Dressed in red, yellow pants and holding hiking poles, a 73-year-old climbed on the stage of the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Paralympic Games. He is Xia Boyu, a famous mountaineer on the mainland. He lost his calf at the age of 26 and reached the summit of Mount Everest with a prosthesis at the age of 69. The curtain of the Beijing Winter Paralympic Games slowly opened, and Xia Boyu used his sweat and perseverance to climb another "Mount Everest" and write a shining stroke.
As a well-known mountaineer on the mainland, Xia Boyu is a peer of the Republic. "Mountaineering" and "Mount Everest" are the key words that he cannot avoid in his life. Turning the clock back to 1975, 26-year-old Xia Boyu was part of the Chinese mountaineering team, climbing Mount Everest with his teammates. Unfortunately, during that summit, Due to frostbite, Xia Boyu had to choose to amputate his limbs, losing both legs and calves and feet.
"Although Everest took away my feet, it did not take away my love of mountaineering." With amazing perseverance, Xia Boyu reached the summit of Mount Everest in 2018 and fulfilled his lifelong dream.
As a role model for many disabled and disabled athletes, Xia Boyu, who received an invitation to the opening ceremony of the Winter Paralympic Games, was somewhat surprised.
"I have no experience in acting, and the projects I work on have little to do with ice and snow, so I was a little nervous at first."
Although slightly hesitant, Xia Boyu still threw herself into the rehearsal and preparation in the most full state. Except for the only few days of the Spring Festival of the Year of the Tiger, he has been studying and practicing in a closed loop.
Don't watch your own program is only a few tens of seconds, the content is walking with a hiking pole, Xia Boyu did not bother to think about it. To reflect the state of climbing the "snow mountain" under virtual conditions, but also to step on the rhythm and step of the music, it is difficult for him to imagine the calf amputation.
"The rhythm of the music is changing, the time is only a few tens of seconds, there is no room for error, there is no room for stunned." In order to achieve accuracy, Xia Boyu thought of a stupid way. That is, repeated listening, repeated practice, so that every detail forms muscle memory and conditioned reflexes.
Since the program is located in the middle of the entire opening ceremony, Xia Boyu has more than an hour to wait for the show every time. Before he appeared on the scene, Xia Boyu wore headphones and listened over and over again. While listening, I gently beat the rhythm with my feet and review the steps.
The nest in February and March is still a bit cold, and Xia Boyu, dressed in a costume, occasionally shivers. Every time he was excited, he smiled and said to the actors around him: "It's good to be cold, don't doze off when you are older." ”
During a day's rehearsal, the entire process is rehearsed two or three times. It is often early in the morning to come to the bird's nest, and the stars and the moon return to the station. For Xia Boyu, who is over seventy years old, breaking the daily routine is a challenge to the body and mind.
"I usually rest at nine o'clock in the evening and get up at five o'clock the next morning." In order to adapt to the rhythm of the rehearsal, Xia Boyu adjusted his schedule. In order to ensure the quality of sleep, he occasionally takes half a sleeping pill to facilitate a quick fall asleep.
Eating to speed up, work and rest as far as possible to adjust, in the rehearsal that can be "changed" in everything, Xia Boyu insisted on a habit, thunder and thunder can not move.
"My wife and I have made an agreement that every day, no matter how late it is, when we return to the station, we will call her and report that we are safe."
The concern of the family is both comfort and encouragement, and as the opening ceremony of the Winter Paralympic Games gets closer and closer, Xia Boyu's confidence is even stronger. However, the director's words he always kept in mind, and he did not dare to relax for a moment.
"Even if it is a second before the start, the details of the program may still be adjusted, and everyone must maintain mental concentration."
It was about to reach himself, and Xia Boyu was still repeating every action in his heart. The music sounded and the "climbers" appeared at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Paralympic Games.
"It was a shining moment in my life, an unforgettable stroke. I am proud to show the self-improvement and self-improvement of disabled athletes in front of the world. ”
Stepping off the stage, Xia Boyu quietly wiped away the tears in the corners of his eyes. It was tears of happiness, and he climbed another "Everest" in his life.