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Climbers from the United States and Hong Kong have set new records as they scaled Mount Everest this week, hiking officials mentioned on Friday.
Arthur Muir, 75, became the oldest American to climb the world’s highest peak at 8,848.86-metres (29,031 feet) on Sunday, an official from the organization that organised the expedition mentioned.
Separately, Hong Kong’s Tsang Yin-Hung, 45, scaled the peak in much less than 26 hours, the shortest time taken by any lady right after beginning from the base camp.
Usually climbers devote quite a few days in unique camps ahead of reaching the peak.
“Arthur Muir is the oldest American at 75 years old to summit Mount Everest,” Garrett Madison, expedition leader at the Madison Mountaineering organization told Reuters from the base camp.
Muir beat the record set by Bill Burke, who became the oldest American to climb the mountain at the age of 67 in 2009.
Tsang set out from the base camp at 1:20 p.m regional time (0735 GMT) on Saturday and reached the prime at 3:10 p.m the following day, mentioned Gyanendra Shrestha, a Nepal government official, who returned from the base camp.
She beat the record set by Nepali lady Phunjo Jhangmu Lama in 2017, who climbed Everest in 39 hours and 6 minutes.
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