The prototype of The Climber's character Xia Boyu*** has climbed Mount Everest five times.
May 27, 1975, Xia Boyu first climbed Mount Everest, gave his sleeping bag to a Tibetan compatriot who had lost his sleeping bag, resulting in frostbite to himself and amputation of both calves;
July 2011, in Italy, the rock climbing World Championships for the first time set up a disabled group, 60-year-old Xia Boyu with the foundation of the past climbing and good physical quality, but also he overcame the unimaginable difficulties of ordinary people, only two months of training, won the men's group of men's double leg amputation project difficulty and speed of the two world champions;
The third time to go in 2015 ,
Shabuyu Climbing Mount Everest suffered consecutive avalanches and earthquakes.
May 13, 2016, the fourth time to climb Mount Everest, at an altitude of 8750 meters encountered a blizzard, only 94 meters short of the summit, was forced to withdraw;
April 12, 2018, 69-year-old Xia Boyu and the team arrived at the fifth time to Everest Base Camp;May 8, 2018, Xia Boyu from the Everest base camp officially set off;May 14, 2018, four times encountered obstacles but did not give up the dream of Xia Boyu fifth challenge to summit Everest, and finally topped Everest?
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In fact, I still don't want to give up soccer to go mountaineering, is that I think you can be comprehensive and free of charge to check the body, and participated in the selection. I didn't expect to be selected. At that time, the mentality is also very simple, is that I think I got to the national team, have a bragging capital."
After arriving at the national mountaineering team, Xia Boyu realized that the challenge of Mount Everest is not just a sport, but carries more significance for Chinese people. After only two months of professional mountaineering training, Xia Boyu followed the team to Everest. "Despite the pressure, I was quite proud." At the time, Xia Boyu did not realize that the challenge had changed his life.
In 1975, he set out with the team to climb Everest. From this departure to the final summit took him half a lifetime. "In 1975, the equipment, weather forecasts and other conditions were very limited, and the climbing team was blown off by high winds several times when they made the summit.
It was hard to get to 8600 meters, and then encountered a blizzard, stayed at that height for two days and three nights, supplies were all depleted, there was no way but to retreat." On that climb, Xia Boyu gave his sleeping bag to a teammate who lost it, leading to not only his own frostbite and failure to reach the summit, but also the eventual amputation of both lower legs.
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Baidu Encyclopedia - Xia Boyu