Double amputee Mark Inglis reaches the top of Mount Everest
So you thought you’ve faced the odd challenge? Double amputee Mark Inglis has made it to the summit of Mount Everest!
The Blenheim man phoned his wife to say he had made it to the top of the world’s highest mountain and had returned to base Camp 4.
Mark’s wife, Anne, confirmed from New Zealand, that she wasn’t able to ascertain exactly when they made the ascent due to poor communications.
“Now they make their way back down, which will probably take three or four days”, said Anne.
His prosthetic legs had been no trouble… “Every time I’ve talk to him there’s been no issues at all.” Mark Inglis, 47, made his attempt to the top of Mount Everest early in the morning and started in perfect weather from Camp 4 – less than 450m below the summit.
Earlier this month Mr Inglis, 47, snapped one of his artificial legs in two on the peak, describing the mishap as “a minor hiccup”.
Mr Inglis was a mountain rescue guide when he and climber Phil Doole both had their legs amputated below the knees after being trapped in an ice cave for 14 days on New Zealand’s Mount Cook in 1982.