Kathmandu, May 14
A 70-year-old double amputee from China, Xia Boyu, has successfully summitted Mount Everest early this morning.
With that, he becomes the second double amputee to climb the highest mountain in the world, informed Nepal government’s liaison officer Ganesh Bahadur Katwal. He is the first double amputee to climb Mount Everest from Nepal.
Xia had lost his legs to frostbite during his first Everest ascent in 1975. Since then, he had made four attempts to conquer the top of the world.
Xia had reached the Everest Base Camp in 2015, but was forced to return due to the earthquake-triggered avalanche.
Last year, he returned from a point at the height of around 8,000 metres.
Earlier, the Nepal government had banned amputees from climbing the Everest; but the Supreme Court had later issued an interim order to stay its implementation.
