In 2018, a 69-year-old "ordinary uncle" from China completed a feat that shocked the world.
What's going on?
Because he amputated his legs at the age of 26, and 43 years after losing his legs, and even after years of cancer, the old man still ascended to the top of the world with amazing will - Mount Everest.
All this is not a movie joke, but a real story.
The old man who has challenged Everest five times in 43 years and climbed to the top of Mount Everest in 2018 is Xia Boyu, a well-known Chinese mountaineer.
On December 3, a documentary "Endless Climbing" released in theaters will tell in detail about his feat of climbing Mount Everest.
Xia Boyu was born in 1949, and in 1975, he accepted the mission to join the national mountaineering team to challenge Mount Everest.
But that experience was extremely painful for him, not only failed to reach the summit as he wished, but also permanently lost his legs due to frostbite.
Although he suffered a major blow, with the encouragement of his family, Xia Boyu, who installed a prosthetic leg, gradually stepped out of the shadow of amputation with amazing will.
Adhering to the spirit of where to fall and where to get up, the elderly Xia Boyu has repeatedly challenged Mount Everest.
After three consecutive years of failed climbing in 2014, 2015 and 2016, Xia Boyu reached the summit of Mount Everest in 2018 at the age of 69, shocking the world in one fell swoop.
Xia Boyu thus became the first disabled person in China to climb Mount Everest.
In the same year, he was also awarded the Lawrence Sports Moment of the Year Award, becoming the fourth Chinese to receive this honor after Yao Ming, Liu Xiang and Li Na.
It is worth mentioning that the movie "The Climber" released last year also pays tribute to Xia Lao, and the role of Yang Guang played by Hu Ge (youth) and Jackie Chan (old) is based on him, and Hu Ge is dedicated to this "Endless Climb".
During the filming of "Endless Climb", people in the show business circle also helped Xia Lao in different ways.
Wu Jing forwarded the promotional video of the documentary at the first time, and Ye Junce, the screenwriter of "The Wandering Earth", also served as a director.
At present, this "Unscrupulous Climbing", which portrays the "tough deeds" of 72-year-old grandpa Xia Boyu, has issued a trailer.
From the trailer content combined with the life of Xia Lao, we can get a glimpse of his deeds.
Judging only from the appearance and dress, this 72-year-old man is no different from ordinary people.
His body is not only invisible to more than forty years of walking with prosthetic limbs, but also his smiling face completely hides the suffering behind him.
But in fact, this "72-year-old ordinary old man" has all kinds of unusual stories happening.
01 An extraordinary feat of an ordinary old man
At the beginning of the trailer, there is such a scene, on the snow-capped Mount Everest, Xia Boyu and his companions are struggling to move forward.
Then the painting style quickly changed, Xia Boyu with a prosthetic limb helplessly slid down the snowy mountain, accompanied by the prompt of the subtitles, the outside world knows that this is the fourth failure.
This story takes place when Xia Boyu challenged Mount Everest in 2016, when Xia Lao encountered a snowstorm when he was only more than 90 meters away from the summit, so he had to give up his dream and go down the mountain early.
This experience is also a portrayal of his life's hardships, and fate has given this old man too much suffering.
When he first challenged Mount Everest in 1975, Xia Boyu encountered a similar situation.
After climbing to 7600 meters, after taking the initiative to give up the tent to his compatriots for warmth, Xia Boyu was accidentally frostbitten and lost his legs at the age of 26.
And although Xia Boyu continued to perk up to the sun after losing his legs, the ordeals one after another could not be stopped.
First the disease struck, because the wound could not heal for a long time, Xia Boyu suffered from lymphoma in the 90s.
After actively treating and controlling his condition, he re-challenged Mount Everest and was hindered by climbing for various reasons:
In 2014, he suffered an avalanche during his second ascent of Mount Everest, and the journey had to end hastily;
In 2015, his mountaineering trip encountered a once-in-a-century earthquake in Nepal, and the challenge to Mount Everest failed again;
In 2016, this time only 94 meters away from the finish line, a snowstorm swept away Xia Lao's dream;
This is not all, after returning from the fourth failed climb, the 67-year-old Xia Lao still has a blood clot.
This series of blows has made Xia Lao's 40 years of dream hunting difficulties, but despite this, Xia Lao's words are still firm:
If my dream is not realized, I will never fall like this.
02 The dazzling light of the ordinary boss
More than forty years of disability and repeated impacts on Mount Everest were blocked, and all kinds of tribulations did not make the old man full of resentment, but responded with various positive attitudes.
For example, the spirit of perseverance and head iron.
After the failure of the fourth mountaineering, Xia Lao shed tears of sadness in front of the camera.
But despite this, Xia Lao's heart was still firm, and he tearfully said the sentence "I am not willing, I still want to continue to try."
Accompanied by the picture of hard training again and again, the deeds of Elder Xia are extremely moving.
Another example is the hardcore attitude of not knowing how to be afraid.
In the documentary, Xia Lao's prosthetic photos of himself climbing Mount Everest were disclosed for the first time, showing a more lifelike side of the mountaineering process.
With the appearance of the prosthesis, the scene of Xia Lao's difficult mountain climbing was recreated.
There are scenes of Xia Lao sliding down with ice and snow, dangerous pictures of stepping on artificial flying ladders, and shots of difficult climbing glaciers at midnight.
Such a mountaineering danger even a young man with strong flesh and blood will not help but inhale the cool air, not to mention this old man with amputated legs.
But Elder Xia was not afraid of this, but instead climbed step by step to fulfill his promise of "even if I climb with a prosthetic leg, I think I can".
In the trailer, the old man also showed a tender side of life.
Before leaving, his wife's sentence "The key must come back safely" directly made the more serious Xia Lao show an infinitely gentle smile.
Although the love of the older generation does not have a tear-jerking picture, it is also touching from the subtleties.
From showing a hard-core attitude, to all kinds of laughter on life, to the tender side with his wife, the old man Xia Boyu in the documentary is undoubtedly real, but also flesh and blood.
Remember that? After the release of "The Climber", the lead actor Hu Ge wrote a letter of public thanks to Xia Boyu in his personal name:
I want to learn from you, I hope that I can become a person like you, adhere to the ideal, keep the original intention!
Challenge Everest 4 times in 5 years, fail again and again, but always lose repeatedly.
Despite his growing old age and losing his legs, Elder Xia never gave up and fought for the realization of his ideals.
In order to realize the dream of reaching the peak, he paid greater determination and effort than others.
For example, he would get up at 4:30 a.m. every day for an hour and a half of strength training.
He also does 100 pull-ups and 360 push-ups, and insists on daily hiking.
Before successfully reaching the summit of Mount Everest in 2018, the then 69-year-old also crossed the 108-kilometer Tengger Desert in 3 days to exercise his endurance.
It can be said that Xia Boyu deserves the respect of everyone, and his spirit will also inspire every ordinary person to dare to pursue their dreams.
On the upcoming December 3rd, this touching story about 72-year-old Grandpa Xia Boyu will be displayed before our eyes with the release of the documentary.
At that time, we will also follow the perspective of "Endless Climbing", feel the top of the world at the feet of Xia Lao, and try to touch the Everest in our hearts.
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