Blind climber reaches Qomolangma summit By PALDEN NYIMA and DAQIONG in Lhasa | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2021-05-26 07:34 Share CLOSE Zhang Hong trains at a gym in Lhasa, Tibet autonomous region, earlier this year. DANG GUOFU/FOR CHINA DAILY
A visually impaired Chinese climber reached the summit of Qomolangma, known in the West as Mount Everest, on Monday morning, becoming the first blind person from Asia ever to conquer the world s highest peak.
Zhang Hong, 46, reached the top from the Nepali side, along with three high-altitude guides, the organizer of his expedition, Asian Trekking of Nepal, told Xinhua News Agency.
Jaya Bahadur Tamang, an official from Asian Trekking, told Xinhua by phone from the Qomolangma base camp that Zhang and his team started to move up to the summit on Sunday night from South Col (7,900 meters) and reached the summit at 9 am on Monday.
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