A British man with a debilitating pain condition has climbed Mount Everest on crutches.
Jamie McAnsh, from Wales, has complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) - which causes persistent severe and debilitating pain.
After an 11-day trek, Jamie has achieved his childhood dream of reaching base camp at 5,364 feet.
Jamie told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast : "There were times on this challenge where I didn't think I was going to make it.
"I was absolutely exhausted. It's been an emotional time."
He also revealed he "had a bit of a cry".
Jamie said: "It didn't really hit me that I had done it until the next day.
"I sat on a rock and looked over Everest and the Himalayan mountains and that was the moment it really struck home I'd achieved a lifelong dream."
Eight years ago, Jamie went to bed "as normal", but when he woke up the next day he was paralysed from the waist down after rupturing his spine in his sleep.
It was another 13 months before he was diagnosed with CRPS, which has no cure but often gradually improves over time.
Jamie has to learn to walk again, and after a long road of recovery, he has regained some of his mobility but still relies on crutches to walk.
Jamie said one of the hardest things to think about was where to put his feet because the altitude makes everything harder.
He said he had to focus on where to put his crutches and that if he slipped he wouldn't have been able to put his hands out to fall.
He told ITV Cymru Wales : "The pain I feel on a daily basis feels like I’m walking on hot coals.
“That goes all the way up my legs to belly button height.
“As I was climbing, as I was getting more tired, I was feeling more and more pain. I took 8000 milligrams of painkillers a day to manage the pain.
Once he got to the mountain's memorial, he stopped to pay tribute to his father and nephew, who both died.
Jamie says his next challenge is to do the 800-mile coastal path.
