While the world was in lockdown, one adventurer plunged to the depths of an unexplored ocean trench while another made a record-breaking climb on Everest

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Here's what two adventurers saw at these ends of the earth.

Adventurer Victor Vescovo and oceanologist Deo Florence Onda waved the Philippine flag in celebration after becoming the first people to ever explore the Emden Deep this March. Meanwhile, Ada Tsang became the fastest woman to scale Everest this May.While the rest of the world was in lockdown, Victor Vescovo, 55, journeyed to the depths of the Emden Deep, where no man has gone before.

Two months later, a Hong Kong woman broke another world record - this time, on another of the planet's extremes.reported that Ada Tsang Yin-hung, 44, reached the summit of the 29,031-foot peak on May 23. She was the fastest woman to do so, completing her ascent in 25 hours and 50 minutes. Vescovo speculated that the plastic waste likely found its way into the Emden Deep because the Philippine Trench is located along one of the most commercially traveled sea lanes, where trash is often dumped directly into the ocean.

 

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