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Updated Apr 10, 2021 | 16:57 IST Chinese mountaineer Zhang Hong, who is visually impaired, is aiming to scale the world's highest peak Mount Everest. Zhnag Hong, a 46-year-old visually-impaired Chinese man, is attempting to summit the Mount Everest.  |  Photo Credit: IANS Kathmandu: A 46-year-old visually-impaired Chinese man is attempting to summit the Mount Everest. If the expedition is successful, Zhang Hong will become the first visually-impaired Asian to conquer the world's highest peak. "If he manages to reach the top of Mt. Everest, he will be the fir...

2021-04-09 16:35:52 GMT2021-04-10 00:35:52(Beijing Time) Xinhua English KATHMANDU, April 9 (Xinhua) -- Zhang Hong, a 46-year-old visually impaired Chinese climber is attempting to summit Mt. Qomolangma this spring, a company organizing his expedition said. "If he manages to reach the top of Mt. Qomolangma, he will be the first Asian blind person to scale the world's tallest peak," Dawa Steven Sherpa, chief executive officer of Asian Trekking, one of the leading expedition organizing companies in Nepal, told Xinhua on Friday. Earlier, two mountaineers -- Erik Weihenmayer, an American mo...