Mark Inglis lost both legs to frostbite on Mount Cook. Twenty-four years later, he stood on the summit of Mount Everest.

In 1982, a young Mark Inglis was trapped in a storm on Mount Cook, New Zealand. After spending 13 days in a snow cave, he was rescued — but severe frostbite had destroyed both lower legs.

Doctors amputated both legs.

Most people would have considered that the end of a climbing life.

Mark Inglis didn't.

He learned to walk on prosthetic legs, returned to mountaineering and eventually climbed Cho Oyu, one of the world's highest mountains.

Then, in 2006, he attempted Everest.

At more than 8,000 metres, where the human body is already fighting for survival, his artificial legs became part of the challenge. On the descent, one of his prostheses broke.

What happened next turned an extraordinary Everest climb into something even more remarkable.

This is the story of Mark Inglis — the man who lost his legs on a mountain, reached the summit of Everest on artificial legs, and then had to find a way back down.

This is not a story about having no limitations.
It's about what happens when you refuse to let them decide where you stop.
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