A New Zealand man whose legs were severed below the knees after suffering frostbite more than two decades ago became the first double amputee to reach the summit of the world's tallest mountain on Monday.
Mark Inglis, who has spent a gruelling 40 days on Mount Everest, had set out in his bid to reach the peak on his prosthetic legs with an early morning start in perfect weather from Camp 4, less than 450 metres below the 8,850-metre summit.
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