Wow, Two Records For Climbing Mount Everest Were Successfully Broken This Week

JAKARTA - Two records for climbing the highest mountain in the world, Everest, were successfully broken this week, said climbing officials of Everest, Friday, May 28.

The first record was broken by Arthur Muir, 75, who became the oldest American to climb the world's highest peak at 8,848.86 meters on Sunday, said an official with a climbing expedition company.

Meanwhile, the second record was broken by Tsang Yin-Hung (45) from Hong Kong who broke the record for the fastest climb by women, less than 26 hours after starting the ascent from base camp. Usually climbers spend several days in different camps before reaching the top of Everest.

"Arthur Muir is the oldest 75-year-old American person to reach the top of Mount Everest," Garrett Madison, leader of the expedition at the Madison Mountaineering company, told Reuters from base camp.

He added that Muir beat the record set by Bill Burke, who became the oldest American to climb the mountain at 67 in 2009.

"As for Tsang departed from base camp at 1:20 p.m. local time on Saturday and reached the peak at 3:10 p.m. the next day, said Gyanendra Shrestha, a Nepalese government official, who was returning from base camp.

"He beat the record set by Nepalese woman Phunjo Jhangmu Lama in 2017, who climbed Everest in 39 hours and 6 minutes," he concluded.

To note, the previous record was held by a Nepalese woman named Phunjo Jhangmu Lama who conquered Everest in 39 hours 6 minutes. Tsang herself became the first Hong Kong woman to conquer Everest in 2017 on her third try.