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May 27, 2006

"It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves." --Sir Edmund Hillary

Double Amputee Scales Everest

47-year-old Mark Inglis was a former mountain rescue guide before he lost both legs to frost bite after being trapped in an ice cave for 14 days. Today he is an honors graduate in human biochemistry, a researcher, silver medal cyclist, a ski instructor, motivational speaker and the first double amputee to have scaled the highest peak in the world! "While it’s a great adventure for me it would be even more awesome if we can use this as a vehicle to make a difference in the world!" said Inglis who kept an online diary of his climb and used it to raise money for a Cambodian centre that provides rehabilitation for landmine amputees, polio victims and other disabled people.