Paraplegic woman scales Huashan using hands, showing that disability cannot cage a free spirit

Global Times

12th June 2026

Paraplegic woman scales Huashan using hands, showing that disability cannot cage a free spirit

"I cannot traverse the magnificent landscapes of our motherland on my own two legs, yet I can measure every mountain path with my hands — and I can still climb peaks." On Monday morning, after four grueling days and three nights of hauling herself upward, 21-year-old Li Zixuan, a paraplegic young woman from East China's Shandong Province, summited Huashan Mountain's 2,000-plus-meter South Peak, touching hearts nationwide.

According to Dahe Daily, a media outlet affiliated with Henan Daily, a horrific car accident when Li was 8 years old claimed her father's life and left her paralyzed from the waist down. Li's father had loved taking her hiking, and the pair left footprints all over local mountains. 

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