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.