KATHMANDU – Climbers from the United States and Hong Kong have set new records as they scaled Mount Everest this week, hiking officials said on Friday.
Arthur Muir, 75, became the oldest American to climb the world’s highest peak at 8,848.86-meters on Sunday, an official from the company that organized the expedition said.
Separately, Hong Kong’s Tsang Yin-Hung, 45, scaled the peak in less than 26 hours, the shortest time taken by any woman after starting from the base camp.
Muir beat the record set by Bill Burke, who became the oldest American to climb the mountain at the age of 67 in 2009.
Tsang beat the record set by Nepali woman Phunjo Jhangmu Lama in 2017, who climbed Everest in 39 hours and six minutes.(Reuters)
