Reporters wait at the Base Camp of Mt. Qomolangma, at the altitude of 5,200 meters in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region on May 8, 2008.
Three Chinese meteorological observers check the weather with a balloon at the Base Camp of Mt. Qomolangma, at the altitude of 5,200 meters in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region on May 8, 2008.
(Xinhua News Agency May 8, 2008)