First Blind Asian to climb Mount Everest.

Zhang Hong aged 44 is a Chinese climber, who became the first blind Asian to scale Mount Everest says he wants to climb the highest peak of all seven could continents.

Zhang Hong is the third blind climber to reach the world's highest peak and first ever Asian to do so.

On May 24th Zhang reached the summit of Everest following his guides and descended safely to Kathmandu.

Speaking to which he said that he was inspired by a blind American climber, Eric Weihenmayer, who scaled Everest in 2001.

He also added, " “Personally I plan to try the ‘grand slam’ in the next few years — the seven summits around the world on seven continents and the North and South Poles."

Erik Weihenmayer

In context to other physically challenged persons he spoked that, “Today I sit here and think about Eric (Weihenmayer), who inspired me to have such a dream and work all the way, and eventually I achieved it," he said. “So, I would think there are so many other visually impaired people around the world and also in Asia, and I hope what I did can be an inspiration for them."

Zhang has been living with his wife in Tibet since he was blind at the age of 21 due to glaucoma and has been working as a masseur in Tibetian hospital.

Before risking his life in the curves of the Everest, he trained for five years carrying backs packed with 30 kgs of weight up the staircase of the hospital where he works and also had climbed several smaller peaks in China, in context to add a bit of experience

He said that the Everest climbing has really been a challenge as it was difficult navigating the slippery trails and moving around blocks of ice because of high winds on the mountain.

Zhang said that all of his team was vaccinated before the expedition and had a separate camp on the mountain to distant themselves from other climbers. Nepalese authorities have denied any coronavirus outbreak on Everest, but a prominent guide said there were more than 100 cases on the mountain.

Zhang said that, before the expedition he alongside his teammates were vaccinated, and also had setup a different camp on the mountain to keep themselves away from the other climbers.

A truley motivating and inspiring story of Zhnag Hong. He showed that if you have faith everything in this world is conquerable.