Hong Kong climbers Tsang Yin-hung set records on Everest

Hong Kong mountaineer Tsang Yin-hung has recorded the world’s fastest ascent of Everest by a woman with a time of just under 26 hours. Tsang, 44, scaled the mountain in a record time of 25 hours and 50 minutes.

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The fastest woman to conquer Everest had been Nepali Phunjo Jhangmu Lama when she completed the climb in 39 hours 6 minutes.

Arthur Muir, 75, became the oldest American to climb the world’s highest peak at 8,848.86-metres.

Mount Everest is Earth’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas.

A 52-year-old Nepali Sherpa climbed the Mt Everest, for the 25th time, breaking his own record for summiting the mountain most number of times.

Nepal’s eminent historian late Baburam Acharya is credited with the Nepali name Sagarmatha for Mount Everest that straddles Nepal-China border.