Mark Inglis from New Zealand was the first double amputee to have climbed Everest successfully. He too had lost his legs to frostbite (in 1982). He managed to climb the mountain in May 2006 at the age of 47. Inglis also won a silver medal in Cycling at the Sydney Paralympics.
Boyu’s teammate on this Everest expedition was Steve Plain. The Australian had broken his neck and could have been in a wheelchair. He however decided to climb Everest! He also broke the seven summit record by becoming the one to scale seven peaks on seven continents in the shortest time (117 days).
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