Conquering the Himalayan Peaks: A Journey of a Lifetime

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Himalaya is one of the highest mountain ranges and is considered the “roof of the world” today. This mountain range has over 100 different mountains over 7,200m high and up to 14 peaks over 8,000m high, including the highest peak in the world – Everest. Therefore, every year hundreds of tourists come here to conquer the most wonderful destination on the planet, even though many of them die, hundreds of people give up and cannot reach the peaks. highest mountain.

(Climbers trying to conquer Everest)

However, there are still miraculous conquests of the highest Himalayan peaks of people who surpass themselves and overcome difficulties that even a normal person can hardly accomplish. Whether it is paralyzed people, blind people, or even 80-year-old men, they have achieved the most incredible climbing records in the world.

Oldest man to climb Mount Everest 3 times

In May 2013, 80-year-old Yuichiro Miura, a Japanese climber, became the oldest person to reach the summit of Mount Everest. Before that, he climbed Mount Everest twice at the age of 55 and at the age of 70.

(Yuichiro Miura – the oldest man to conquer Everest)

Before reaching the top of the mountain, Miura faced health problems. He had to undergo heart surgery in January 2013 for an abnormal heart rhythm, which was his fourth heart surgery since 2007.

In addition, he also broke his left pelvis and femur in a skiing accident in 2009. To prepare for the grueling climb, Mr. Miura practiced climbing in Tokyo and on a treadmill in a room with a high temperature. Low oxygen is specially designed in his house.

The first double amputee to climb Everest

Also in May 2013, Nepali authorities confirmed that 30-year-old Sudharshan Gautam, a Canadian-Nepali, became the first armless person to climb Mount Everest.Gautam lost both arms in an accident while flying a kite in Kathmandu, Nepal. When the kite got stuck in the electric wire, he used an iron bar to remove the kite, then was electrocuted and suffered severe burns, leading to the amputation of both arms.

Mr. Gautam’s motto is: “Disability is not inability”. He had put his name on other peaks before such as Mount Ramdung 5,925 m high and Mount Yala 5,732 m high. He also climbed Mount Everest without using prosthetic limbs. "chinh-phuc-everest-wetrekvn"

(Sudharshan Gautam on his way to conquer Everest)

The first paralyzed person to climb the Himalayas

John Maggi suffered from polio as a child and spent the first 50 years of his life unable to walk. He gained the ability to walk with the help of a prosthetic leg. This is one of the scientific inventions that brings hope to sick people like him. In July 2015, he completed a wonderful journey to climb to the top of the Himalayas in Northern India. For Maggi, this journey marked both a physical and spiritual rebirth and was a true triumph for him. Throughout the journey, Maggi only used a wheelchair to climb to the top of the mountain. He went to the highest possible altitude of 5,600m. "Chinh-phuc-everest-wetrek.vn"

(John Maggi with his wheelchair on the Everest climb)

The first blind person to climb Mount Everest

On May 25, 2001, Erik Weihenmayer became the first blind person in the world to climb Mount Everest. In 2008, he climbed to the top of Carstensz Pyramid on the island of Papua New Guinea, the highest point on every continent. This achievement ended a 13-year climbing journey that began in 1995. "everest-people-who-have-been-in-chief"

(Erik Weihenmayer on Mount Everest)

The first woman to conquer 14 Himalayan peaks

Ms. Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner, an Austrian, became the first woman to conquer 14 peaks over 8,000 m in the Himalayas without oxygen on August 23, 2011.

This 40-year-old nurse is one of three women who have conquered the 14 towering peaks above. However, the difference with the other two women is that Ms. Kaltenbrunner does not need to use an oxygen tank. "chinh-phuc-everest-wetrekvn"

(Climber Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner)

At 6:18 p.m. (local time) on August 23, 2011, Ms. Gerlinde reached the peak of K2, the second highest after Mount Everest but much more dangerous, in freezing weather. Previously, she had failed 6 times at the top of K2 – according to Mr. Ralf Dujmovits, Ms. Gerlinde’s husband, writing on his personal page.

Success on August 23, 2011 put a perfect end to Ms. Gerlinde’s conquest of 14 mountains in the Himalayas, starting in May 1998.Previously, the first person to set foot on all 14 Himalayan peaks above 8,000m was Italian climber Reinhold Messner in 1986.

Exploring the world’s highest peaks in the Himalayas is extremely dangerous but equally exciting. With the result of setting foot on places that ordinary people can hardly reach, the Himalayas have always been a place to test human limits and create miracles.

(According to Moveek)