‘No legs, no limits’: meet the first double amputee to climb Everest FMTNews FMTLifestyle
KATHMANDU: Hari Budha Magar, the first above-knee double amputee to scale Mount Everest, said today he hoped his ascent would raise awareness about disability.
Bigyan Koirala, an official with Nepal’s tourism department, confirmed that Magar had climbed the mountain with five sherpa guides and that his ascent is “a world record”. But the former corporal was prevented for several years from climbing the world’s highest mountain by aNepal’s top court quashed the law – which was not in place when Inglis climbed the peak – in 2018 under pressure from Magar and others.
“I hope my climb will help change the perception of persons with disabilities,” Magar told Reuters from the base camp by phone.Magar went via the Southeast Ridge route, pioneered by Sir Edmund Hillary and sherpa Tenzing Norgay in 1953, which remains the most popular among climbers.
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