Double Amputee Scales Summit & Other Records from Mt Everest

Known as Mount Everest, Sagarmāthā or Chomolungma in various languages, the world’s highest mountain is also famous for the various fascinating stories and facts connected to it. Scaling Everest is no longer as rare or as difficult a task as it used to be earlier. However, climbing Everest is still extremely challenging and very dangerous. So when a double amputee recently scaled Everest, this was a huge achievement.

A man without legs climbed Everest

Xia Boyu had tried to climb Mt Everest over 40 years ago in 1975. At the time he had offered his own sleeping bag to a sick teammate. This resulted in frostbite severe enough for both his feet to be amputated. Later it was lymphoma that required his legs to be amputated above the knees. He never gave up his Everest dream however and finally managed to scale the summit at the age of 69! He was the first double amputee to achieve this feat from the Nepal side of the summit.

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