Xu Jing (, 1927 – 15 October 2011) was a Chinese mountaineer and leader of the first team to reach the summit of

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on 2 May 1964. In 1965 this area would become the

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. Xu Jing was born in

Fushun Fushun ( zh, s=, t=, p=Fǔshùn, historically Fuxi ()) is a prefecture level city in Liaoning province, China, about east of Shenyang, with a total area of , of which is the city proper. Situated on the Hun River ("muddy river"), it is one o ...

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, China. He learned mountaineering in the

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in 1955. In 1956, Xu Jing took charge of China's first mountaineering training program organized by

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. The same year, he climbed

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in a joint Sino-Soviet expedition. In 1960, he was the deputy leader of the Chinese Mount Everest expedition team, but had to retreat at 8500 m due to exhaustion. In 1964, Xu Jing led a team of members to reach the summit of

, the last unclimbed

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. In 1975, he was the deputy leader of the Chinese expedition team that successfully climbed and surveyed Mount Everest. In 1988, he was the deputy leader of the China-Japan-Nepal joint Mount Everest "crossover" team. Xu Jing was vice-president of China Mountaineering Association. Xu died on 15 October 2011 due to

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. He was aged 84.中国登山协会原副主席老登山家许竞15日晚去世，户外资料网，2011-10-18
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Xu Jing 1927 births 2011 deaths Chinese summiters of Mount Everest Sportspeople from Liaoning People from Fushun