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

FRANCE24, 18 Jan 2021

Lai Chi-wai became the first in #HongKong 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. #Climbing

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