Xia Boyu

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

Xia boyu. Boyu and his teammates got stuck at 8 600 meters firmly in the death zone for two days. Xia boyu is a double amputee mountaineer who gained international fame after becoming the second double amputee to have climbed mount everest. It was boyu s fifth attempt 1975 2014 2015 2016 and he was guided by dawa gyalje sherpa. There was an effort being made where he lived to recruit people for the chinese mountaineering team.

Xia boyu grew up in china s qinghai province. He was 25 years old. 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. 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.

When xia boyu lost his feet to mount everest in 1975 it did little to dim his adventurous spirit. 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. He spent 43 years climbing small mountains around beijing and taking long hikes preparing for. He reached the peak on 14 may 2018 at an age of 69 years.