29 May 2013 - The 2013 Qinghai Gangshika Asian Ski Mountaineering Festival Technical Meeting was held in northwest China's Xining of Qinghai Province on 28 May 2013.
Sponsored by the Qinghai Provincial Administration of Sport, the event, which drew some 90 ski-mountaineering enthusiasts from China, Korea, Singapore and Hong Kong China, has become another important continental event of the region after the Tour de Qinghai Lake Cycling Race.
Officials from the International Ski Mountaineering Federation (ISMF), the Asian Ski Mountaineering Federation (ASMF) and China's National Mountaineering Administrative Center attended the meeting. (Photos China Sports Online/Bai Yu)
Li Wenmao, head of the New Sports Dept. of China's
Mountaineering Administrative Center, speaks at the meeting.
President of the Asian Ski Mountaineering Federation
Rebecca Vernon, ISMF Vice-President - Sport & Events
A display of the newly-developed skiing and mountain climbing equipment