“This is about proving that disability does not mean inability” – meet the para-athlete skiing to the South Pole without the use of his left foot

Jonny Huntington.

Ten years ago, Jonny Huntington’s life was forever changed. While serving with the British army, the then 28-year-old suffered a life-altering stroke and bleeding on his brain, which left him almost entirely paralyzed.

Lying in a hospital bed with his life in ruins, the Devon local heard about polar explorer Ben Saunders over the radio. A pioneering endurance athlete, Saunders led the first return journey to the South Pole on foot via Shackleton and Scott’s route in 2014, and skied solo to the North Pole in 2004.