Ada Tsang Yin-hung, 44, from Hong Kong, broke the previous record by more than half a day when she got to the top of the world's highest mountain
A former teacher from Hong Kong has carried out the fastest ascent of Mount Everest by a woman, beating the previous record by more than half a day.
Ada Tsang Yin-hung, 44, reached the summit of the world's highest peak in a record-breaking 25 hours and 50 minutes last Sunday, according to Everest base camp's government liaison officer. This was well clear of the previous record of Nepali Phunjo Jhangmu Lama who had completed the ascent in 39 hours 6 minutes in 2017.
"She left the base camp at 1:20 pm on Saturday and reached 3:10 pm the next day," Gyanendra Shrestha told Agence France Presse. Most climbers would typically spend a few days in each of the different camps before heading to the summit.Mount Everest and the range surrounding it is shown in this illustrative image. Ada Tsang Yin-hung has broke the world record for an ascent of the world's highest peak by a woman.