69-year-old double-amputee climber Xia Boyu scales a cliff in Taizhou city, east China's Zhejiang province, Jan. 14, 2019. (Imaginechina via AP Images)

When Xia Boyu lost his feet to Mount Everest in 1975, it did little to dim his adventurous spirit. He spent 43 years climbing small mountains around Beijing and taking long hikes, preparing for another attempt on the highest peak on Earth using prosthesis.

But in 1996, the climber learned he had contracted lymphoma, and , The Guardian reported.

In 2014, Boyu decided it was time to try another Everest summit, however, ice avalanches foiled his attempt. Again in 2015, the Nepal earthquake made a climb impossible.

In 2016, the climber was forced to turn back a mere 328 feet from the summit due to severe weather, but on May 14, 2018, Boyu finally succeeded in reaching the summit of Everest during his fifth attempt on the mountain.

Even after completing his dream, Boyu hasn't slowed down. Photos shot on Tuesday show the 69-year-old scaling cliffs at Shenqianju, according to Chinese news site, Ecns.cn. The area is located in Taizhou City in East China's Zheijiang Province. , according to news site China Plus.

The mountaineering expedition in 1975 that took Boyu's feet went south when , within what is known as "the death zone," for two days, AP reported.

, which can lead to a host of other problems, often leading to death.

During one of the three nights on the mountain, Boyu, then 26, gave his sleeping bag to an ill teammate, and got frostbite on both of his feet.

"Back home, they gave me medals, but my frozen feet wouldn't heal. I finally had them amputated," .

Getting support to climb Everest as a double amputee was not easy for Boyu. In December 2017, , but the Nepal supreme court stayed the decision, declaring it discriminatory. That year, Boyu became the second double amputee to reach the summit.

Click through the slideshow above to see what Boyu is up to these days.