Tsang Yin-hung

Tsang Yin-hung

Question: Who has created the record of the world’s fastest ascent of Mount Everest by a woman?
(a) Tsang Yin-hung
(b) Phunjo Jhangmu Lama
(c) Lhakpa Sherpa
(d) Arunima Sinha
Answer: (a)
Related facts:

  • On 23 May 2021,Tsang Yin-hung, a Hong Kong-based mountaineer, has created the record of the world’s fastest ascent of Mount Everest by a woman.
  • She scaled the 8,848.86-metre Mount Everest (29,031 feet) in a record time of 25 hours and 50 minutes . It was her third attempt of scaling the Himalayan peak.
  • In 2017, Tsang became the first Hong Kong woman to reach the top of the mountain peak.
  • Earlier, the record of fastest scale of Everest by a woman was held by Nepali Phunjo Jhangmu Lama, in 39 hours 6 minutes in 2018.

Links:
https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/hong-kong-woman-record-mount-everest-nepal-fastest-ascent-1807861-2021-05-28