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25 years ago, Kiwi sporting icon Mark Inglis made history, winning New Zealand鈥檚 first ever Paralympic Cycling medal at the 2000 Sydney Paralympic Games.
But this isn鈥檛 the extent of his achievements 鈥 Inglis having survived 13 days trapped on Mount Cook and becoming the first person to summit Mount Everest as a double amputee.
He told Piney that losing your legs is hard, but if you鈥檙e going to have them cut off at 23, the best person to do it to is a young mountaineer.
鈥淵ou live in an environment where if you make the right move, you might die, and so you have that ability to focus, and that鈥檚 what, you know, you鈥檙e able to bring along to this new situation.鈥
鈥淎nd so it wasn鈥檛 about, oh, I鈥檒l never climb again, it鈥檚 just like, when can I climb again?鈥
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