29/06/2026
In 1982, Mark Inglis was a mountain rescue guide in New Zealand.
He got trapped in a snow cave on Mount Cook during a blizzard. Thirteen days.
When rescue came, both legs had to be amputated below the knee.
He was 22.
Twenty-four years later, on 15 May 2006, he became the first double amputee in history to stand on the summit of Mount Everest. 💙
On prosthetic legs. One of which snapped in half during the climb and was repaired with duct tape until a spare could be carried up from base camp.
He had never climbed the Himalayas when he had legs. He said he always meant to.
He just never had time.
After Everest, he said something that I keep coming back to.
"My next Everest is changing people's perceptions of disability. People with a disability don't know how much more they can do. They are often constrained by people giving them poorly informed advice."
We see this in our work every week. Families who have been told what their family member cannot do. Participants who have been given a ceiling and told to manage their expectations.
Mark Inglis fixed a broken leg with duct tape and kept going.
That is not a metaphor. That is what happened.
What has your family been told is not possible? 💙
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