Feature: 69-year-old man not to give up dream of climbing Mt. Qomolangma (2)
Hu Fushou, a retired teacher from a middle school in Weifang City, in east China's Shangdong Province, poses for a photo at Soinam Targyai Nature Protection Station of the Hoh Xil Nature Reserve in southwest China's Qinghai Province.(qlwb.com.cn Photo) On July 11, he arrived at the Kunlun Spring at an altitude of 4,600 m in the Hoh Xil Nature Reserve. Unluckily his bike broke down and he lost his bedding on the way.
Hu then decided to continue his journey on foot. After six hours' walk, he covered 33 km and came to the Soinam Targyai Nature Protection Station of the nature reserve, where he spent the night. "It is an amazing experience to walk across Hoh Xil," he recalled.
As it was too far for him to go to Lhasa on foot, Hu decided to get a lift. A truck driver agreed to take him there for 150 yuan (21.9 U.S. dollars). After three days' drive, Hu finally arrived in Lhasa.
Having visited the Potala Palace and the Jokhang Temple -- the two landmark buildings in Lhasa -- Hu went to a local mountaineering organization and told them his wish to climb Mount Qomolangma.
As he was almost 70 and had no professional training in mountaineering, Hu was told to go to a local mountaineering association. As the association was closed for an annual holiday, no activities were available that day.
Later Hu learnt from a traveler that to scale the world's highest peak, he needed professional mountaineering apparatus which could cost 200,000 to 300,000 yuan.
He said with a shy smile, "I didn't know that it would cost so much to climb Mount Qomolangma. I presumed that it was just like climing any other moutains."
Though he didn't make it to Mount Qomolangma this time, Hu said he would not give up his dream. "I will go to Tibet to climb the peak when it is the right time. I will try to climb as high as I can. Climbing Mount Qomolangma is not my dream, but my goal. I'm sure I can make it someday," he said resolutely.
Source: Xinhuanet【1】 【2】
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