Forty-five-year-old former teacher Tsang Yin Hung of Hong Kong has recorded the world’s fastest ascent of Mount Everest by a woman.
She reached the top of the world’s highest mountain from base camp in 25 hours and 50 minutes, beating the previous record, set by a Nepalese climber in 2017, by more than 12 hours.
‘When you aim high, expect high,’ Tsang told reporters in Nepal, according to the BBC.
Tsang is one of three climbers who have set new Everest records in recent days.
Last Sunday, Arthur Muir, 75, became the oldest American to climb the mountain, while 46-year old Zhang Hong of China became the first blind man from Asia to complete the feat on Monday.
The record-breakers are three of the hundreds of climbers who have summited the mountain so far this spring.
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