Ada Tsang Yin-hung, the first woman from Hong Kong to scale Mount Everest, encouraged students to pursue their dreams.
Climbing Everest is one of the world’s ultimate challenges, however Tsang remained calm the whole way up."I did not have a strong response, I felt comfortable when I climbed the mountain," she said.
Tsang achieved her feat in the small hours of May 21, 2017, as she recalled in an interview with China News Service.
When not mountaineering, Tsang prefers her second identity of being a middle school teacher.
She loves her students with all her heart, she says, and is fascinated to talk about them with others. Her bid to climb Everest was spurred on by the aim of encouraging them to face their goals.
She started cycling the Sichuan-Tibet line and the new Tibet line, and tried to scale different mountains since 2008, so that her body could get accustomed to the high altitude environment.
Her doctor told her that she has high levels of hemoglobin and high levels of oxygen in her blood after she took a medical examination as a kid.
In addition, she did exercise and made an adaptation to training annually, thus the mountain’s plateau was really not a obstacle for her.　
Tsang even suffered two disasters after she joined the China Women's Mountaineering Team and got ready to conquer Everest.
The first was in 2014, when an avalanche happened before they arrived at base camp, killing a dozen Sherpa guides. As a result, the Government of Nepal declared a ban on expeditions.
The second was the Nepal earthquake the following year, which destroyed a whole warehouse and killed five people in her team. She suffered a head injury and broken ribs. It was half a year later before she finally recovered.
She lost two liters of blood and was sent back to the hospital by helicopter to Hong Kong, but she still held on to her gratitude. "God is really good to me. Many of my teammates have given up due to the psychological shadow, but I lost my memory of that moment, so no fear about that moment.”
Whenever there is a failure, she will share her experience with the students, too. She would also set this as an example to encourage students to try to solve the biggest difficulties that they are confronted with now instead of later.
A year after the injury, she ascended the 7,600 meters high peak of Muztagh Ata in July 2016. It gave her much confidence.
To fulfill her dreams of mountaineering, Tsang had to quit her job as a teacher.
"Difficulties make people stronger," she told her students.　
Tsang and the guide set out and finally scaled the Mount Everest after a break in a storm. "It was different from what I had imagined, I felt warm and everything going well," she said. She stayed at the summit for a long time and even took off her gloves to charge her phone.
Looking back on her achievements, Tsang still remained calm. "I will continue to be a teacher in any form. I never push students to do something, but if they have a goal, I will give my hand," she said firmly.
She is planning to climb Mount Everest again next year in the name of the Chinese Women's Mountaineering Team. Her teammates and her have reached the top in their own name, but China has not yet recorded a success of the women's team.
Tsang decided to finish this mighty feat. "No matter how difficult it is, I will try my best to solve it!"