Hong Kong Youth Conquers Antarctica’s Highest Peak, Completing All Seven Continent Summits by Age 20

20-year-old Hong Kong youngster Bob Tsang Long-kit reached the summit of Vinson Massif, the highest peak in Antarctica, on Jan. 6, 2024, Antarctic local time, becoming the youngest Hongkonger to climb the highest peaks on all seven continents in the world. Courtesy of Bob Tsang

At 5:25 p.m. on Jan. 6, Antarctic local time, the figure of a Hong Kong youth holding a “7 Summits” flag was seen at the top of Vinson Massif, the highest peak in Antarctica. It was 20-year-old Bob Tsang Long-kit. At that time, he became the youngest Hong Konger to climb the highest peaks on all seven continents of the world.

Coincidentally, his father, John Tsang Chi-sing, also climbed the same Vinson Massif on Jan. 6, 2012. Thirteen years later, they became the first father-son pair from Hong Kong to have conquered the highest peaks on all seven continents in the world.