Double amputee father of three reaches Everest summit

Father of three, Mark Inglis, became the world's first double amputee to reach the summit of Everest on Tuesday in an awesome feat of endurance.  Mark had lost both his legs to frostbite in 1982 after getting trapped in bad weather (and, amazingly, surving two weeks in an ice cave with his climbing partner) near the summit of Mount Cook in New Zealand.

As well as an incredible personal goal for Mark, the Everest summit attempt was also a bid to raise funds for the Cambodia Trust and its Kompong Chnnang Limb Centre. 

Visit legsoneverest to read Mark's diary and find out how to make a donation.

I am nowhere near worthy, and gladly cede the title of Extreme Dad to Mark.