Hong Kong amputee, 63, to tackle 250km desert race in Chile to raise HK$3 million for charity
He's done the Oxfam Trailwalker - now Fung Kam-hung and his team-mates are heading for Chile and an even sterner test
Three Hongkongers - one an amputee - will be racing across 250km of Chile's Atacama Desert within seven days in October to raise funds for the Hong Kong Amputees Association, a local charity.
The marathon will mark the first time 63-year-old Fung Kam-hung, who lost his lower left leg in a traffic accident 36 years ago, and his wife Chong Bing-ying, 57, have competed outside the city.
They are teaming up with lawyer Raymond Chak Man-lai, 41, to raise HK$3 million for amputees. Fung's team, called Five Legs Never Quit, will be among 11 Hongkongers racing in the desert alongside 183 others from around the world.
The retired administrator, confesses: "I'm actually quite scared. We have to walk 40km every day carrying 7kg to 8kg on our backs. But to me, exercise is like an addiction - you start small, then you keep on wanting to challenge yourself more."
Although Fung always loved exercising, he took up running only 12 years ago under his wife's influence.