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Written by: Hu Jiaxin
2021-01-16 09:32
Last update date: 2021-01-16 20:31
Wheelchair climber and former "Baoshan King" Li Zhiwei succeeded in climbing the Lion Rock in 2018, today (16th) challenged to climb the 320-meter-high Nina Plaza in Tsuen Wan in a wheelchair.
Nina Plaza at 8 Yeung Uk Road, Tsuen Wan, is similar in height to the Eiffel Tower in France. This time the challenge is the world's first wheelchair person to climb a skyscraper.
The organizer stated that the climb officially started at 10:15 in the morning, and is now climbing the last stage, and is expected to "climb to the top" before 8 pm tonight.
This challenge will raise funds for the Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology of the University of Hong Kong to purchase rehabilitation equipment such as "mechanical feet" to help patients with spinal cord injury and patients with mobility impairments.
At 8:24 in the evening, Li Zhiwei had been suspended in the same position in the air for nearly an hour.
Due to the strong wind at the site, the wind speed reached more than 42 kilometers per hour.
The on-site host stated that Li Zhiwei could not continue climbing due to the knotting of the climbing rope. As the temperature kept dropping, the organizer was worried that Li Zhiwei might lose his temperature. The staff had slowly taken him back to the second section of the 61st floor for fire prevention. Safe location of floors.
▼Li Zhiwei challenged to climb 320 meters high Tsuen Wan Nina Plaza in a wheelchair▼
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More than a dozen citizens stopped to witness Li Zhiwei's start.
Citizen Ms. Li said that she happened to pass by and knew that Li Zhiwei had challenged the pioneering work, so she came to support it.
She pointed out that even though Lei was disabled by an accident, he still behaves sturdily. "Many people will be depressed, but Qu Qifan has his body."
Another citizen, Mr. Chen, said that he has been paying attention to Lai Zhiwei's experience and admiring his perseverance and unyielding. He came to "support the market" this morning.
The "City Climbing 300+" event originally scheduled to be held last Saturday (9th), due to unsatisfactory weather, due to safety considerations, the conference decided to postpone it.
After discussion and reference to the Observatory’s forecast, the event was changed to today.
Lai Zhiwei, who climbed Nina Plaza in Tsuen Wan, is a former Hong Kong elite athlete and the first rock climber in Hong Kong who can reach the eighth place in the world.
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However, in 2011, the then 28-year-old Li Zhiwei was paralyzed from the lower part of his body due to a car accident in 2011. He did not give up. Not only did he resume his job as a rock climbing coach, he became a wheelchair climber. In 2014, he was awarded the Hong Kong Top Ten Outstanding Youth Award.
In 2018, he was also in a wheelchair and climbed the Lion Rock with the strength of his hands alone. During the process, he made the documentary "Knot Crux", and his experience was also adapted into the Hong Kong film "On the Lion Rock".
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Located at No. 8 Yeung Uk Road, Tsuen Wan, Nina Plaza is about 320 meters high, similar to the Eiffel Tower in France.
(Data Picture/Photo by Yu Ruijing)
2020 is an extremely difficult year. I hope to use this climbing challenge to realize my dream at the beginning of the new year, and encourage Hong Kong people to believe in themselves, hope and climb back even in difficult times.
At the same time, I also hope to use actions to arouse the public’s respect for people with disabilities and promote social inclusion
Former "Baoshan King" Li Zhiwei
A few years ago, he began to think of a picture of a wheelchair hanging from a high-rise building with his back facing the city of Hong Kong, so he decided to challenge to climb a skyscraper, challenge to become the world's first wheelchair person to climb a skyscraper, hoping to realize his dream. He also sent a message to everyone in Hong Kong to "hold hope and climb back."
In this event, Chinachem Group, as the main partner of the event, has set up a "matching donation". Chinachem will donate an amount corresponding to the total donation amount of the public to the beneficiary organizations. The donation target is HK$3 million.
The donation webpage of the Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, The University of Hong Kong Faculty of Medicine, the deadline is February 6 (Saturday). For enquiries, please call 2255 4107.
The public can watch the live broadcast on the "Ignite Community Services" and "Li Zhiwei" Facebook pages.
●Live actively with my son●
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[Li Zhiwei’s experience of climbing the Lion Rock was compiled into the movie "On the Lion Rock", starring Lin Dexin and Wei Shiya]
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