‘No matter if you're disabled or normal… as long as you have a strong mind, you can always complete a thing that other people can't,’ said Chinese mountaineer Zhang Hong, who became the first blind person in Asia to climb Mount Everest
"No matter if you're disabled or normal, whether you have lost your eyesight or you have no legs or hands, it doesn't matter as long as you have a strong mind, you can always complete a thing that other people say you can't," Zhang told Reuters.
Born in southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing, Zhang lost his sight at the age of 21 due to glaucoma.
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