Xia Boyu

Recounting the experience in 2007 during an interview with explorersweb boyu said the following night at 7 600 meters i gave my sleeping.

Xia boyu. When xia boyu lost his feet to mount everest in 1975 it did little to dim his adventurous spirit. 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. There was an effort being made where he lived to recruit people for the chinese mountaineering team. Boyu and his teammates got stuck at 8 600 meters firmly in the death zone for two days.

It was boyu s fifth attempt 1975 2014 2015 2016 and he was guided by dawa gyalje sherpa. 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 had always dreamed of playing professional soccer but agreed to take the free physical examination being offered. 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.

He spent 43 years climbing small mountains around beijing and taking long hikes preparing for. Xia boyu grew up in china s qinghai province. It was 1974 when boyu first experienced mountaineering. He was 25 years old.