Zhang Hong from china a 46 year old Chinese man has created history by climbing mount Everest. He has become the first blind man in Asia and the third in the world to climb Mount Everest.

Zhang was born in southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing but has lost his eye sight at the age of 21 due to glaucoma.

He was inspired by Erik Weihenmayer, a blind American mountaineer who scaled Everest in 2001, and began training under the guidance of his mountain guide friend QiangZi.

“I was still very scared, because I couldn’t see where I was walking, and I couldn’t find my centre of gravity, so sometimes I would fall,” said Zhang.

“But I kept thinking because even though it was hard, I had to face those difficulties, this is one component of climbing, there are difficulties and dangers and this is the meaning of climbing.”

Zhang scaled the 8,849 meter-high Himalayan feat on May 24 along with three high altitude guides, and returned to the base camp on Thursday.

Even though Zhang had a physical limitation as compared to normal mountaineer but he bravely converted this weakness into his strength.

“No matter if you’re disabled or normal, whether you have lost your eyesight or you have no legs or hands, it doesn’t matter as long as you have a strong mind, you can always complete a thing that other people say you can’t” Zhang told Reuters.