Hari Budha Magar, the first above the knee double amputee to scale Mount Everest, said on Sunday that his ascent would raise awareness about disability.
Magar, 43, climbed the 8,848-metre Everest on artificial legs on Friday and is now taking rest at the base camp, said Pravat Adhikari of the Himalayan Ski Trek company that provided logistics for him.
Bigyan Koirala, an official with Nepal's Department of Tourism, confirmed that Magar had climbed the mountain with five Sherpa guides and that his ascent is “a world record”. He said he had “suffered a lot” because of his disability and did not want other people to face the same pains. Mount Everest has been climbed by more than 11,000 people, including those with disabilities – like blindness and below the knee amputees.
Österreich Neuesten Nachrichten, Österreich Schlagzeilen
Similar News:Sie können auch ähnliche Nachrichten wie diese lesen, die wir aus anderen Nachrichtenquellen gesammelt haben.
British climber scales Everest for 17th time, the most by a non-Sherpa guideA British mountain guide has returned to Nepal’s capital after scaling Mount Everest for a 17th time, breaking his own record for the most ascents of the world’s highest mountain by a non-Sherpa guide. Kenton Cool first climbed Mount Everest in 2004 and has been doing it almost every year since then. Only Sherpa guides have scaled the mountain more times than Cool. A veteran Sherpa guide reached the peak this week for the 27th time. Cool was unable to climb Everest in 2014 because the season was canceled after 16 Sherpa guides were killed in an avalanche, and again in 2015 when an earthquake triggered an avalanche that killed 19 people. The 2020 climbing season was canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Weiterlesen »
British climber scales Mount Everest for 17th timeA British mountain guide returned to Nepal’s capital after scaling Mount Everest for a 17th time, breaking his own record for the most ascents of the world’s highest mountain by a non-Sherpa guide.
Weiterlesen »
British Climber Scales Everest for 17th Time, the Most By a Non-Sherpa GuideKenton Cool, a British mountain guide, returned to Nepal’s capital after scaling Mount Everest for a 17th time, breaking his own record for the most ascents of the world’s highest mountain by a non-Sherpa guide.
Weiterlesen »
Britain’s record holding climber says Everest is 'dry, more rocky'Mount Everest is losing snow and turning 'dry and rocky', British climber Kenton Cool, who made his 17th ascent of the world’s highest peak this week, the most by a foreigner, said on Saturday.
Weiterlesen »
Mount Everest is losing snow, turning 'dry and rocky': UK climber'If you go back to the early mid-2000s there used to be a lot of snow,' Kenton Cool says in an interview in Kathmandu after returning from his record-setting expedition.
Weiterlesen »
British Telecom's CEO says AI could replace 10,000 of its jobsInsider tells the global tech, finance, markets, media, healthcare, and strategy stories you want to know.
Weiterlesen »