Luo Shen, male, Han ethnicity, born on January 15, 1963. A renowned Chinese mountaineer, he currently serves as the Director of the Rock and Ice Climbing Department at the Mountaineering Sports Management Center of the General Administration of Sport of China, Deputy Secretary-General of the Chinese Mountaineering Association, a national-level coach, Head Coach of the Chinese Mountaineering Team, and has been awarded the National Sports Honor Medal three times.
He graduated from Xi'an Physical Education University in 1986 and was assigned to the Chinese Mountaineering Team that same year. From 1987 to the present, Luo Shen has been responsible for physical training of the Chinese team members prior to numerous large-scale joint mountaineering expeditions in China, and has participated in many major climbing activities.
In 1988, he took part in the China-Japan-Nepal joint Everest traverse expedition, reaching an altitude of 8,100 meters (on the Nepal side).
In 1989, he joined the China-Hong Kong joint expedition to climb Zhangzi Peak and successfully summited at 7,543 meters.
In the winter of 1991, he participated in the rescue mission on Meili Snow Mountain, and in the autumn, took part in the first China-Japan ascent of Namcha Barwa, reaching the final assault camp.
In the spring of 1995, he accompanied a Japanese mountaineering team on their climb of Makalu, reaching 6,700 meters. In the autumn, he participated in a Sino-Korean mountaineering technical training program on Yuzhu Peak (6,178 meters) and successfully summited.
In the autumn of 1996, he joined the first China-Japan joint expedition to Cho Oyu, serving as the climbing leader of the joint team and successfully summiting at 7,326 meters.
In the autumn of 1997, during a climbing expedition to Shishapangma organized by the China University of Geosciences, he served as the high-altitude cameraman for Beijing Television and reached an altitude of 7,850 meters.
On May 22, 2003, during the commemorative expedition marking the 50th anniversary of the first human ascent of Everest, he successfully summited the world’s highest peak (8,848.13 meters) – Mount Everest, and was awarded the National Sports Honor Medal.
In May 2004, during the National Mountaineering Conference at Mount Siguniang in Sichuan, he served as the on-site overall commander, enabling 48 people to successfully summit the second peak of Siguniang (5,454 meters), and led teams to the summit three times; from July to August, during the first International University Environmental Protection Mountaineering Event at Muztagh Ata in Kashgar, Xinjiang, he acted as the overall commander, successfully leading 38 people to the 7,546-meter summit, setting a world record for the most summits of the peak in a single event.
In 2008, he was recognized as an Outstanding Mountaineering Coach by the General Administration of Sport of China and awarded the National Sports Honor Medal.
From March to May 2008, as the Deputy Leader and Head Coach of the Chinese Mountaineering Team for the Olympic Torch Relay to Everest during the 2008 Beijing Olympics, he participated in both the command and actual climbing efforts, and successfully summited the world’s highest peak at 8,844.43 meters – Mount Everest, earning yet another National Sports Honor Medal.
In 2010, he participated in a Chinese online media writers’ expedition to climb Africa’s highest peak, Mount Kilimanjaro, and successfully reached the 5,980-meter summit. In July 2015, he led the national mountaineering team to Malaysia for a Sino-Malaysian mountaineering technology exchange and successfully summited Mount Trusmadi (elevation 2,642 meters).