Double amputee to conquer Everest
(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-05-16 13:52
![New Zealander Mark Inglis, a double amputee, trains on the North Col on Mount Everest in this April 28, 2006 handout file picture. Inglis became the first double amputee to conquer the world's highest peak when he reached the 8,850 metre (29,000 feet) summit with the aid of specially-adapted carbon fibre legs, which one of them broke during the ascent, on May 15, 2006. Inglis lost both of his legs to frostbite 24 years ago after being trapped in a snow storm on New Zealand's highest peak, Mount Cook. [Reuters]](xin_240503161353736103297.jpg)
New Zealander Mark Inglis, a double
amputee, trains on the North Col on Mount Everest in this April 28, 2006 handout
file picture. Inglis became the first double amputee to conquer the world's
highest peak when he reached the 8,850 metre (29,000 feet) summit with the aid
of specially-adapted carbon fibre legs, which one of them broke during the
ascent, on May 15, 2006. Inglis lost both of his legs to frostbite 24 years ago
after being trapped in a snow storm on New Zealand's highest peak, Mount Cook.
[Reuters]
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