Bak posing with his KL Tower International Towerthon Challenge 2019 medal after racing to the top of KL Tower at a height of 288m in just 27 minutes despite suffering from ankylosing spondylitis. Azman Ghani / The Star
KUALA LUMPUR: In the most painful years of his life, Bak Zi Yang (pic) had to depend on a walking stick and struggled to even put one foot in front of the other.
Bak, 33, was diagnosed 12 years ago with ankylosing spondylitis, a chronic, inflammatory arthritis that causes fusion of the spine. However, he refused to let the autoimmune disease bring him down.
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