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itaewonguy
Joined: 25 Mar 2003
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 Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 1:12 am Post subject: Kiwi does Everest!! WORLD RECORD! double Amputee |
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first it was hillary and now its INglis!
way to go KIWIS!!
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New Zealand double amputee scales Everest
WELLINGTON (AFP) - New Zealand mountaineer Mark Inglis, who lost both his legs in a climbing accident 24 years ago, has become the first double amputee to reach the summit of Mount Everest, his wife Anne confirmed.
The 47-year-old Inglis rang his wife to say he had made it to the top of the world's highest mountain and had returned to base Camp 4.
Anne Inglis said the phone reception was bad and she was unable to ascertain exactly when he reached the peak, but suspected it was about midday (0400 GMT) Monday.
"Now they make their way back down, which will probably take three or four days, and then they will be home. So they will certainly come back pretty fast."
She said her husband's prosthetic legs had been no trouble, and when one snapped earlier this month he described the mishap as "a minor hiccup".
In case something went wrong, he was carrying a spare set of legs as well as equipment to make necessary repairs.
Inglis was a mountain rescue guide when he and fellow climber Phil Doole had both legs amputated below the knee after suffering frostbite in 1982 when trapped in an ice cave for 14 days on Mount Cook, New Zealand's highest peak.
Since then, Inglis has taken on a number of challenges and succeeded -- ranging from legless mountaineer and ski guide to research scientist after earning an honours degree in human biochemistry. He is also a leading winemaker and cycling silver medallist at the Sydney Paralmypics.
Before leaving on his Everest expedition, Inglis told AFP the fact that he had lost both legs, and no one has ever scaled the world's highest peak with two artificial limbs, was of secondary importance.
"I'm not doing this to be the first double amputee -- if I am then it's the icing on the cake -- but it's more about I've been climbing most of my life and Everest is the achievement really.
"And it gives you the knowledge of empowerment to do other things."
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Satori
Joined: 09 Dec 2005
Location: Above it all
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| Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 3:24 am Post subject: |
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| Sounds like an extraordinary guy! |
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Privateer
Joined: 31 Aug 2005
Location: Easy Street.
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| Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 6:38 am Post subject: |
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| That guy is well hard. He can probably crack walnuts with his eyelids. |
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Cohiba
Joined: 01 Feb 2005
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| Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 3:16 pm Post subject: Big Deal! |
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Ooh, aah what an outstanding guy. If you ask me he
doesn't have a leg to stand on. |
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Dan The Chainsawman
Joined: 05 May 2005
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| Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 6:14 pm Post subject: |
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| dang impressive for sure. |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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indytrucks
Joined: 09 Apr 2003
Location: The Shelf
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| Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 1:03 am Post subject: |
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| Him and about forty other climbers. |
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Dan The Chainsawman
Joined: 05 May 2005
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| Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 5:11 am Post subject: |
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| ok i retract my statement he is an impressive piece of shit. |
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Hollywoodaction
Joined: 02 Jul 2004
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crazykiwi
Joined: 07 Jun 2003
Location: new zealand via daejeon
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| Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 4:47 pm Post subject: |
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| Him and about forty other climbers |
who tried to resuscitatehim, but found him to be "frozen solid!", with barely a flicker of his eyelids. Inglis, said, he was the least quilified to do anything about the guy out of his 40 man party. Im sure all the people complaining would have been able to save the frozen guy for sure  The dude knew the risks and lost. Im sorry that he died, but as Tony Saprano would say "whatta are ya gunna do". |
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