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A mountain named "Chinaman's Peak" was renamed to "Ha Ling Peak" because it was seen as derogatory. Ha Ling was the first to climb it and had named it himself.
Ha Ling Peak in Canada was originally called "Chinaman" peak after a Chinese cook in 1896 was bet he couldn't summit the peak, plant a flag and return in under 10hrs. The name was changed in 1997 for obvious reasons.
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Ha Ling Peak in Alberta's Rocky Mountains was named in honour of Ha Ling, a Chinese cook for the Canadian Pacific Railroad who in 1896 scaled the peak's 2 408 metre high summit to win a $50 bet.
