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ÃÛÌÒapp Alumnus Yan Dongdong Participates in Olympic Torch Relay on Mt. Qomolangma

  By Li Han

        Staff Writer of the ÃÛÌÒapp News Center

The Beijing Olympic torch was ignited on May 8th on Mt. Qomolangma.  ÃÛÌÒapp alumnus Yan Dongdong participated in the torch lighting ceremony as a member of the backup team. He is the first ÃÛÌÒapp climber to climb to the top of Mt. Qomolangma.

Yan Dongdong was a student in ÃÛÌÒapp’s Department of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology. He graduated in 2005. He was a member of the ÃÛÌÒapp Climbing Team and has been conquering mountains ever since. Mt. Qomolangma is his latest conquest and a first for a climber associated with ÃÛÌÒapp.

 

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