A 17-year-old reaches top of tallest mountain in the world


Li Haorong at the summit of Mount Everest on May 25. PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY/ANN

LHASA/BEIJING: Li Haorong, a 17-year-old student from Beijing, reached the summit of the world's highest peak, Mount Qomolangma — globally known as Mount Everest — in the Xizang autonomous region at 6:47 am on Sunday (May 25), becoming the youngest Chinese male to reach the summit from the mountain's northern slope.

He is also the first Chinese senior middle school student globally to accomplish the feat.

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