Due to a ruptured knee ligament, Jin Hui from Henan had to pause his plan to cycle along China's border. On the morning of the 21st, he underwent ligament reconstruction surgery at Xiamen Chang Gung Hospital. Jin Hui said, "As long as my leg isn't completely ruined, I will fulfill this dream—it's a lifelong dream."
Jin Hui is from Henan. After graduating from Henan in 2000, he came to Xiamen and worked in sales. Although life was quite ordinary, Jin Hui had an extraordinary heart.
Starting in 2007, he trekked alone through multiple western provinces such as Tibet and Yunnan. In 2009, after obtaining a mountaineering instructor certificate issued by the China Mountaineering Association, he began planning a bike ride around China's border.
In June 2010, he set off from the Khunjerab Pass at the border between Pakistan and China. "There were absolutely no flat roads—just stone paths, and I went days without any cell phone signal," Jin Hui said. He passed through Lhasa in Tibet, encountered wolves in Yunnan, and nearly froze to death in the Hengduan Mountains. After cycling over 8,000 kilometers, due to insufficient funds and supplies, he paused his first cycling journey in Xiangyun, Yunnan, in January 2011 and returned to Xiamen. "My dream is to circle China from the outside," Jin Hui said with longing when talking about his dream.
The ligament injury happened last March during a soccer game, when Jin Hui ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament and damaged his meniscus. But he still started his second cycling trip as planned. On December 25th, after cycling 4,000 kilometers, his ligament condition worsened, so Jin Hui rode back to Xiamen for surgery. If he didn’t have the operation, other ligaments might also rupture, which could truly make long-distance cycling impossible.