Good news stories from the past seven days
A former British Army Gurkha has become the first double above-knee amputee to reach the summit of Mount Everest. Hari Budha Magar, who lost his legs in an explosion while serving in Afghanistan in 2010, started planning the challenge in 2018, to raise funds for veterans’ charities. Speaking from base camp last week, he described the climb in freezing conditions, using specially adapted prosthetic legs, as “harder than I could have imagined”, but said he hoped it would prove an inspiration. “My big goals were simply to change perceptions on disability and to inspire other people to climb their own mountains.”
