KATHMANDU, 10 April, 2021 (TON): A visually impaired Chinese climber, Zhang Hong, a 46-year-old is attempting to summit Mt. Qomolangma this spring, Asian Trekking said on Friday.

Dawa Steven Sherpa, chief executive officer of Asian Trekking said, "If he manages to reach the top of Mt. Qomolangma, he will be the first Asian blind person to scale the world's tallest peak."

Earlier, two mountaineers Erik Weihenmayer, an American mountaineer and Andy Holzer, an Austrian climber, both visually impaired had reached the top of the Mt. Qomolangma in May 2001 and May 2017 respectively.

Sherpa said that the Chinese climber had been training hard with the aim of scaling the Mt. Qomolangma for the last three years.

According to the Asian Trekking, he has already conquered Muztagh Ata, a 7,509 meter peak in China's Xinjiang autonomous region two years ago.

Zhang is one of the 244 climbers who got climbing permits for Mt. Qomolangma from Nepali authorities.

The world's tallest peak has been a dream for many people with disabilities and some of them have already achieved their dreams by scaling the mountain. The height of the mountain was slightly increased to 8848.86 meters when Nepali and Chinese surveyors measured and jointly announced the new height in December last year.