EVEREST: Friendship Beyond Borders Expedition


First Attempt, One Artificial Leg, Trained Enroute, Summit Success

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Special recognition to Nawang Sherpa and Friendship Beyond Borders Expedition

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The Cho Oyu 2006 Expedition



The Bionic Mountaineer
Nawang Sherpa of Nepal is the first person to climb Mount Everest using a prosthetic leg. Since childhood he dreamed of finding an opportunity to some day climb Everest.

Ideal weather on Summit Day, May 16th 2004
View of Makalu from the summit of Mount Everest

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Tom McMillan, the American mountaineer who shared his Everest opportunity to help Nawang achieve his dream.

 



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