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BEIJING, China (China.org), September 8, 2008:
By Wu Jin
Gu Quanxi, a native of Hebei who is almost 90 years old, loves climbing tall trees. According to Gu Deyun, the old man's son, the old man can climb to the upper branches of the walnut tree in the family garden from the bottom of the trunk. He used to scale the trunk using only his hands and feet, says the son. Now the old man has been advised to use a ladder.
Gu cannot explain the appeal of his unique hobby but simply says that he loves it. His agility astonishes his neighbors, who say he looks much younger than his true age.
The old man chooses to climb tall trees despite his family’s repeated warnings. He has a set of rules of his own to keep healthy. He prefers sweet potatoes to rice and meat. He drinks only hot water, he loves to eat brown sugar, and he sleeps in a heated bed whatever the season.
Gu Quanxi, a native of Hebei who is almost 90 years old, has his own routine to keep healthy. He loves climbing big trees and eating sweet potatoes.
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An elderly Chinese man is still climbing trees
Gu Quanxi, a native of Hebei who is almost 90 years old, climbing a big walnut tree at the age of 90.
Gu Quanxi, of Xiabao village, Baoding, says tree climbing is the best thing in his life, and there’s no tree he can’t climb.
“My family was very poor when I was a child, so I climbed trees each day to fetch leaves to make food for the family,” he told
Yanzhao Metropolis News.
“Now my family prohibits me from climbing tall trees, and they ask me to use a ladder to climb even shorter trees.”
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BEIJING, China (China.org), September 8, 2008:
By Wu Jin
Gu Quanxi, a native of Hebei who is almost 90 years old, loves climbing tall trees. According to Gu Deyun, the old man's son, the old man can climb to the upper branches of the walnut tree in the family garden from the bottom of the trunk. He used to scale the trunk using only his hands and feet, says the son. Now the old man has been advised to use a ladder.
Gu cannot explain the appeal of his unique hobby but simply says that he loves it. His agility astonishes his neighbors, who say he looks much younger than his true age.
The old man chooses to climb tall trees despite his family’s repeated warnings. He has a set of rules of his own to keep healthy. He prefers sweet potatoes to rice and meat. He drinks only hot water, he loves to eat brown sugar, and he sleeps in a heated bed whatever the season.
Gu Quanxi, a native of Hebei who is almost 90 years old, has his own routine to keep healthy. He loves climbing big trees and eating sweet potatoes.
China.org.cn
Related report
An elderly Chinese man is still climbing trees
Gu Quanxi, a native of Hebei who is almost 90 years old, climbing a big walnut tree at the age of 90.
Gu Quanxi, of Xiabao village, Baoding, says tree climbing is the best thing in his life, and there’s no tree he can’t climb.
“My family was very poor when I was a child, so I climbed trees each day to fetch leaves to make food for the family,” he told Yanzhao Metropolis News.
“Now my family prohibits me from climbing tall trees, and they ask me to use a ladder to climb even shorter trees.”
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