TIME Magazineのインスタグラム(time) - 5月18日 23時22分

On Apr. 2, Chinese climber Xia Boyu stood at the entrance of a Buddhist monastery in Kathmandu, awaiting his turn for a blessing. It was the last day of an annual purification ritual. And for dozens of #Sherpas and their clients, like Xia, who were about to embark on the annual #Everest climbing season, it was a chance to pray that they would make it back alive. Six weeks later on May 14, after acclimating at Everest Base Camp, seen here weeks earlier, he made it to the top of the world’s highest peak. He was 69, had failed to summit on four earlier attempts and was a double amputee. Portions of his lower legs were amputated after he suffered from frostbite in a failed Everest expedition when he was just 25. His triumph has called attention to a small subset of the tight-knit climbing fraternity: disabled climbers. Last December, authorities in Nepal attempted to bar from Everest climbers who are disabled, blind, below the age of 16, or intending to climb solo. An outcry ensued, and a group of disabled climbers launched a legal action, citing a violation of the United Nations’ convention on the rights of persons with disabilities. The nation’s highest court agreed to put the ban under review—a hiatus that Xia used to make his fifth attempt at the summit. He's not the first double amputee to conquer Everest, but his story has reignited an ethical debate that has been raging for several months: Who belongs on the roof of the world? Read the full story on TIME.com. Photograph by @prakash_mathema—@AFP通信/@gettyimages

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