Hong Kong woman breaks record for fastest ascent of Everest Toggle share menu Advertisement Up to 350 people have summited Everest so far this spring. (Photo: AFP/PRAKASH MATHEMA) 27 May 2021 10:29PM (Updated: 27 May 2021 10:31PM) Share this content Bookmark KATHMANDU: 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, a Nepal official said on Thursday (May 27). Tsang, 44, scaled the 8,848.86-m mountain in a record time of 25 hours and 50 minutes on Sunday, Everest base camp's government liaison officer Gyanendra Shrestha said. Advertisement Advertisement "She left the base camp at 1.20pm on Saturday and reached (the top at) 3.10pm the next day," Shrestha told AFP.