Altitude illness victim's parents say goodbye
<p><span word="Download">Download</span></p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="parents">parents</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Jin">Jin</span> <span word="Ling">Ling</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="Shanghai">Shanghai</span> <span word="hiker">hiker</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="died">died</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="altitude">altitude</span> <span word="sickness">sickness</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Lhasa">Lhasa</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Friday">Friday</span>, <span word="have">have</span> <span word="flown">flown</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Tibet">Tibet</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="bid">bid</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="final">final</span> <span word="farewell">farewell</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="daughter">daughter</span>.</p><p><span word="Her">Her</span> <span word="parents">parents</span>, <span word="both">both</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="their">their</span> 60<span word="s">s</span>, <span word="arrived">arrived</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="capital">capital</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Southwest">Southwest</span> <span word="China">China</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Tibet">Tibet</span> <span word="autonomous">autonomous</span> <span word="region">region</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Monday">Monday</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="attend">attend</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="funeral">funeral</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="plans">plans</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="carry">carry</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="ashes">ashes</span> <span word="back">back</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Shanghai">Shanghai</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span>.</p><p><span word="Jin">Jin</span>, <span word="who">who</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="celebrated">celebrated</span> <span word="her">her</span> 31<span word="st">st</span> <span word="birthday">birthday</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Oct">Oct</span> 21, <span word="attracted">attracted</span> <span word="widespread">widespread</span> <span word="attention">attention</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="users">users</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="micro">micro</span>-<span word="blogging">blogging</span> <span word="website">website</span> <span word="Sina">Sina</span> <span word="Weibo">Weibo</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="death">death</span>. <span word="A">A</span> <span word="group">group</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="started">started</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="online">online</span> <span word="campaign">campaign</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="raise">raise</span> <span word="money">money</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="help">help</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="parents">parents</span> <span word="pay">pay</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="flight">flight</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Lhasa">Lhasa</span>, <span word="eventually">eventually</span> <span word="collecting">collecting</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> 15,000 <span word="yuan">yuan</span> ($2,400).</p><p><span word="Last">Last</span> <span word="week">week</span>, <span word="Jin">Jin</span> <span word="began">began</span> <span word="suffering">suffering</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="symptoms">symptoms</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="altitude">altitude</span> <span word="sickness">sickness</span> - <span word="such">such</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="incessant">incessant</span> <span word="coughing">coughing</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="high">high</span> <span word="fever">fever</span> - <span word="while">while</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Xinjiang">Xinjiang</span>-<span word="Tibet">Tibet</span> <span word="highway">highway</span>, <span word="one">one</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="difficult">difficult</span> <span word="overland">overland</span> <span word="routes">routes</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="travel">travel</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="region">region</span>.</p><p><span word="Despite">Despite</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="illness">illness</span>, <span word="she">she</span> <span word="continued">continued</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="trip">trip</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="three">three</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="hikers">hikers</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="met">met</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="road">road</span>.</p><p><span word="She">She</span> <span word="fainted">fainted</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Friday">Friday</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="later">later</span> <span word="died">died</span>.</p><p><span word="At">At</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="altitude">altitude</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> 2,400 <span word="meters">meters</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="atmosphere">atmosphere</span> <span word="contains">contains</span> <span word="roughly">roughly</span> 25 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="less">less</span> <span word="oxygen">oxygen</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="sea">sea</span> <span word="level">level</span>. <span word="Ngari">Ngari</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Burang">Burang</span> <span word="county">county</span>, <span word="where">where</span> <span word="Jin">Jin</span> <span word="died">died</span>, <span word="lies">lies</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> 4,500 <span word="meters">meters</span> <span word="above">above</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="sea">sea</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> 30-<span word="year">year</span>-<span word="old">old</span> <span word="Jin">Jin</span> <span word="quit">quit</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="job">job</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="ago">ago</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="travel">travel</span> <span word="across">across</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="country">country</span>. <span word="Her">Her</span> <span word="death">death</span> <span word="shocked">shocked</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="friends">friends</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="tour">tour</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="raised">raised</span> <span word="questions">questions</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="tourism">tourism</span> <span word="safety">safety</span>.</p>
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