VIDEO: 8-year old boy climbs Jade mountain for late mother

Radio Taiwan International
Date: 27 August, 2019
By: Natalie Tso

Climbing Jade Mountain[/caption] An 8-year old boy made the news this week for an amazing feat. He climbed all the way up Taiwan’s highest mountain, Jade Mountain – and he did it to fulfill a promise he made to his late mother.

This 8-year old boy is climbing Taiwan’s tallest mountain, the 3,952 meter Jade Mountain…all for the love of his late mother.  They had planned to go up together one day, but she died last year so he took her picture up with him. He believes mommy is in heaven, so he went up to be closer to her. He made it all the way to the peak and said, “Mommy, I carried you to the peak of Jade Mountain!”

He fulfilled his promise to climb up the mountain for her  591 days after she passed away. "I took her to see Taiwan’s highest mountain," he said. "You took Mommy to see the highest mountain right?" asked a reporter. "[To see] the prettiest scenery," he said.    [FULL  STORY]