On top of the world – teacher Ada Tsang becomes first Hong Kong woman to conquer Everest
She succeeds at third attempt after narrowly escaping death on previous expedition
A school teacher who cheated death in a previous bid to scale Mount Everest has become the first Hong Kong woman to conquer the world’s highest peak at the third attempt.
Ada Tsang Yin-hung, 40, reached the summit with fellow Hongkonger Elton Ng, a physiotherapist, and Zhang Jianguo, an amateur mountaineer from Jiangsu province at 6am on Sunday with the help of two Sherpa guides.
The feat is the culmination of seven years of training and harrowing experiences that the former life education teacher at a secondary school in Ma On Shan has under her belt.
Tsang has said that one of the key motivating factors in her pursuit of mountaineering’s biggest prize was to lead by example and inspire her students with a lesson from outside the classroom.
News of her success was first announced on social media by Mingma Sherpa, the first Nepali and first South Asian to scale all 14 of the world’s highest mountains: “Mrs Tsang Yin-hung officially registered her name as the first Hong Kong lady to the top of Everest,” he said.