Mark Inglis

Mark Inglis, ONZM ( born September 27, 1959) is a New Zealand extreme athlete. He succeeded in 2006 as the first leg amputee on both sides to climb the Mount Everest. After his expedition in 2006 he had three fingers and two fingers to be amputated, and the legs are further shortened. He was criticized for having the dying climber David Sharp refuses to help in his ascent. He expressed it publicly expressed his astonishment that you, of all makes, given the approximately 40 other persons also the dying Sharp passed him as both sides leg amputee this accusation, where he at the very least was quite obviously capable of anything to the rescue to do.

In the Summer Paralympics 2000 he won a silver medal in the time trial over 1 km.

Life

Inglis began at age 20 to work as a professional climber. In November 1982, he was surprised with Philip Doole in the ascent of Mount Cook from a snow storm. You could save themselves in an ice cave from which they could back out after 13 days. Both climbers suffered severe frostbite on the lower legs, which each subjected to amputation of both legs after themselves.

In 2004, he stood on the summit of Cho Oyu. He was the second on both sides legless man who stood on the summit of a 8000m peak.