Mountain climbing milestone reached

A 36-year-old Chinese woman has become the first person from China and the third woman in the world to scale all 14 of the world's peaks over 8,000 meters without the use of supplemental oxygen.

He Jing, from Xi'an in Shaanxi province, reached the summit of the 8,027-meter Mount Shishapangma in China's Xizang autonomous region on Oct 9, completing her historic quest.

"I did what I was supposed to do, just at the right time," He told China Daily on Friday upon returning home, noting it was her personal way of celebrating the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.