Breaking boundaries: He Jing becomes China's first woman to scale all 14 peaks above 8,000m with Oxygen-free climbing

LHASA, Oct. 17 (Xinhua) -- For any elite mountaineer, reaching the summits of the world's 14 independent mountains above 8,000 meters is a monumental challenge. Then what about doing it without supplementary oxygen?

On Oct. 9, 36-year-old He Jing became the first Chinese climber to summit all 14 peaks over 8,000 meters without supplementary oxygen, completing her journey at the 8,027-meter Mount Shishapangma.