It took precisely 25 hours and 50 minutes.
Hong Kong's Tsang Yin-hung broke the world record for the fastest female climb of Everest, authorities in Nepal said on Thursday.
The 44-year-old climber climbed the world's tallest mountain (8,848.86 meters) over two days.
"She left the base camp at 1:20 pm Saturday and reached (the summit) at 3:10 pm the next day," said the government liaison officer at Everest base camp, Gyanendra Shrestha.
A record broken by several hours
Tsang Yin-hung must now come forward to representatives of
Guinness World Records
for his feat to be formalized.
Because if the Nepalese government issues certificates indicating that the climbers have reached the summit, it does not certify the records.
The fastest woman to conquer the roof of the world until then was the Nepalese Phunjo Jhangmu Lama, who had climbed the mountain in 39 hours and six minutes.
In 2017, Tsang Yin-hung had already become the first Hong Kong woman to reach the summit of Everest.
It was then his third attempt to climb this Himalayan mountain.
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