Wheelchair Sit Skyscraper 250m Climb… Paraplegia couldn’t stop him either.

The New York Times reported that Hong Kong rock climber Lai Chi Yu climbed 250 meters from Nina Tower. [NYT 캡쳐]

On the 16th (local time), Hong Kong residents witnessed a man in a wheelchair ascending a towering skyscraper using a rope while in a wheelchair. Lai Chi-wi, 39, a rock climber who was paralyzed in a traffic accident, went to a building to raise funds for patients suffering from spinal cord disease.

On the 18th (local time), the New York Times (NYT) reported that Lai Chi Yu had risen to 250 meters of Nina Tower in Hong Kong. The total height of the Nina Tower is about 320m, similar to the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. He sat in a wheelchair, grabbed the rope, and climbed along the exterior wall of the building with only upper body strength.

When the first climb began, the weak wind suddenly increased in the afternoon. The rope tangled and the wheelchair shook. Lai Chi-wi had to hit her helmet several times to wake up because of dizziness and cold. As he climbed about 240m, he felt pain with a blister on his bandaged finger. The body temperature fell.

The New York Times reported that Lai Chi Yu stopped climbing at a height of 250 meters after an hour of struggle. [NYT 캡쳐]

After about an hour struggling with a gust of wind, a rescue worker on standby asked him if he would stop with a radio. In an interview with Reuters, Lai Chi-wi said, “It was really scary,” recalling the time. “In the mountains, you can catch rocks or small holes, but in a glass building, you have to rely on ropes.” Eventually he stopped at that point. It was about 10 hours after the climb started.

Lai Chi Wi suffered a terrible car accident in December 2011, paralyzing her lower body. Prior to the accident, he won the Asian Rock Climbing Championships four times and was once a famous climber, ranking eighth in the world. But after the accident, he sat down and did not give up. He connected the wheelchair to the pulley equipment and started climbing. On the day exactly five years after the accident, I climbed the 495m-long Hong Kong’Lion Rock’. He explained the reason, “I was curious about what moved me, not just living,” and “so I started chasing it.”

CNN reported climbing a wheelchair on Lai Chi. [CNN 캡쳐]

Climbing on Lai Chi raised about 5.2 million Hong Kong dollars (about 740 million won) by the 18th. The fund will be used for a’robotic exoskeleton’ study for patients with spinal cord injuries. “Some people don’t understand the difficulties of the disabled, and some think that people with disabilities are always weak and in need of help.” I want to talk.” And said.

Reporter Kim Sun-mi [email protected]