Man who woke up paralysed eight years ago climbs to Everest base camp on crutches
On 6 January 2014, Jamie went to bed "as normal", but woke up the next morning paralysed from the waist down after rupturing his spine in his sleep.
He had to learn to walk again - and after a gruelling recovery he has regained some of his mobility but still relies on crutches to walk. "But I had to think about where to put my feet and my crutches, because if my crutches slipped it would be a disaster because i can't put my hands out to fall," he said after completing his Everest challenge.Jamie McAnsh has spent the last two years training for the challenge, after Covid delayed the climb twice
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