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

Shishapangma Shishapangma, also called Gosainthān, is the 14th-highest mountain in the world, at above sea level. In 1964, it became the last of the 8,000-metre peaks to be climbed. This was due to its location entirely within Tibet and the restrictions ...

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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 (, formerly romanised as ''Fouchouen'', using French spelling, also as 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 Ri ...

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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

Muztagh Ata Muztagh Ata or Muztagata (, Музтағ Ата, literally "ice-mountain-father"; ; formerly known as Mount Tagharma or Taghalma and Wi-tagh) is the second highest (7546 metres) of the mountains which form the northern edge of the Tibetan Plate ...

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

eight-thousander The International Mountaineering and Climbing Federation (UIAA) recognises eight-thousanders as the 14 mountains that are more than in height above sea level, and are considered to be sufficiently independent of neighbouring peaks. There is no ...

. 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

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. Xu died in 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 mountain climbers Chinese summiters of Mount Everest Sportspeople from Liaoning People from Fushun