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Double-amputee mountaineer climbs tallest mountain in southern hemisphere

Hari Budha Magar, an adventurer and disability campaigner, is aiming to become the first double above-knee amputee to climb the Seven Summits.

Evening Standard

Double-amputee mountaineer aims to complete Seven Summits challenge this year

Hari Budha Magar, an adventurer and disability campaigner, is aiming to become the first double above-knee amputee to climb the Seven Summits.

Evening Standard

Anne ‘speechless’ that double amputee who scaled Everest plans more climbs

Hari Budha Magar, an adventurer and disability campaigner, said it was ‘absolutely amazing’ to be made an MBE at Windsor Castle.

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Actress Rose Ayling-Ellis to receive royal honour for services to deaf community

She will be honoured by the Princess Royal at Windsor Castle on Wednesday alongside 60 others.

The Independent UK

Bravery, triumph and more than 300 deaths - 70 years of climbing Mount Everest

Monday marks 70 years to the day that Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay made history and conquered the world's highest peak - and in the decades since, hundreds have followed in their footsteps

Daily Mirror

Dis Life: 14 million Disabled people in the UK? Are we sure?

Eighty per cent of disabilities are invisible. And people keep them that way, invisible, because of fear that they will be treated differently, or abused

Daily Mirror

First double above-knee amputee conquers Everest

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…

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Double amputee Everest climber pledges to work for benefit of people with disabilities

The first double above-the-knee amputee to climb Mount Everest has returned from the mountain pledging to dedicate the rest of his life to helping people with disabilities

The Independent UK

Double amputee Gurkha veteran reaches summit of Mount Everest

Hari Budha Magar reached the peak despite being a double amputee since an explosion in Afghanistan

The Guardian - UK

British Army veteran Hari Budha Magar makes history as first double above-knee amputee to climb Mount Everest

Hari Budha Magar, who lost his legs while serving in Afghanistan, becomes the first double above-knee amputee to conquer Mount Everest.

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Ex-British Gurkha hopes Everest climb will change disability perceptions

Hari Budha Magar, the first above the knee double amputee to scale Mount Everest, said on Sunday that his ascent would raise awareness about disability.

Reuters

Dis Life: Voter ID tantamount to 'gerrymandering' – and biggest election losers? Disabled people

While many activists rail against Conservative policies, there are, as Jacob Rees-Mogg points out, many Disabled people who do still vote Tory

Daily Mirror

British Army veteran who lost both legs attempts dangerous record-breaking Everest climb

Hari Budha Magar, 43, lost his legs when he stepped on an improvised explosive device (IED) in Afghanistan in 2010, and now he hopes to be the first double above-the-knee amputee to scale the world's highest peak

Daily Mirror

Veteran who lost both legs in Afghanistan plans Everest summit bid

Hari Budha Magar, a former Gurkha, hopes to be first ever double above-the-knee amputee to scale mountain

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Brave disabled veterans set record by climbing Mount Everest and skydiving near peak

Former Lance Corporal Martyn Compton was named one of Britain's most injured soldiers after 75% of his body was burnt when the vehicle he was in was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade in Afghanistan

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