Remember Yang Guang, played by Hu Ge in the movie "The Climber"?
"Endless Climb", which will be released on December 3, is a documentary film by Xia Boyu, the prototype of Yang Guang's character.
"Endless Climbing" details the restoration of the footless mountaineer Xia Boyu, in order to realize the dream of climbing Mount Everest, defy dangers and obstacles, constantly set off, and finally realize his magnificent dream of reaching the summit.
For ordinary people to climb Mount Everest just by thinking about it, how can Xia Boyu challenge success?
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Xia Boyu, 72 years old this year, looks like an ordinary uncle, and it is difficult to associate this legless old man with the "strange man" who has insisted on working hard for the Everest dream for 43 years.
In 1975, at the age of 26, Xia Boyu climbed Mount Everest for the first time with the national mountaineering team.
However, when they were only 200 meters away from the summit, due to bad weather, a serious lack of food and oxygen forced them to evacuate.
After that, they stationed at 7600 meters to rest. A Tibetan teammate accidentally lost his sleeping bag, Xia Boyu was young and fiery, took the initiative to give him the sleeping bag, and slept wrapped in clothes in the cold of more than 20 degrees below zero.
Unexpectedly, because it was too cold, when he returned to the 6500-meter camp, Xia Boyu's feet were already frozen unconscious.
He watched as his feet changed from pink to purple, then black and shrunk, not getting any better.
That year, Xia Boyu was relieved that the Chinese team had finally climbed Mount Everest, but at the same time, he was sad that his father had died and his own leg had been amputated. For a mountaineer and football player, losing a leg is no less than losing a life.
But Xia Boyu was not defeated, but challenged fate with a strong will.
He heard that with the prosthesis, he could move freely like a normal person and continue to climb the mountain, and Xia Boyu saw hope again.
So Xia Boyu secretly decided that no matter what pain he experienced, he would get back up and climb Mount Everest again.
After the operation, the bones at the end of Xia Boyu's calf were exposed, without any skin and flesh wrapped, which was extremely poignant to watch.
In order to re-grow the skin and flesh, Xia Boyu had to endure the severe pain of scraping the bone and punch the eye in the bone. At the same time, in order to keep the muscles from atrophiing, Xia Boyu also insisted on rehabilitation.
For three years, Xia Boyu endured unimaginable sufferings for ordinary people, but his tenacious will and unremitting training never abandoned the everest dream.
"Everest ruthlessly took away my feet, so I hate Everest, but after climbing Everest, I also fell in love with Everest."
In "Endless Climbing", Xia Boyu made public for the first time a photo of the prosthetic limb taken after reaching the summit of Mount Everest, which is of extraordinary significance.
From losing his legs at the age of 26 to really climbing Mount Everest at the age of 69 and chasing dreams for 43 years, Xia Boyu has paid far more than ordinary people to realize his dreams.
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Stetson once said that as far as fate is concerned, it is fair to rest.
This sentence is not a portrayal of Xia Boyu's life.
In 1993, Xia Boyu found that he had a hard lump in his lymph and went to the hospital for examination.
Unexpectedly, the doctor's examination found that because the prosthesis was not advanced enough, he exercised too much, the prosthesis grinded the leg, and the wound was difficult to heal for a long time and became cancerous, and it metastasized to lymph.
At that moment, Xia Boyu, who was full of confidence, felt that he had almost fallen into the abyss.
But he was not willing to give up, so he underwent four surgeries, positive and optimistic treatment, successfully controlled the condition without recurrence, and also bought valuable time for climbing Everest.
In order to reach the top, Xia Boyu participated in the Paralympic Games many times and won many medals; participating in the Italian Para climbing championships, he won the championship as the oldest player, which is very admirable.
Victory after victory made Xia Boyu feel closer and closer to Mount Everest, and then he tried to climb various domestic mountains, successively climbing the 6178-meter Qinghai Jade Everest and the 7546-meter Muztag Peak.
After everything was fully prepared, Xia Boyu had a hunch that it was time to challenge Mount Everest.
In 2014, Xia Boyu began to try to impact Mount Everest, but when he reached the base camp of more than 5,000 meters, he suddenly encountered an avalanche, and 16 Sherpas were killed. The climbing of Mount Everest was forced to be cancelled.
In 2015, Xia Boyu struck again, and did not expect to encounter a major earthquake that Nepal had not encountered in a hundred years.
In 2016, Xia Boyu was about to reach the top, but only 94 meters away, he was hit by a snowstorm.
Although Xia Boyu wanted to move forward willfully, considering that the 5 Sherpas guides were still young people, he could not risk the lives of others because of himself.
After coming down, although Xia Boyu had regrets, he knew that he would come back again.
However, to reach the top again, the difficulties are becoming more and more difficult to overcome.
In 2016, 67-year-old Xia Boyu suffered from blood clots and was not fit to continue climbing Mount Everest.
In the case of his family's opposition, he promised to be the last, but he knew in his heart that as long as he did not climb to the top, he would try to die.
In December 2017, Xia Boyu submitted the formalities to prepare for the summit of Mount Everest next May. Unexpectedly, in January 2018, the Nepalese government suddenly issued a regulation prohibiting blind people and people with leg disabilities from climbing Everest.
Xia Boyu fought a lawsuit with the Nepalese government for this reason, and was determined not to be defeated by external forces.
In March 2018, Nepal lifted the ban and Xia Boyu climbed Everest as scheduled.
On May 14, 2018, Xia Boyu, who launched five shocks to the summit of Mount Everest, finally succeeded, becoming the oldest person to climb Everest in China and the first person in China to rely on prosthetic limbs to reach the summit of Mount Everest. It's a wonder of the world!
At the moment of climbing Mount Everest, he was very excited, and he cried with joy, how much it was not easy and hard, it was worth it.
As the world's first bilateral amputee to reach the summit of Mount Everest through the south slope, Xia Boyu set a new Guinness Record.
After that, Xia Boyu won the highest award in the sports world" "Lawrence World Sports Award", becoming the fourth Chinese to win after Liu Xiang, Yao Ming and Li Na, which is worthy of his pride and worthy of our pride.
After the successful ascent, Xia Boyu felt that he saw the most beautiful scenery in his life: "A panoramic view of the mountains is small, the clouds are at the foot, the peaks of the mountains emerge from the clouds, and the sun reveals a golden light." ”
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For 43 years to realize the dream, this is very human to do.
Although Xia Boyu lost his legs, he actually already had more legs on the road to his dreams, so he walked so high and so far.
Xia Boyu is an example and an inspirational model, but his spirit is even greater in that he proves with his actions that even if we are born ordinary, we may even face the injustice of fate, but as long as we persist, have the courage to try, do not get discouraged, and keep climbing on the road of life, success may be difficult, but it is not without surprises.
In the documentary "Endless Climbing", we not only see Xia Boyu's efforts to reach the summit of Mount Everest in detail, but also deeply feel the positive appeal of his original intention for the ideal.
And the most moving thing is Xia Boyu's self-discipline.
In order to have enough physical strength to climb the summit, nearly 70 years old can still climb Mount Everest, Xia Boyu gets up at 5 o'clock every morning, push-ups, sit-ups do 8 groups each, 60 per group, and then weigh squat 10 groups, each group of 150, and then use dumbbells to practice arm strength, and finally ride a 20-kilometer bicycle to climb the mountain, and then ride back.
Day by day, persisted for 43 years, rain or shine. There are many fitness experts who have to sigh to themselves.
The injustice of fate should not become our resentment, but like Xia Boyu, turn disadvantages into motivation, work hard, be prepared at all times, seize opportunities, and use stronger and better selves to meet the predicament.
As long as you go all out, the dream is worth adhering to, whether it is successful or not, at least it is worthy of yourself, and there are no regrets.
"Endless Climbing" invited Hu Ge, who had played Xia Boyu, as a voice narrator, "Renew the Frontier", which is a continuation of the spirit of challenging the spirit and fighting for the dream.
On December 3, "Endless Climbing" was officially released, watching this legendary life on the big screen, experiencing the hardships that Xia Boyu paid for the ideal, it will be another baptism of life that we are shocked and moved.