日韩精品久久一区二区三区_亚洲色图p_亚洲综合在线最大成人_国产中出在线观看_日韩免费_亚洲综合在线一区

Global EditionASIA 中文雙語Fran?ais
Lifestyle
Home / Lifestyle / People

Climber conquers the world

By Du Juan | China Daily | Updated: 2019-07-18 09:07
Share
Share - WeChat
Xia Boyu shows the photo of his successful ascent to the summit of Qomolangma in 2018.[Photo by Zhu Xingxin/China Daily]

Reasons to go

Xia, who was born in Chongqing in 1949, was chosen by the Chinese mountaineering team in 1974 when he was working at a foundry.

"I didn't know much about climbing at that time, but I was a basketball player and trained regularly. I thought I had the qualities that climbing requires, so I applied," he says.

That decision changed his whole life.

The first climb by a Chinese team to the summit of Qomolangma was in 1960. In 1975, the second expedition, which included Xia, set off. All his teammates eventually reached the top, but Xia suffered severe frostbite in his legs, which had to be amputated at the knees.

He heard the news of his teammates' success on the radio as he lay in bed awaiting the operation.

"It's beyond imagination how difficult it was to accept the fact that I would suddenly become a disabled person after being a national-level professional athlete," Xia recalls. "I could not imagine a future of sitting in a wheelchair, perhaps forever."

When a doctor told him that with artificial limbs he could live a normal life like anyone else, and he would even be able to do a lot of physical exercise, his hopes rose and he made up his mind to attempt an ascent of Qomolangma again.

"I had been preparing and exercising for climbing Qomolangma for decades," Xia says. "It was a target I had thought about a lot."

After his success, he says, "I got calls from strangers who wanted to climb the summit with me. However, they knew little about climbing and had no experience at all.

"A young guy told me that his highest mountain climbing experience was Mount Taishan in Shandong province, which has an altitude of 1,545 meters. He thought that if a disabled person like me could climb to the summit of Qomolangma, he could do it, too. He was younger and healthier."

The fact is, he could not, Xia says.

"People should not act on impulse. I'm physically strong and I have a high tolerance of cold. Climbing is a dangerous sport and you must prepare strictly for it."

Before retirement, Xia managed the archives of the Chinese Mountaineering Association.

To prepare for his fifth attempt on Qomolangma, he got up at five in the morning and completed 90 minutes of strength training at home, including 1,500 squats, 100 pullups and 360 pushups. Every day.

Then, on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays he would ride a bike to Fragrant Hills, 30 kilometers from his home, hike to the top and then ride back home.

On Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, he completed 10 km of speed walking instead of climbing Fragrant Hills.

Most Popular
Top
BACK TO THE TOP
English
Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263

Registration Number: 130349
FOLLOW US
 
主站蜘蛛池模板: 日韩欧美三区 | 欧美日韩亚洲一区二区三区在线观看 | 色操插| 日韩欧美在线一区二区三区 | chinese xxxxhd videos麻豆| 国产精品黄视频 | 日本高清在线观看视频www | 黄色国产视频 | 澳门久久精品 | 欧美日韩精品一区二区三区视频 | 韩国美女激情视频一区二区 | jizz亚洲大全 | 成人观看网站a | 国产福利一区二区在线精品 | 成人免费观看在线网址 | 日日夜夜爱 | 亚洲欧美激情精品一区二区 | 国产精品福利片免费看 | 鲁久久 | 亚洲午夜电影 | 亚洲精品一区二区三区四区高清 | 成人午夜亚洲影视在线观看 | 久久久精品 | 欧美激情久久久久久久久 | 琪琪五月天综合婷婷 | 久久久日韩精品一区二区 | 欧美一区二区在线视频 | 九九热国产视频 | 色网在线观看 | 欧美国产精品一区 | 国内精品久久久久影院老司 | 日本一区免费在线观看 | 精品视频网站 | 日本黄色福利视频 | 特黄特色大片免费视频大全 | 91视频链接 | 成人黄色片网站 | 色999久久久精品人人澡69 | 免费无码毛片一区二区A片 成人18网站 | 久久五月婷 | 看免费黄色大片 |