A Widnes dad who usually walks on artificial legs is to crawl up Ben Nevis in another epic challenge.
Paul Ellis broke his spine and was paralysed for six months after a fall in 1992. He lived in pain for years, only able stand for five minutes at a time as his legs were fused at the ankles. In 2008 he underwent surgery to have both legs amputated below the knee - an operation he has described as 'a blessing' as it gave him his mobility back.
In recent years he has thrown his efforts into fundraising to send children affected by limb loss on holidays to Tenerife as part of the Amp Camp Kids scheme. Next weekend’s climb to the UK’s highest peak will be the third time 57-year-old Paul has taken on the challenge, having conquered the same summit last year with Amp Camp founder Ben Lovell, and previously back in 2012 for Marie Curie.
