The opening ceremony of Tibet’s 1st Outdoor Sports Meet[Photo/China Tibet Online]

LHASA,Oct.4(China Tibet Online)The First Tibet Outdoor Sports Meet and 12th Mountain Climbing Meeting were held in Lhasa on Oct.1, highlighting the tourist activities during the 7-day National Day holidays.

The ceremony was held at the mountain climbing drilling base in Yangbajain Township of Damxung County in Lhasa.

With the theme of "Challenge, sharing and harmony",various outdoor activities were conducted including mountain climbing, hiking, the bicycle race and the driving race on the highest elevation of the world as well as sports cultural activities to allow participants to challenge themselves, sharing the beauty of the scenery and joy of sports to reach a good harmony between human and nature.

Wang Yongfeng, deputy director of the Mountain Climbing Management Center of the State Sports Administration confers the flag for the "Tibet Outdoor Sports Meet" to the team.[Photo/China Tibet Online]

Sun Yongping，party secretary-general of Tibet regional sports bureau said, Tibet boasts many world-level outdoor sports resources. In the recent years, it has promoted its outdoor activities with mountain climbing taking the lead, which has won popularity among mountain climbers throughout the country. So far, 11 mountain climbing meetings have been convened. This year the Tibet Autonomous Region initiated the First Tibet Outdoor Sports Meet by integrating mountain climbing with other outdoor sports events to cater to the meet of the domestic and international markets.

Hiking to the Xoigurai Peak[Photo/China Tibet Online]

Sun Yongping said, Tibet’s mountain climbing is famous in both China and the world thanks to its talents with high-level professional expertise, sustainable mountain climbing cooperative mechanism, and rich high altitude search and rescue experience. Tibet is making its efforts to develop various outdoor activities into cultural and tourist programs, and establish systematic outdoor sports to provide customized fitness programs and help more Chinese mountain climbers challenge the world highest mountains.

The high altitude bicycle race at the foot of the snowy mountain[Photo/China Tibet Online]