Hongkonger Ada Tsang is the fastest woman to conquer Mount Everest. What was on her mind?
- Former life education teacher was the first Hong Kong woman to scale the peak on a perilous trek that took four days, but this time, she did it in just about 26 hours
- There were Covid-19 fears, with Nepal battling a surge in infections, but her camp took precautions and remained infection-free
“Aim high, so you can achieve high,” was the mantra for Hong Kong climber Ada Tsang Yin-hung in setting the world record this week for the fastest ascent of Mount Everest by a woman.
The first woman from Hong Kong to reach the summit of the world’s highest peak did it again on Sunday, this time in a record-breaking 25 hours and 50 minutes.
Messaging the Post from Nepal, the 44-year-old mountaineer said she had faced many uncertainties in trying to conquer the 8,849-metre peak, ranging from the weather and her health to communication with her team and concerns about the kind of traffic jams on the slopes that have proved disastrous for climbers in the past.
“Any variable could make you fail,” she said.
Tsang added that she left the base camp at 1.20pm last Saturday and reached the top at 3.10pm the next day after a non-stop climb.