Why a double amputee and a blind man defied odds to climb Mt Everest

Zhang standing on a mountain in mountaineering gear. The Chinese climber was the first blind Asian to scale Mount Everest in 2021. Photo: Uncredited/Shenzhen Mountaineering Association/dpa

Although Mark Inglis walks on prostheses, he has achieved a feat that tests the physical boundaries of many. A few years ago, the New Zealander reached the highest point on Earth, the 8,849m summit of Mount Everest.

And he says that he barely needed more help than fellow mountaineers during the climb.