Zhang Hong, a 46-year-old Chinese man, climbed to the top of the world from Nepal and became the first visually impaired person in Asia and the third in the world to climb Everest.
“It does not matter if you have a disability or not, if you have lost your sight or if you do not have legs or arms, if you are determined enough, you can always accomplish something that others can not”, Zhang told Reuters.
Zhang completed the 8,849-meter ascent to the Himalayas on May 24 with three climber guides and returned to the camp that forms the base of the team on Thursday.
Born in the city of Chongqing in southwest China, Zhang lost his sight at the age of 21 due to glaucoma.
Inspired by Eric Weinmeier, the blind American climber who climbed Mount Everest in 2001, he began training under the guidance of a mountaineering guide and friend of Chiang Jie.
Nepal reopened Mount Everest for foreign climbers in April; climbing was not allowed last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“I was very scared, I could not see where I was going, I could not find the center of gravity, so sometimes I fell”said Zhang. “But I kept thinking that although it was difficult, I had to face the difficulties, it is an element of mountaineering, there are difficulties and dangers – that is the meaning of mountaineering.”
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