[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text dp_text_size=”size-4″]Nepal – Kathmandu: Hari Budha Magar, a former British Gurkha soldier, is on track to become the first double above-the-knee amputee to summit Mount Everest. Magar lost both of his legs while serving in Afghanistan in 2010, but this has not stopped him from pursuing his dream of reaching the summit of the world’s highest peak.
After years of rehabilitation and training, he plans to summit the world’s highest mountain next month, an endeavour promoted on his website as “no legs, no limits.”
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If the expedition is successful, he will be the first person with a double above-the-knee amputation to view the entire planet from the peak’s 8,849 metres (29,032-foot) elevation.
“After losing both of my legs, my aim became to see what I could do physically. It opened my mind, and I attempted everything I could put my hands on,” Magar told AFP before setting off for the Everest base camp.
Magar said he wanted to show that people with disabilities can do anything, but there is “just a different way of doing things”.
“As long as you can adapt your life to the time and situation, we can do whatever we want.” “There is no limit, only the sky,” he said.
Krishna Thapa, Magar’s guide, is confident that the expedition will succeed.
“He’s a fantastic mountaineer… He’s had six years of training and several records,” he told AFP. “None of the other climbers have that.”[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
