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    Photos: In wheelchair, paraplegic Lai Chi-wai climbs up skyscraper in Hong Kong

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    Photos: In wheelchair, paraplegic Lai Chi-wai climbs up skyscraper in Hong Kong

    Climber pulled himself up for more than 10 hours to raise money for spinal cord patients

    Published:  January 17, 2021 15:59 Reuters  and  Compiled by Nathaniel Lacsina, Senior Web Editor
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    Hong Kong: Lai Chi-wai became the first in Hong Kong to climb more than 250 metres of a skyscraper while strapped into a wheelchair as he pulled himself up for more than 10 hours on Saturday to raise money for spinal cord patients. Image Credit: Reuters
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    The 37-year-old climber, whose car accident 10 years ago left him paralysed from waist down, could not make it to the top of the 300 metre-tall Nina Tower on the Kowloon peninsula. Image Credit: Reuters
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    "I was quite scared," Lai said. "Climbing up a mountain, I can hold onto rocks or little holes, but with glass, all I can really rely on is the rope that I'm hanging off." The event raised HK$5.2 million ($670,639) in donations. Image Credit: Reuters
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    Lai, prior to 2011, was crowned Asia champion four times for rock climbing and at one point ranked eighth globally. Image Credit: Reuters
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    After his accident, he resumed climbing by attaching his wheelchair to a pulley system. Five years ago he ascended the 495-metre high Lion Rock mountain, a local folk culture symbol of Hong Kong's strength and grit. Image Credit: Reuters
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    "Apart from just living, I wondered what drives me? So I began to chase that, knowing that there was a possibility I could climb mountains, even in a wheelchair," Lai said. Image Credit: Reuters
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    "In a way, I forgot that I was a disabled person, I could still dream and I could still do what I liked doing." Although he did not make it to the top of the skyscraper, due to safety concerns, Lai hoped to send a message. Image Credit: Reuters
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    "Some people don't understand the difficulties of disabled people, some people think that we are always weak, we need help, we need assistance, we need people's pity," Lai said. Image Credit: Reuters
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    "But, I want to tell everyone, it doesn't have to be like that. If a disabled person can shine, they can at the same time bring about opportunity, hope, bring about light, they don't have to be viewed as weak." Image Credit: Reuters

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