Former pupils of first Hong Kong woman to summit Mount Everest recall inspiring teacher who never quits
They describe someone who challenged them to achieve even before she made history
From biking 2,000 kilometres across the Tibetan plateau to trekking Hong Kong’s hilly terrain, school teacher Ada Tsang Yin-hung had embarked on countless journeys to teach her pupils life lessons that went beyond the four walls of the classroom.
Tommy Ng Chun-lun, who was one of the first batch of pupils Tsang taught in 2000 at CUHKFAA Chan Chun Ha Secondary School, said she was the main reason he was able to finish biking 2,000 kilometres across the Tibetan plateau in 2008.
“We were in our early 20s at the time and the high altitude and scorching sun were really hard to adapt to,” he recalled. “We thought about all these other alternatives. We wanted to give up so badly.”
“I remember her telling us that we’d made this decision to bike 2,000 kilometres together so we needed to finish this together. We couldn’t just give up so easily.”