70-year-old Chinese double amputee climber scales Qomolangma

Xia's successful summit comes a day after eight rope-fixing team members reached the summit, making the climbing route open for all other climbers for 2018 spring season.

The double amputee had received the climbing permit from the Nepali government after the country's supreme court, on March, allowed double amputee and visually impaired persons from climbing any mountains above 6,500 meters.

Xia's expedition has been managed by a Nepal-based Imagine Treks and Expeditions company. Before leaving for the expedition, the Chinese climber told media that it is his fifth attempt to scale the 8,848-meter world's highest peak.