3 Chinese women conquer Mount Qomolangma

A mountaineering team of Chinese women have successfully scaled the world's highest peak -- Mount Qomolangma, also known as Mount Everest -- on Wednesday.

Three Chinese women pose on top of Mount Qomolangma, known as Mount Everest in the West, on May 22, 2019. With the name of “Everest Rose”, the team is made up of three female mountaineers from Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, and Henan Province. The trio began preparing for the climb on April 8, finally reaching the peak on Wednesday. [Photo: China News Service]

The three Chinese women are Ma Liyamu, from Northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur autonomous region; Ada Tsang Yin-hung, a former school teacher from Hong Kong; and Sun Ning, a designer from Central China's Henan province.

The mountaineer from Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region signs a banner before climbing Mount Qomolangma, known as Mount Everest in the West, on May 22, 2019. [Photo: China News Service]

Ma Liyamu is the first woman from Xinjiang to successfully climb the mountain in May 2016. In 2015, she was severely injured in an avalanche at the base camp in Nepal when she was preparing to climb Mount Qomolangma.

A female mountaineer signs a banner before climbing Mount Qomolangma, known as Mount Everest in the West, on May 22, 2019. [Photo: China News Service]

Ada Tsang Yin-hung became the first Hong Kong woman to scale the highest peak in the world in May 2017.

This marks the first time for Sun to reach the summit of the tallest mountain on Earth. She had climbed to the top of the world's eighth highest Mount Manaslu, at an altitude of 8,163 meters, in September last year.

Three Chinese women, forming the “Everest Rose” team, start their ascent of Mount Qomolangma, known as Mount Everest in the West, on May 22, 2019. [Photo: China News Service]

They set off on this year's journey on April 8, adapting to the high altitude and receiving intensive training in more than 40 days.