At 8 and 81, they climbed towards the same dream
The youngest and oldest participants of the IHH Sky Race recently conquered Menara Merdeka Maybank's 118 floors.
Eight-year-old Chua Ze Yu and 81-year-old Melita Kit joined forces to conquer the same 118-floor challenge at Malaysia's tallest building, Menara Merdeka 118. The IHH Sky Race, held on August 22 and 23, saw the unlikely duo embark on a three-generation family effort, with Kit's nephew Zamrul Hisham Adham and grandnephew Amir Harith Amir Ariffin supporting her.
Both participants, separated by 73 years, faced initial doubts but pushed through with determination and family encouragement. Kit climbed the final 2,827 steps in a brisk one hour, 25 minutes and 52 seconds, while Ze Yu completed the climb in one hour, 11 minutes and 13 seconds. The experience taught the young Ze Yu a valuable lesson: "If you never try, you'll never know. If I hadn't tried, I wouldn't have known how high I could climb."
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