Xia Boyu

Boyu had always dreamed of playing professional soccer but agreed to take the free physical examination being offered.

Xia boyu. In 1975 the chinese climber xia boyu then 25 years old was attempting to summit mount everest with a team of his countrymen when things turned south. Xia boyu 70 the first chinese double amputee to reach the summit of mount qomolangma the highest mountain in the world was awarded the touching chongqing awards recognizing the city s. It was boyu s fifth attempt 1975 2014 2015 2016 and he was guided by dawa gyalje sherpa. He reached the peak on 14 may 2018 at an age of 69 years.

It was 1974 when boyu first experienced mountaineering. When xia boyu lost his feet to mount everest in 1975 it did little to dim his adventurous spirit. Recounting the experience in 2007 during an interview with explorersweb boyu said the following night at 7 600 meters i gave my sleeping. He spent 43 years climbing small mountains around beijing and taking long hikes preparing for.

Xia boyu is a double amputee mountaineer who gained international fame after becoming the second double amputee to have climbed mount everest. Xia boyu grew up in china s qinghai province. Xia boyu a 69 year old double amputee from china sitting in his hotel room in kathmandu prior to his fifth attempt to summit mount everest on april 4 2018. Boyu and his teammates got stuck at 8 600 meters firmly in the death zone for two days.