and South Korea at the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Sydney, Australia, July 25, 2023. (Photo by Hu Jingchen/Xinhua)

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(SP)AUSTRALIA-SYDNEY-2023 FIFA WOMEN'S WORLD CUP-GROUP H-COL VS KOR

(230725) -- SYDNEY, July 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Players of Colombia react before the group H match between Colombia and South Korea at the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Sydney, Australia, July 25, 2023. (Photo by Hu Jingchen/Xinhua)

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(SP)AUSTRALIA-SYDNEY-2023 FIFA WOMEN'S WORLD CUP-GROUP H-COL VS KOR

(230725) -- SYDNEY, July 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Lee Geummin (C) of South Korea competes during the group H match between Colombia and South Korea at the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Sydney, Australia, July 25, 2023. (Photo by Hu Jingchen/Xinhua)

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(SP)AUSTRALIA-SYDNEY-2023 FIFA WOMEN'S WORLD CUP-GROUP H-COL VS KOR

(230725) -- SYDNEY, July 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Players of Colombia acknowledge the spectators after winning the group H match between Colombia and South Korea at the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Sydney, Australia, July 25, 2023. (Photo by Hu Jingchen/Xinhua)

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(SP)AUSTRALIA-SYDNEY-2023 FIFA WOMEN'S WORLD CUP-GROUP H-COL VS KOR

(230725) -- SYDNEY, July 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Jang Selgi (R) of South Korea gets a hug from Marcela Restrepo from Colombia after the group H match between Colombia and South Korea at the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Sydney, Australia, July 25, 2023. (Photo by Hu Jingchen/Xinhua)

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(SP)AUSTRALIA-SYDNEY-2023 FIFA WOMEN'S WORLD CUP-GROUP H-COL VS KOR

(230725) -- SYDNEY, July 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Mayra Ramirez (top) of Colombia heads the ball during the group H match between Colombia and South Korea at the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Sydney, Australia, July 25, 2023. (Photo by Hu Jingchen/Xinhua)

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(SP)AUSTRALIA-SYDNEY-2023 FIFA WOMEN'S WORLD CUP-GROUP H-COL VS KOR

(230725) -- SYDNEY, July 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Leicy Santos (R) of Colombia vies with Jang Selgi (C) of South Korea during the group H match between Colombia and South Korea at the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Sydney, Australia, July 25, 2023. (Photo by Hu Jingchen/Xinhua)

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(SP)AUSTRALIA-SYDNEY-2023 FIFA WOMEN'S WORLD CUP-GROUP H-COL VS KOR

(230725) -- SYDNEY, July 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Catalina Usme (1st R) of Colombia celebrates scoring during the group H match between Colombia and South Korea at the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Sydney, Australia, July 25, 2023. (Photo by Hu Jingchen/Xinhua)

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(SP)AUSTRALIA-SYDNEY-2023 FIFA WOMEN'S WORLD CUP-GROUP H-COL VS KOR

(230725) -- SYDNEY, July 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Fans cheer during the group H match between Colombia and South Korea at the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Sydney, Australia, July 25, 2023. (Photo by Hu Jingchen/Xinhua)

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(SP)AUSTRALIA-SYDNEY-2023 FIFA WOMEN'S WORLD CUP-GROUP H-COL VS KOR

(230725) -- SYDNEY, July 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Lee Geummin of South Korea reacts during the group H match between Colombia and South Korea at the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Sydney, Australia, July 25, 2023. (Photo by Hu Jingchen/Xinhua)

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(SP)AUSTRALIA-SYDNEY-2023 FIFA WOMEN'S WORLD CUP-GROUP H-COL VS KOR

(230725) -- SYDNEY, July 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Daniela Montoya (front) of Colombia competes during the group H match between Colombia and South Korea at the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Sydney, Australia, July 25, 2023. (Photo by Hu Jingchen/Xinhua)

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Chinese climber glides off Mt. Qomolangma from Nepali side

STORY: Chinese climber glides off Mt. Qomolangma from Nepali side DATELINE: May 19, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:25 LOCATION: Kathmandu CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Li Shengtao gliding off Mt. Qomolangma STORYLINE: A Chinese climber on Thursday successfully glided off Mt. Qomolangma from the South Col to the base camp area from the Nepali side. Li Shengtao flew his solo unpowered paraglider at an altitude of 8,000 meters from the South Col at 09:14 local time and landed at 09:38 at the designated area around the base camp at an altitude of 5,400 meters, according to the five-member Chinese team. Li's flying expedition was permitted by the Nepali government and he became the first Chinese to glide off Mt. Qomolangma from the South Col. A record high of 478 climbers from 65 countries and regions have received permits to climb the peak from the Nepali side during the spring climbing season, according to Nepal's Department of Tourism. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Kathmandu. (XHTV)

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JGSDF Col. speaks about S. Sudan PKO

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Col. Kenichi Igawa speaks about the peace keeping operation in South Sudan during a press conference at GSDF's Camp Senzo in Itami, Hyogo Prefecture, on June 21, 2014, after returning from the 6-month deployment to the United Nations Mission in South Sudan.

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Japanese troops in S. Sudan

JUBA, South Sudan - Col. Kenichi Igawa, who leads a Ground Self-Defense Force engineering unit in South Sudan, is interviewed by Kyodo News in the capital Juba on Feb. 12, 2014. The Japanese unit is taking part in a U.N. peacekeeping mission in the African country.

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Mt. Everest

KALA PATTHAR, Nepal - File photo taken from Mt. Kala Patthar in Nepal shows Mt. Everest, the world's highest mountain with a peak at 8,848 meters, on May 22, 2013. The South Col is seen in the center right.

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Mt. Everest

GORAK SHEP, Nepal - File photo shows the South Col of Mt. Everest, the world's highest mountain with a peak at 8,848 meters, on May 23, 2013.

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Japan support in S. Sudan

JUBA, South Sudan - Lt. Col. Teruo Sakama, who leads an engineering unit of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force (front L), is welcomed by a South Sudan government official as members of the unit arrive at Juba airport on Feb. 20, 2012. The unit is in South Sudan to support infrastructure building under a U.N. peacekeeping mission.

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Defense chief encourages GSDF members in S. Sudan

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka (C) speaks in the ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 21, 2012, via videophone with Col. Toru Namatame (R) of the Ground Self-Defense Force deployed in South Sudan. Tanaka encouraged GSDF personnel who arrived in the African nation the previous day to join a U.N. peacekeeping mission.

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Japanese GSDF group arrives in S. Sudan

JUBA, South Sudan - Col. Toru Namatame of the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force (L) is interviewed by a local TV station in Juba, the capital of South Sudan, on Jan. 15, 2012, upon the arrival of an advance group of GSDF members preparing for the deployment of GSDF troops in U.N. peacekeeping operations in South Sudan.

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Japanese peacekeeping mission in S. Sudan shown to press

Col. Hiroji Yamashita, commander of a Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force unit deployed for a U.N. peacekeeping operation in South Sudan, speaks in an interview in Juba, the nation's capital, on July 24, 2015. Japan began sending troops to South Sudan in January 2012. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan support in S. Sudan

JUBA, South Sudan - Lt. Col. Teruo Sakama, who leads an engineering unit of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force (front L), is welcomed by a South Sudan government official as members of the unit arrive at Juba airport on Feb. 20, 2012. The unit is in South Sudan to support infrastructure building under a U.N. peacekeeping mission. (Kyodo)

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Defense chief encourages GSDF members in S. Sudan

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka (C) speaks in the ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 21, 2012, via videophone with Col. Toru Namatame (R) of the Ground Self-Defense Force deployed in South Sudan. Tanaka encouraged GSDF personnel who arrived in the African nation the previous day to join a U.N. peacekeeping mission. (Kyodo)

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Japanese GSDF group arrives in S. Sudan

JUBA, South Sudan - Col. Toru Namatame of the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force (L) is interviewed by a local TV station in Juba, the capital of South Sudan, on Jan. 15, 2012, upon the arrival of an advance group of GSDF members preparing for the deployment of GSDF troops in U.N. peacekeeping operations in South Sudan. (Kyodo)